Novine
{{Short description|Croatian TV series}}
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| genre = Drama
| creator = Ivica Đikić
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| writer = Ivica Đikić
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| country = Croatia
| language = Croatian
| num_seasons = 3
| num_episodes = 33
| list_episodes = List of Novine episodes
| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|
- Miodrag Sila
- Nebojša Taraba
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| runtime = 50 minutes
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| network = HRT 1
| first_aired = {{Start date|2016|10|16|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2020|05|04|df=y}}
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}}Novine ({{langx|en|The Paper|italics=yes}}), is a Croatian drama television series created by Ivica Đikić, a journalist who had served as editor-in-chief of Rijeka's Novi list several years earlier. The story takes place in Rijeka, as it describes the life and work of a journalist and editor of a fictitious Novine, which is considered to be the last independent and "serious" newspaper in Croatia.
The series was broadcast on HRT from 16 October 2016 to 4 May 2020. On 3 April 2018, it was announced that Novine is set to become the first Croatian-language drama series to be released on Netflix.{{cite web|url=https://www.croatiaweek.com/croatian-series-the-paper-picked-up-by-netflix/|title=Croatian Series ‘The Paper’ Picked Up by Netflix|date=3 April 2018|website=croatiaweek.com|publisher=Croatia Week|access-date=5 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240810230949/https://www.croatiaweek.com/croatian-series-the-paper-picked-up-by-netflix/|archive-date=10 August 2024}}
Plot
Marijo Kardum (Aleksandar Cvjetković), an influential construction tycoon, is suddenly in a hurry to take over the Novine because young journalist Andrej Marinković (Goran Marković) has begun investigating a mysterious car accident with which the future owner is closely linked. The sudden change of ownership is also triggered by internal turmoil in the newsroom, driven by a desire for power, vanity and ambition. At the heart of these turmoil are veteran journalists Dijana Mitrović (Branka Katić), Nikola Martić (Trpimir Jurkić), Martin Vidov (Zijad Gračić) and Alenka Jović-Marinković (Olga Pakalović), who are replaced by editor-in-chief.
Episodes
{{Main|List of Novine episodes{{!}}List of Novine episodes}}
{{:List of Novine episodes}}
Cast
=Main cast=
class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center; width:60%;" |
rowspan="2" style="width:15%;" scope="col"| Actor
! rowspan="2" style="width:15%;" scope="col"| Character ! colspan="3" | Season |
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style="width:7%;" scope="colspan"| 1
! style="width:7%;" scope="colspan"| 2 ! style="width:7%;" scope="colspan"| 3 |
scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Branka Katić
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Dijana Mitrović | colspan="3" {{cMain}} |
scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Trpimir Jurkić
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Nikola Martić | colspan="3" {{cMain}} |
scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Aleksandar Cvjetković
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Mario Kardum | colspan="3" {{cMain}} |
scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Dragan Despot
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Ludvig Tomašević | colspan="3" {{cMain}} |
scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Zdenko Jelčić
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Blago Antić | colspan="3" {{cMain}} |
scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Zijad Gračić
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Martin Vidov | colspan="3" {{cMain}} |
scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Goran Marković
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Andrej Marinković | colspan="3" {{cMain}} |
scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Tihana Lazović
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Tena Latinović | colspan="3" {{cMain}} |
scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Olga Pakalović
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Alenka Jović Marinković | colspan="3" {{cMain}} |
scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Boris Svrtan
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Prime Minister Lozančić | colspan="3" {{cMain}} |
scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Dražen Mikulić
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Jure Jolić | colspan="3" {{cMain}} |
scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Livio Badurina
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Matko Jakovljević | colspan="1" {{N/A |
| colspan="2" {{cMain}}
|-
|}
=Supporting cast=
class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center; width:60%;" |
rowspan="2" style="width:15%;" scope="col"| Actor
! rowspan="2" style="width:15%;" scope="col"| Character ! colspan="3" | Season |
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style="width:7%;" scope="colspan"| 1
! style="width:7%;" scope="colspan"| 2 ! style="width:7%;" scope="colspan"| 3 |
scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Katarina Bistrović-Darvaš
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Dunja Martić | colspan="3" {{cRecurring}} |
scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Darko Milas
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Ilija Bubalo | colspan="3" {{cRecurring}} |
scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Izudin Bajrović
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Marinko Prskalo | colspan="3" {{cRecurring}} |
scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Tena Nemet Brankov
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Lara Tomašević | colspan="3" {{cRecurring}} |
scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Ksenija Pajić
