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A biopic about Jelena 'Ilka' Markovic, a woman who unsuccessfully tried to assassinate the Serbian prince Milan Obrenovic in order to revenge her husband, who was previously executed for taking part in the Topola uprising of 1877.
Acting
Ninković plays Ilka's desperation like a wound that won't close.
Production
TV budget, but the 19th-century Serbia feels authentically suffocating.

Director
Zdravko Šotra
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