Unconquered City

1h

Drama

War & Politics

In April 1941 Germans occupied Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, and installed a Quisling government. This series, partly based on true events and persons and partly on fiction, covers the activities of the Resistance movement, led by Communists.

Episodes

Cast

Episode 1: Burevjesnik

1. Episode 1: Burevjesnik

1h 19min

21st Feb 1982

Marko and Zdenka are a pair of young lovers in 1941 Zagreb. As they watch their friends, employers, family members become either collaborators or victims of the new Fascist regime, they turn towards Communsim.

Episode 2: Smrt fasizmu - sloboda narodu

2. Episode 2: Smrt fasizmu - sloboda narodu

1h 18min

28th Feb 1982

The Ustasha begin rounding up Jews, Serbs, and Communists. The most notable ones are imprisoned in the Kerestinec castle. Meanwhile, the communists prepare for war.

Episode 3: Nepokoreni

3. Episode 3: Nepokoreni

2h

7th Mar 1982

As revenge for the deaths of their comrades, the communists begin killing off notable collaborators. In response, the Ustashe start killing the prisoners in Kerestinec. The resistance plots an escape plan which swiftly goes awry.

Episode 4: 72 - 96

4. Episode 4: 72 - 96

1h 14min

14th Mar 1982

A young mechanic is tasked with figuring out how to sabotage the Zagreb general post office. Faced with a time crunch and the arrest of his comrade, he is left to his own devices.

Episode 5: Dugi bijeg

5. Episode 5: Dugi bijeg

1h 10min

21st Mar 1982

The Germans are looking for Dr Ivo Ribar, a famous retired politician, planning to make him help them keep the peace among the people. However, not wanting to collaborate, Ribar is trying to escape and join his son in the Partisans.

Episode 6: Udarne grupe

6. Episode 6: Udarne grupe

1h 40min

28th Mar 1982

Laufer and his group carry out a successful bombing of a factory and are now awaiting to join the partisans in the woods. However, when one of their members is arrested, they are all in danger of being exposed.

Episode 7: Camac na Kupi

7. Episode 7: Camac na Kupi

1h 25min

4th Apr 1982

The story of two of Croatia's most prominent poets, the old Vladimir Nazor and the young Ivan Goran Kovacic, who decide to join the Partisans together.

Episode 8: Covjek u sjeni

8. Episode 8: Covjek u sjeni

1h 4min

11th Apr 1982

A maths teacher is secretly the Communists' best forger. However, as the police comes closer to catching him he grows more and more paranoid.

Episode 9: Crna kozna torba

9. Episode 9: Crna kozna torba

1h 18min

18th Apr 1982

Due to a mix up at the train station, the Communists pick up an Ustasha while the man they were actually waiting for, Laufer, becomes hunted.

Episode 10: Glumac

10. Episode 10: Glumac

1h 37min

25th Apr 1982

August Cilic is a misanthropic, card-cheating, joke-loving actor. A legend of the theatre, friend to all the state officials and high-ranking Ustasha members. Unbeknownst to them, he's also an indispensable Communist agent.

Episode 11: Smrt sekretara

11. Episode 11: Smrt sekretara

1h 25min

2nd May 1982

There's a new Gestapo commandant in Zagreb and he's hell-bent on capturing the Communist commissars. To that end, he launches an investigation that encompasses the entire city and one arrested Communist tortured into submission.

Episode 12: Cetvorka

12. Episode 12: Cetvorka

1h 23min

9th May 1982

After four Ustasha soldiers contact the Communists with the desire to join their ranks, Seka has to vet them. Meanwhile, a former celebrity goalkeeper is tasked with setting up a radio station in Zagreb.

Episode 13: Galeb

13. Episode 13: Galeb

1h 27min

16th May 1982

Galeb, a Communist agent undercover as a clerk in an Ustasha ministry is given the urgent task of copying a top-secret Nazi document. However, after a young man who knows his identity is captured, he only has one day for his mission.

Episode 14: Kraj rata

14. Episode 14: Kraj rata

1h 10min

23rd May 1982

As the chaos of the final days of occupation rages on, Brko Serdar races against time to save as many lives as he can and stop the retreating Ustashe from destroying army and industry centers.

First air date

21st Feb 1982

Last air date

23rd May 1982

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Original language

sh

Networks