Season 1 • Episode 16
LatestVuk Karadžić, is а Yugoslavian historical drama television series which depicts the life and work of Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, a Serbian linguist and major reformer of the Serbo-Croatian language.
Acting
Miki Manojlović carries decades of linguistic obsession in his eyes.
Production
Painstaking 19th-century Serbia recreated with almost documentarian obsession.
Writing
Dialogue that makes grammar debates feel like life-or-death confrontations.
Creators
Milovan Vitezović, Đorđe Kadijević
Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović
Vuk Karadžić kao stariji
Aleksandar Berček
Miloš Obrenović
Branimir Brstina
Mateja Nenadović
Dragana Varagić
Ana Kraus Karadžić
Aljoša Vučković
Toma Vučić-Perišić
Marko Nikolić
Karađorđe Petrović
Petar Kralj
Jernej Kopitar
Velimir Živojinović
Jakov Nenadović
Svetozar Cvetković
Petar Nikolajević Moler
Milan Štrljić
Dimitrije Davidović
Adem Čejvan
Mladen Milovanović
Milorad Mandić
Igrić
Dragan Zarić
Jevrem Obrenović
Danilo Lazović
Stefan Karadžić
Dušan Janićijević
Jefta Savić Čotrić
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Serbian schools still teach Karadžić's 'Write as you speak, read as it's written' principle — this show basically invented patriotic linguistics.
Produced during late Yugoslav socialism, the series subtly celebrated Serbian cultural nationalism that would become explosive just four years later — history watching itself.
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