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Vruć vetar (1980)

Vruć vetar poster
Directed by
Aleksandar Đorđević
Genre
comedy film
Country
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia
Length
1 season, 10 episodes
Rating
8.9 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This Yugoslav TV series follows the misadventures of a man named Borivoje Šurdilović. It is a comedy that became very popular across several countries.

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What happens

Vruć vetar (Serbian Cyrillic: Врућ ветар, lit. 'Hot Wind') is one of the most popular Yugoslav TV series that aired in 1980. The show and movie cut from scenes of the show, Avanture Borivoja Šurdilovića (Serbian Cyrillic: Авантуре Боривоја Шурдиловића, lit. 'The Adventures of Borivoje Šurdilović'), were also popular in neighbouring countries (Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria, as well as in Czechoslovakia). The main theme, titled "A sad adio", performed by Slavko Bešić Čupa and Dragan Stojnić among others, became very popular and is enjoying a bit of a cult status. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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