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Julijana Tomašević | colspan="3" {{cRecurring}} |
scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Nikša Butijer
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Leo Grubišić | colspan="3" {{cRecurring}} |
scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Glorija Dubelj
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Barbara | colspan="3" {{cRecurring}} |
scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Zdenko Botić
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Archbishop Matija Bilaver | colspan="3" {{cRecurring}} |
scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Željko Königsknecht
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Boris Males | colspan="3" {{cRecurring}} |
scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Alen Liverić
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Toni Nardelli | colspan="2" {{cRecurring}} | colspan="1" {{N/A |
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Ivica Pucar
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Dario Antić
| colspan="2" {{cRecurring}}
| colspan="1" {{N/A|}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Edita Karađole
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Dubravka Kardum
| colspan="2" {{cRecurring}}
| colspan="1" {{N/A|}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Goran Grgić
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Mihael Popović
| colspan="1" {{cRecurring}}
| colspan="1" {{N/A|}}
| colspan="1" {{cRecurring}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Damir Lončar
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Josip Vuković
| colspan="1" {{cRecurring}}
| colspan="2" {{N/A|}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Nives Ivanković
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Jelena Krsnik
| colspan="1" {{N/A|}}
| colspan="1" {{cRecurring}}
| colspan="1" {{N/A|}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Goran Koši
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Alen Javor
| colspan="1" {{N/A|}}
| colspan="2" {{cRecurring}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Draško Zidar
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Zvonimir Mihalić
| colspan="1" {{N/A|}}
| colspan="2" {{cRecurring}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Siniša Popović
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Lovro Ljubičić
| colspan="1" {{N/A|}}
| colspan="2" {{cRecurring}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Daria Lorenci
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Katarina Jerkov
| colspan="2" {{N/A|}}
| colspan="1" {{cRecurring}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Krešimir Mikić
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Joško Jerkov
| colspan="2" {{N/A|}}
| colspan="1" {{cRecurring}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Nadia Cvitanović
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Žana
| colspan="2" {{N/A|}}
| colspan="1" {{cRecurring}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Ivan Bekjarev
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Jovan Arbutina
| colspan="2" {{N/A|}}
| colspan="1" {{cRecurring}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Mirko Soldano
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Nuncij Bertolazzi
| colspan="2" {{N/A|}}
| colspan="1" {{cRecurring}}
|-
|}
Production
The series was mostly filmed in Rijeka,{{cite web|url=https://total-croatia-news.com/lifestyle/croatian-netflix-paper/|title=Croatian Director Of Netflix ‘The Paper’ On Final Season: Dalibor Matanić|website=total-croatia-news.com|date=23 January 2020|access-date=5 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908135817/https://total-croatia-news.com/lifestyle/croatian-netflix-paper/|archive-date=8 September 2024}} which very rarely appears as the main setting in Croatian films and series. The series was directed by Dalibor Matanić. Novine had its Zagreb premiere on 13 October 2016 at Cinestar in Branimir Center.
The filming of a second season began in 2018, and episodes began airing in September 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.tportal.hr/kultura/clanak/dikic-nove-novine-su-mracnije-i-brutalnije-najbolje-je-gledati-bez-traganja-za-slicnostima-s-hrvatskom-foto-20180924|title=Đikić: Nove 'Novine' su mračnije i brutalnije, najbolje je gledati bez traganja za sličnostima s Hrvatskom|first=Tina|last=Barbarić|date=24 September 2018|website=tportal.hr|accessdate=8 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240912100614/https://www.tportal.hr/kultura/clanak/dikic-nove-novine-su-mracnije-i-brutalnije-najbolje-je-gledati-bez-traganja-za-slicnostima-s-hrvatskom-foto-20180924|archive-date=12 September 2024}} The final season of HRT's Novine series began airing on 3 March 2020.{{cite web|url=https://mojtv.hr/magazin/20715/treca-sezona-serije-novine-od-2-ozujka-na-hrtu.aspx|title=Treća sezona serije „Novine“ od 2. ožujka na HRT-u|website=mojtv.hr|language=hr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250405091335/https://mojtv.hr/magazin/20715/treca-sezona-serije-novine-od-2-ozujka-na-hrtu.aspx|archive-date=5 April 2025}}
Reception
Critics have noted the strong influence of the so-called nordic noir television thrillers, as well as the popular American television series The Wire, which pays tribute to numerous details.
Novine is the largest single export of one Croatian audiovisual product in Croatian history. The offer had already arrived from Channel 4, but the distributor had planned a bigger stake and succeeded. It is marketed to nearly half a billion viewers. It is also the second series in a Slavic language to achieve notable international success, after the Russian Silver Spoon. This will make the series available in more than 130 countries worldwide and is a major leap into the US and global markets.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|tt5868220}}
{{Croatian Radiotelevision original programming}}
Category:2016 Croatian television series debuts
Category:2020 Croatian television series endings
Category:Croatian drama television series