Dejan Mak
Bergdorf
“When I was a boy, the moon was a pearl the sun a yellow gold. But when I was a man, the wind blew cold the hills were upside down.”
Tom Waits, Back in the Good Old World
“The story about finding a new world and a new self within”
Go on a Journey
Vladan Mihajlović, municipal official, finds a post-mortem message from his recently deceased colleague and decides to take a journey of a lifetime into an unknown.
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Meet the Characters
Vladan Mihajlović
Municipal official, former novelist and hero.
Biljana
Vladan’s long-time girlfriend, doctor in a city hospital. Keeps dreaming of kids and family.
Marko Starčević
Local political leader. The man of power and influence. Knows the way the game is played.
Jovan Vemić
Childhood friend. Desperate to leave… everything.
Radovan Vemić
Jovanʼs father. Former influential politician.
Tea
Local TV anchor and journalist. Former high school gymnast. Loves motorbikes.
Director Mirković
Head of municipal administration and loyal political party apparatchik.
Doctor DeVito
Little mystery man.
Milan Svilarić Srba
Local criminal with established political connections.
Kole
Owner of Omega Club.
Kobac
Omega Club living legend.
Ivan Šmit
Vladanʼs colleague with whom he shared his office for more than five years.
Ana Šmit
Ivanʼs daughter and citizen of Bergdorf.
Mita Glišić
Citizen of Bergdorf. Loves wine. Loves his dead wife.
Veljko Glišić
Citizen of Bergdorf. Mitaʼs son. Loves wine.
Uroš Glišić
Former citizen of Bergdorf. Influential politician in the past. Mitaʼs father.
Toni Climber
The man who climbs. Citizen of Bergdorf.
Đole Stepić
Long lost friend. Citizen of Bergdorf.
Roman Bergman
Mythical character and founder of Bergdorf.
Crazy Sava
Crazy Sava is Crazy Sava … and citizen of Bergdorf.
Madlena
Mother of Crazy Sava.