Potpisani

Potpisani
Created by	Marko Kovač
Starring	Marko Kovač Nikola Dakić Nemanja Predojević Milan Djukić Saša Bajević Dejan Spasojević
Country of origin	Serbia
No. of seasons	2
Production
Running time	45 minutes
Release
Original network	Art TV TV Metropolis
Picture format	4:3
Original release	January 25, 2009
External links
Website

Potpisani (Serbian Cyrillic: Потписани, English: Undersigned) is a Serbian alternative TV serial and parody of "Otpisani" from 2007, 2008 and 2010 by MK Art Studio.^[1][2]

Like in origin TV series "Otpisani", the subject of the "Potpisani" is the underground partisan resistance in Belgrade during World War II.^[3][4]

In addition, targets of this parody are also many famous hollywood movies like Star Wars, The Matrix, Superman III, Home Alone, Charlie Chaplin`s and Bruce Lee`s films and also a lot of famous serbian movies and series like The Marathon Family, Balkan Spy, Nacionalna klasa, Vratice se rode etc.

Podbradak potpisanih (Serbian Cyrillic: Подбрадак потписаних, English: Chin of Undersigned)^[5] is continuance of "Potpisani", something like 2nd season, which is parodied name of "Povratak otpisanih", continuance of "Otpisani".^[6][7]

List of episodes

• Potpisani (Undersigned)

Episode	Original name	Runtime	First airdate	Network
01. The Phone exchange	Telefonska centrala	45 min.	January 25, 2009[8]	Art TV
02. A Password	Šifra	45 min.	February 1, 2009	Art TV
03. The Train	Voz	53 min.	January 3, 2011[9]	TV Metropolis
04. Paya Shish-kebab	Paja Šiškebab	45 min.	June 1, 2013[10]	Art TV
05. Mobilization	Mobilizacija	59 min.	October 4, 2014[10]	Art TV
06. The Camp	Logor
07. Nest Wars	Ratovi gnezda
08. Treger	Treger

• Podbradak potpisanih (Chin of Undersigned)

Episode	Original name	Runtime	First airdate	Network
01. Episode 1941.	Epizoda 1941.	20 min.	January 4, 2011[6]	TV Metropolis
02. Episode 1942.	Epizoda 1942.	20 min.	October 27, 2012i[11][12]	Art TV
03. Episode 1943.	Epizoda 1943.	24 min.	November 3, 2012[11][12]	Art TV
04. Episode 1944.	Epizoda 1944.	23 min.	November 10, 2012[11][12]	Art TV
05. Episode 1945.	Epizoda 1945.	26 min.	November 17, 2012[11][12]	Art TV

Main cast

Actor/Actress	Character in the series	Original character
Marko Kovač	Prele	Prle
Nikola Dakić	Gluhi	Tihi
Nemanja Predojević	Gluhi and Ado the Mother	Tihi
Goran Simić Gile	Gluhi	Tihi
Milan Djukić	Treger, chief of Belgrade Gestapo	Kriger
Dejan Spasojević	Suri	Mrki
Bojan Aleksić	Zrikavac and Agent Cotangent	Zriki and Cosine
Saša Bajević	Boca and Paya Shish-kebab	Joca and Paya Bakshish
Nikola Terić	Cane the Pedal	Cane Kurbla
Boško Babović	Gojko Cinkar	Gojko and Limar
Bude Budisavljević	Chedo Chednik
Ljubomir Štulović	Brishkula	Mikula
Vladeta Aksentijević	Vlada Chechen	Vlada Russian
Vuk Kovač	Prele the Kid	Kevin McCallister
Dejan Dubajić	Homeless
Jelena Kovač	Teacher Lili Marleen
Ana Spasojević	Partisan girl

Public screenings, festivals and awards

• After screenings on several TV stations, "Potpisani" had own public cinema life in "Culture house of campus" in Belgrade June 18, 2010 in the „No budget“ festival.^{[10][13][14][15][16][17]}

• August 14, 2011 "Potpisani (episode 1)" won "Woody dwarf" at The First Festival of Independent off-films in Serbian Holywood.^{[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]}

• April 12, 2012 "Podbradak potpisanih" was shown on the big screen in "Culture house of campus" in Belgrade.^[5]

• July 29, 2012 "Potpisani (episode 3)" won "Woody dwarf" for the Third place at The Second Festival of Independent off-films in Serbian Holywood.^{[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34]}

• March 16, 2013 "Potpisani (episode 4)" was shown on the big screen in "Dom omladine Beograda"^{[35][36][37][38]}

• August 4, 2013 "Potpisani (episode 4)" was shown on the big screen at The Third Festival of Independent off-films in Serbian Holywood.^{[39][40][41][42]}

References

1. Masnikovic, I (2009-01-25). "Prele and Gluhi in "Potpisani". Politika.
2. Masnikovic, I (2009-01-30). "Otpisani" become "Potpisani". TV Revija.
3. "Potpisani". TV Novosti. 2009-01-25.
4. "TV Program". TV Novosti. 2009-01-25.
5. ""Podbradak potpisanih" u DKSG-u". Filmske radosti. 2012-04-12.
6. "Na TV Metropolis-u". 2011-01-04.
7. "Podbradak potpisanih". Dom kulture Studentski grad. 2012-04-12.
8. "Telefonska centrala". TV ALO. 2009-01-25.
9. "Na TV Metropolis-u". 2011-01-03.
10. "History". Potpisani website.
11. Dedic, M (2012-09-28). "Kad Prele i Gluhi zapucaju". TV Novosti.
12. Masnikovic, I (2012-10-20). "Sarm koji ne bledi". Politika.
13. "SEEcult(No budget 2)"
14. "Вече Потписаних". Politika newspaper. 2010-06-18.
15. "Архива ДКСГ/Јун 2010". ДКСГ. June 2010.
16. "Culture house of campus". ДКСГ. June 2010.
17. "Culture house of campus, page 11". ДКСГ. June 2010.
18. "Filmorama". Radio Belgrade. 2011-08-16.
19. "First festival..". Film Center of Serbia. 2011-07-25.
20. "Festival is begin ning..". Глас јавности" newspaper. 2011-08-12.
21. "Festival is beginning..". B92 news. 2011-08-12.
22. "Woody dwarf". 2011-08-15.
23. "History". Potpisani website. June 2010.
24. "Potpisani in Holywood". YouTube. 2011-08-14.
25. "Film magic". News online. 2011-08-20.
26. "FCS" website
27. "B92" website
28. "SEEcult" website
29. "Filmske-radosti" website
30. "RTS" website
31. "B92" website
32. "Tanjug" website
33. "Filmske-radosti" website
34. "Superste" website
35. "Projekcija filma...". DOB. 2013-03-11.
36. "Projekcija filma...". SZZ. 2013-03-15.
37. "Projekcija filma...". Filmske_radosti. 2013-03-12.
38. "Day of 16 Mar 2013". seecult. 2013-03-16.
39. "3. review...". FCS. 2013-07-22.
40. "New "mountain" review in "Serbian Holywood"". RTS. 2013-07-29.
41. "The 3rd review...". Filmske radosti. 2013-07-30.
42. "Sky swing in Serbian Holywood". Politika. 2013-08-12.

External links

• Potpisani at the Internet Movie Database
• Trailer of the 3rd episode (YouTube)
• Official website in english
• Official website in serbian