The German production and distribution company Beta Film has picked up international distribution rights to the Serbian crime thriller "Operation Sabre" (8x1h), which is based on the true events of the assassination of the Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić in 2003.
The eight-hour series has been selected for Canneseries' Long Form Competition and will celebrate its World Premiere in the prestigious Grand Auditorium Lumière in attendance of cast and crew on 8 April 2024. The title is produced by the Serbian company This and That Productions in co-production with the Bulgarian Agitprop for Radio Television of Serbia. Beta Film handles international sales.
Fourteen years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and one year after the opening of the trial against former Serbian President Slobodan Milošević, the assassination of pro-democratic Prime Minister Ðindic plunges the country into chaos. A state of emergency is declared. Danica, a young rising reporter, tries to investigate the real story behind it. And even though it puts a crosshair on his back, police inspector Ljuba, who is tasked with finding Ðindic's killer, is willing to help her. On the other side of the law, Uroš, a young petty criminal, is drawn into this deadly plot.
Goran Stanković ("Morning Changes Everything", "Bad Blood") and Vladimir Tagić ("Children of Evil", "Morning Changes Everything") created and directed "Operation Sabre" and wrote the scripts together with Dejan Prćić, Maja Pelević, and Marjan Alčevs. Serbian actor Dragan Mićanović ("Debt to the Sea", "Emergency Center") stars as Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić, next to Milica Gojkovic ("Besa", "Black Sun") as young journalist Danica. Police inspector Ljuba is played by Feđa Štukan (Tom Clancy's "Jack Ryan", "A Perfect Day"), and young criminal Uroš is portrayed by up-and-coming actor Lazar Tasić ("Tunnel").