Black Sun

Genre: Drama, Thriller, History, Mistery      Year: 2017-2026    Seasons: 3

A historical fiction drama and thriller following two detectives that try to solve mysterious cases, set in the turbulent period of the late 1920s and 1930s in the Balkans - a place where high politics, local and foreign interests, secret societies, capital and crime all merge together.

Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Trailer - Season 1
Between the two World Wars, in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, two Belgrade police inspectors, just before the famous assassination of the National Assembly in 1928, try to solve the mystery of the ritual murders that shake the public. The inspector soon becomes aware that the cause of frequent gruesome events, which begin to pile up around the city, is an ancient relic - the Spear of Longinus.

Crew

Creator: Dragan Bjelogrlic
Directors: Dragan Bjelogrlic, Srdjan Spasic, Danilo Beckovic, Miroslav Lekic, Ivan Zivkovic, Kosta Djordjevic, Igor Ivanov Izi
Writers: Dragan Bjelogrlic, Stevan Koprivica (story), Danica Pajovic, Dejan Stojiljkovic, Vladimir Kecmanovic
Executive Producer: Goran Bjelogrlic, Marko Novakovic (RTS)
Co-Producers: Tomi Salkovski, Stalbek Misakov, Drasko Milinovic, Ales Pavlin, Andrej Stritof
Directors of Photography: Ivan Kostic, Dusan Kardalevski
Editors: Lazar Predojev
Composers: Robert Pesut Magnifico, Aleksandar Randjelovic
Production Designer: Goran Joksimovic
Costume designer: Boris Caksiran
Makeup Artist: Dusica Vuksanovic
Sound Recordist: Milan Stojanovic
Sound Designers: Aleksandar Protic
VFX supervisors: Ivan Colic, Nebojsa Rogic

Lead cast

Dragan Bjelogrlic
Andrija Kuzmanovic
Marija Bergam
Milos Timotijevic
Nikolaj Sestak
Alexei Solonchev
Gordan Kicic
Toni Mihailovski
Goran Bogdan
Nebojsa Dugalic
Aleksandar Stojkovic
Nikolina Friganovic
Dragan Petrovic
Aleksandr Galibin
Vojislav Brajovic
Slobodan Boda Ninkovic
Marko Zivic
Nenad Jezdic
Jovana Stojiljkovic
Srdjan Todorovic
Milos Samolov
Branimir Brstina
Petre Arsovski
Milica Gojkovic
Zarko Lausevic

Production info

Year: 2017
Episodes: 10
Duration: 60 min
Language: serbian, russian, german, macedonian, slovenian, croatian

Production companies: Cobra Film, Serbian Broadcasting Corporation (RTS)
In collaboration with: ISKRA (Moscow, Russia), Radio Television of Repbulic of Srpska (RTRS), Skopje Film Studio, Macedonian Radio and Television (MRT)
Support: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia, Macedonian Film Agency
Country of origin: Serbia

Trivia

Festivals and awards

Filmski Meetings, Nis, Serbia - Closing screening, 2017
International Cinematographers' Film Festival "Manaki Brothers", Bitol, Macedonia, 2017
Screenfest Festival of film screenplays, Serbia, 2018
Sarajevo Film Festival - Avant Premiere, 2017
FEDIS festval of drama and series - Best series, Best Directing (Bjelogrlic), Best Music (Magnifico), Best Cinematography (Kostic), Best Supporting Actress (Gojkovic), Most Watched Series, 2018
Trailer - Season 2
With the preparation and execution of the assassination of King Alexander in Marseille in 1934, the construction of the monument to the Unknown Hero on the site of the demolished Zrnov fortress, and the secrets of the trial of the members of the conspiracy against Regent Alexander during the Thessaloniki Trial in 1917. A gruesome murder sets off a series of exciting and mysterious events in which local powerful people, state elites, secret societies, and foreign intelligence services will clash.

