Otvorena vrata 

Katarina Andjelic, nicknamed "Cakana", lives with her two children, her brother Bata, and his daughter. She is an sculpture and painting artist, but there are not many people who can see ... See full summary »

Creators:

Milos Radovic, Biljana Srbljanovic

Stars:

Vesna Trivalic, Bojana Maljevic, Milan 'Lane' Gutovic

Cast

Series cast summary:
Vesna Trivalic	...	Katarina Andjelic 'Cakana' 29 episodes, 1994-1995
Bojana Maljevic	...	Ana Andjelic 28 episodes, 1994-1995
Milan 'Lane' Gutovic	...	Dragoslav Jakovljevic 27 episodes, 1994-1995
Nikola Djuricko	...	Vojislav 'Vojkan' Jakovljevic 26 episodes, 1994-1995
Sofija Jovic	...	Milica Jakovljevic 26 episodes, 1994-1995
Bogdan Diklic	...	Svetislav 'Bata' Andjelic 25 episodes, 1994-1995
Olivera Markovic	...	Angelina Savic 23 episodes, 1994-1995
Zoran Cvijanovic	...	Milorad Ugrinovic 23 episodes, 1994-1995

Storyline

Katarina Andjelic, nicknamed "Cakana", lives with her two children, her brother Bata, and his daughter. She is an sculpture and painting artist, but there are not many people who can see her potential. Her ex-husband, Dragoslav, is trying to get her back, because he still loves her. Cakana, who was cheated by him, still loves him, but refuses his love.

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Plot Keywords:

female neighbor | disfunctional family | situational comedy | noisy neighbor | single location | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Did You Know?

Connections

Followed by Otvorena vrata 2 (2013)

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Soundtracks

Otvorena vrata
Performed by Momcilo 'Bajaga' Bajagic
[the series' theme song]

User Reviews

Going strong for 15 years.

"Otvorena Vrata" remains a key benchmark in Serbian television up to this day. With the script, direction, photography and acting it was way ahead of it's time, and in many ways still is.

It was a daring attempt to make a series like "Otvorena Vrata" or "Open Doors" in the mid 90s Serbia. The country was at war under heavy sanctions and crisis, with an absolutist regime controlling the media. Still, the series did find it's place on state television in prime time Saturday night. I'm still not clear how that happened, but it made me satisfied non the less.

The plot revolves around an eccentric urban family and their neighbors and friends, all weird and quite specific in their own way. The family center is the character of Katarina Andjelic, a conceptual artist and her close family - Sofija, a know-it-all politics obsessed daughter and Vojkan, a hypochondriac teenage son. Also Katarina's brother Bata, a make belief businessman, his petrol-head daughter Ana, Dragoslav, the ex husband which always sneaks around, and many others.

In it's time, "Otvorena Vrata" was widely criticized and even hated by the rural population since the story and dialect are strictly based on urban Belgrade customs and legends. On the other hand, the city population, me included, loved the series precisely for that urban spirit. Although it was made and shown during the strongest Milosevic era, it often criticized and the regime in a distinctive manner.

"Otvorena Vrata" remains a unique TV creation up to this day, and as the time passes, it seems it will keep the undisputed first place for ages to come. Serbian television has thundered down in quality during the last decade, and while in 1994. we had "Otvorena Vrata", these days weekend nights are reserved for "Selo gori...", "Rodjak sa sela", "Bela ladja" and other for intelligence insulting contents.

Details

Country:

Serbia

Language:

Serbian

Release Date:

25 November 1994 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)

Also Known As:

Отворена врата

Company Credits

Production Co:

Monte Royal Pictures, Radio Televizija Srbije (RTS), Radiotelevizija Beograd

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min (34 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono Stereo

Color:

Color