Season 1 • Episode 8
LatestThe modern theater is preparing for the premiere of the long-awaited play that was a huge success in the mid-1980s. However, as the entire ensemble eagerly awaits the big night, they begin to receive anonymous threats. In order to solve the case, Svetlana Sorga, an experienced inspector of the Belgrade Police Department, begins the investigation. On the night of the premiere, a famous actor dies on stage while performing a suicide scene within the play. As Inspector Sorga digs deeper into the case, she becomes both intrigued and frightened by the strange world hidden behind the theater's curtains. Despite the challenges she faces, Sorga is determined to uncover the truth and determine whether the actor's death was an accident, suicide or murder.
Acting
Milica Janevski carries every scene with exhausted, magnetic authority.
Production
The 1985 play-within-the-show haunts every frame.
Creator
Đorđe Milosavljević
Milica Janevski
Svetlana Šorga
Radovan Vujović
Inspektor Žarković
Dubravka Kovjanić
Tina
Pavle Mensur
Kosta Lutovac
Jovana Gavrilović
Darija
Radoje Čupić
Pejak
Milica Mihajlović
Perka
Izudin Bajrović
Svetlanin otac
Aleksandra Pleskonjić Ilić
Jadranka
Bojana Stefanović
Rada
Marko Janjić
Matija
Aleksandar Srećković 'Kubura'
Slaviša Sokolović
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title references both 'V effect' (Verfremdungseffekt/Brechtian alienation) and the play's mysterious 'V'—layering theatrical theory into the murder plot.
Đorđe Milosavljević adapted this from his own 2017 stage play, which itself was inspired by a real 1984 Belgrade theater scandal.
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