Crew

Creator: Dragan Bjelogrlic
Directors: Dragan Bjelogrlic, Srdjan Spasic, Danilo Beckovic, Miroslav Lekic, Ivan Zivkovic
Writers: Dragan Bjelogrlic, Dejan Stojiljkovic, Vladimir Kecmanovic, Boban Jevtic, Djordje Milosavljevic
Executive Producer: Goran Bjelogrlic
Co-Producers: Ales Pavlin, Andrej Stritof
Directors of Photography: Ivan Kostic, Dusan Kardalevski, Igor Marovic
Editors: Lazar Predojev, Milena Predic, Bojan Kosovic, Aleksandar Popovic
Composers: Robert Pesut Magnifico, Aleksandar Randjelovic
Production Designer: Goran Joksimovic
Costume designer: Boris Caksiran
Makeup Artist: Dusica Vuksanovic
Sound Recordist: Milan Stojanovic
Sound Designers: Aleksandar Protic
VFX supervisors: Ivan Colic, Nebojsa Rogic

Lead cast

Dragan Bjelogrlic
Andrija Kuzmanovic
Marija Bergam
Jovana Stojiljkovic
Gordan Kicic
Marko Grabez
Goran Bogdan
Nebojsa Dugalic
Bogdan Diklic
Nikola Djuricko
Natasa Ninkovic
Leona Paraminski
Vojislav Brajovic
Vesna Trivalic
Nenad Jezdic
Srdjan Todorovic
Aleksandar Stojkovic
Igor Djordjevic
Bojan Navojec
Toni Mihailovski
Slavko Sobin
Aleksej Bjelogrlic

Production info

Year: 2019
Episodes: 10
Duration: 60 min
Language: serbian, russian, german, macedonian, slovenian, croatian

Production companies: Cobra Film, United Media
Support: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia, Slovenian Film Center
Country of origin: Serbia

Trivia

Festivals and awards

Sarajevo Film Festival - BH Audience Award for Best Series (S02), 2019
Filmski Meetings, Nis, Serbia - Closing screening (S02), 2019
FEDIS festval of drama and series - Best series, Best Music (Magnifico), Best Supporting Actress (Trivalic), 2020

Trailer - Season 3
The plot of the third and final season takes place in the late 1930s, before the Second World War, and is related to the incident of the Rtanj mine spill, and the inspectors will have to solve a case that not only the fate of Yugoslavia, but of the whole of Europe depends on. In this exciting mystery, high politics, secret services, crime, secret societies, cults and mysticism are intertwined.

Crew

Creator: Dragan Bjelogrlic
Directors: Dragan Bjelogrlic, Masa Neskovic, Radivoje Andric (2nd Unit)
Writers: Dragan Bjelogrlic, Boris Grgurovic, Boban Jevtic, Aleksandar Gavrilovic, Dejan Stojiljkovic
Executive Producer: Natasa Visic
Co-Producers: Jadranka Drinic, Tatjana Pavlovic
Directors of Photography: Milica Cimi Drinic Car, Mladen Teofilovic
Editors: Milen Predic, Bojan Kosovic
Composers: Robert Pesut Magnifico, Aleksandar Randjelovic
Production Designer: Goran Joksimovic
Costume designer: Boris Caksiran, Elvira Durakovic
Makeup Artist: Dusica Vuksanovic
Sound Recordist: Milan Stojanovic
Sound Designers: Aleksandar Protic
VFX supervisors: Ivan Colic, Nebojsa Rogic

Lead cast

Dragan Bjelogrlic
Andrija Kuzmanovic
Teodor Vincic
Bojan Dimitrijevic
Anica Dobra
Ljubomir Bandovic
Petar Bencina
Marko Janketic
Nina Jankovic
Milan Maric
Natasa Ninkovic
Nenad Jezdic
Andrija Milosevic
Sanja Markovic
Petre Arsovski
Sara Klimoska
Slobodan Boda Ninkovic
Boris Isakovic
Srdjan Zika Todorovic
Milos Samolov
Goran Bogdan
Marija Bergam
Milos Bikovic
Jovana Stojiljkovic
Nebojsa Dugalic
Petar Strugar

Production info

Year: 2026
Episodes: 9
Duration: 60 min
Language: serbian, russian, german, macedonian, slovenian, croatian

Production companies: Cobra Film, United Media
Support: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia
Country of origin: Serbia

Trivia

Festivals and awards

Herceg Novi / Montenegro Film festival - TV niche (S03), 2025