Konak kod Hilmije


Konak kod Hilmije is a Bosnian television sitcom created and written by Feđa Isović and directed by Elmir Jukić.
The first episode of the show was aired on 7 May 2018. The so far final, 24th episode of the sitcom was aired on 2 January 2019. It has also been shown in Croatia and Serbia.

Plot

The plot of the series is located in occupied Sarajevo during World War II in Yugoslavia. Everyone comes to Hilmija's Inn. From Partisan illegals from the woods, through Chetniks, Ustashas, soldiers of the SS "Handschar", all the way to German soldiers and the commander of the town of Sturmbannführer Schiling. Everybody makes conspiracies and problems in which national tensions became less important than personal material interest.
The plot gets additionally spiced up by two miners, Partisan illegals hidden in the basement, who have been given the task by Josip Broz Tito of digging a tunnel to the German weapons warehouse.

Episodes

24 episodes so far have been filmed, with the last episode airing on 2 January 2019.

Cast

Main cast

Other

  • Tarik Džinić as young Izet Fazlinović, Hilmija's nephew who works as Schiling's assistant before being recruited to Partisans by a Serb woman Ranka whom he falls in love with and goes on to marry later in his life. Izet is the main protagonist of Lud, zbunjen, normalan, of which Konak kod Hilmije is a spin-off.
  • Marko Gvero as Radovan Lepinja, a Chetnik and a drunkard, who's hiding at the Inn until it's safe for him to leave. He has known Hilmija since they came in contact during the World War I, when they were in their respective armies. It happened that Hilmija fell on the ground and broke his ankle, just as Radovan was about to shoot him, but since his weapon was out of ammunition, he chose to carry Hilmija to the infirmary instead.
  • Marija Pikić as Azra Frlj, Hilmija's daughter and a fierce anti-fascist. Although being sent for Law studies to Zagreb by Hilmija, she secretly joins the Partisans and hides in the forests around the city.
  • Dino Sarija as Ivica Naguzić, a Herzegovinian Croat of flamboyant nature, pretending to be born in Zagreb, when in reality, he is actually from Ljubuški. He is Sturmbannführer Schiling's secret boyfriend, later having revealed to been promoted to head of the Croatian branch of Gestapo, so that no one suspects him of being a homosexual man.
  • Emir Kapetanović as Vaso Miskin Crni, a Partisan tasked to seduce Schiling to obtain his city defense plan.
  • Jana Stojanovska as Davorjanka Paunović Zdenka, Josip Broz Tito's mistress.