Your treat for today are first images from new historical series coming from Serbia
THE HOLY KINGDOM which will be a high end documentary series with
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The series might air on Viasat History as well
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live action scenes depicting the birth and the rise of Serbian medieval state with the special focus on Serbia's most important royal dynasty
Nemanyich. To premiere this Autumn on Serbian national broadcaster
RTS, this twelve part series will also cover how all the kings of the Nemanyich dynasty were proclaimed saints except the most famous one among them - legendary Serbian
tzar Dushan who, at the peak of his power, ruled the biggest kingdom in Europe at that time, which covered the whole Balkans including Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece. While the live action part has
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Petar Strugar is playing Stefan Nemanya
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already been shot, the documentary part will feature Serbia's most prominent historians and archaeologists, alongside professors from the world's most famous universities, such as Harvard, Oxford, Sorbonne, Lomonosov, Heidelberg! Serbian Museum of History has, meanwhile, provided ideal reconstructions of Serbian medieval crowns, which significantly contributed to the authentic appearance of the characters. For the first time ever on film, the audience will be able to see the legendary coronation of tzar Dushan which was later on a theme of many magnificent paintings.
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leads the cast in the live action part as
Stefan Nemanya, the founder of the dynasty and its first great zhupan
. Viasat History has expressed interest for this series so there is a huge possibility they will air it for the global audiences.