

Season 1 • Episode 17
LatestRanjeni orao was a Serbian television show produced in 2008 and aired on RTS1 during late 2008 and early 2009. The 17 episode series is based on the 1936 novel "Ranjeni orao" by Serbian author Mir Jam. The show had unprecedented success with the last episode averaging over 3 million viewers, making it the most watched Serbian television series ever made.
Production
Pre-WWII Yugoslavia recreated with obsessive detail.
Acting
Sloboda Mićalović's Anđelka: chaotic evil you root for.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mir Jam's 1936 novel was already a nationalist touchstone; the 2008 adaptation became collective trauma-bonding for post-Yugoslav Serbia.
The finale crashed phone networks as viewers called each other sobbing. RTS1 literally had to issue a public calm-down notice.