Shadows over the Balkans

Shadows over the Balkans

NR 2017 · 3 seasons · 29 eps · ★ 7.8 · Crime, Drama, War & Politics

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A historical fiction drama and thriller set in the turbulent period of the late 1930s in the Balkans as a place where high politics, local interests, capital and crime all merge together.

Created by Dragan Bjelogrlić

Networks: RTS 1, Nova S

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