Jelena
GenreTelenovela
Created byJoaquín Guerrero Casasola
StarringDanica Maksimović
Aljoša Vučković
Irfan Mensur
Ružica Sokić
Ivan Bekjarev
Bojana Ordinačev
Srđan Karanović
Iva Štrljić
Srna Lango
Dragana Vujić
Vladan Dujović
Andrej Šepetkovski
Danijel Đokić
Đorđe Erčević
Nebojša Kundačina
Aleksandar Srećković
Slobodan Ćustić
Opening theme"Sada znam" by Dušan Zrnić & Danica Karić
Country of originSerbia
Original languageSerbian
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes110 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time~40 minutes
Production companyPowerHouse Entertainment
Original release
NetworkBK TV
ReleaseOctober 18, 2004 (2004-10-18) –
May 25, 2005 (2005-05-25)

Jelena (Serbian Cyrillic: Јелена) is the first Serbian telenovela ever shot. Series is shot for BK TV by PowerHouse Entertainment owned by Saša D. Karić.

Plot

Belgrade in the 70's. Jelena, the daughter of a high ranked politician and Vuk, a poor young man decided to run away for her 18th birthday, but someone set them up. Jelena has been drugged and locked in her room and her father had been killed. The blame fell on Vuk and he ran from Yugoslavia. Thirteen years later he returns to Belgrade to clear his name.

Episodes

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
12218 October 2004 (2004-10-18)23 November 2004 (2004-11-23)
22224 November 2004 (2004-11-24)30 December 2004 (2004-12-30)
32227 January 2005 (2005-01-27)4 March 2005 (2005-03-04)
4215 March 2005 (2005-03-05)10 April 2005 (2005-04-10)
52311 April 2005 (2005-04-11)25 May 2005 (2005-05-25)

Cast

CharacterActorSeasons
1 2 3 4 5
Jelena StefanovićDanica MaksimovićMain
Vuk DespotovićAljoša VučkovićMain
Ratko MilijašIrfan MensurMain
Mirjana BajovićRužica Sokić[1]MainRecurring
Petar SavićIvan BekjarevMainRecurring
Helen DespotovićBojana OrdinačevMain
Saša MilijašSrđan KaranovićMain
Tatjana PantićIva ŠtrljićMain
Sofija JovanovićSrna LangoMainRecurring
Sandra MarkovićDragana VujićMain
Momir ĐevenicaVladan DujovićMain
Gvozden ĐevenicaAndrej ŠepetkovskiRecurringMain
Mejkl DespotovićDanijel ĐokićRecurringMain
BobanĐorđe ErčevićRecurringMain
BaneNebojša KundačinaRecurringMain
NemanjaAleksandar SrećkovićRecurringMain
Miša AndrićSlobodan ĆustićRecurringMain

Season 1

At the beginning of season 1 we meet the characters. Main characters in season 1 are Jelena, Vuk, Ratko, Mira, Petar, Helen, Saša, Tatjana, Sofija, Sandra & Momir. Character Momir's cousin Gvozden is introduced in episode 3, character of Boban, young man who works for Ratko and Jelena and lives with them is introduced in episode 1 and character of inspector Miša Andrić is introduced in episode 9.

Season 2

At the beginning of season 2 character of Momir's cousin Gvozden became regular cast member. In episode 11 is introduced character of Vuk's son Majkl.

Season 3

At the beginning of season 3 character of Vuk's son Majkl became regular from this season. In episode 15 is introduced character of Bane Jelena's boss. Ivan Bekjarev departed the cast at the end of the season.

Season 4

In episode 19 is introduced character of Nemanja, Saša's friend and news photographer. Ružica Sokić and Srna Lango departed the cast at the end of the season.

Season 5

At the beginning of the season characters of Boban, inspector Miša Andrić, Bane and Nemanja had become regulars and Mirjana Bajović and Sofija Jovanović became recurring characters. This is also the final season of the show.

Crew

  • Writer: Joaquín Guerrero Casasola
  • Series editor and script adaptation: Katarina Aleksić
  • Series manager: Vladan Cvetković
  • Executive producer: Hernan Moris (Seasons 2–5)
  • Costume designer: Jasmina Sanader (Seasons 1–3), Irena Belojica (Seasons 4–5)
  • Production designer: Ivana Protić
  • Editor: Stevan Marić
  • Director of photography: Draško Plavšić
  • Director: Andrej Aćin (Seasons 1–4), Danilo Paškvan (Season 5)

References

  1. ↑ Although she was in the main cast in all seasons she did not appear in a few last episodes of season 4.
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