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Letters of the Executed
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Letters of the Executed

Banjica Camp Museum, Belgrade · Serbian Cultural Centre, Beijing · 2017–2024

GenreMusic theatre
AuthorTadija Miletić, based on the book "Letters of the Shot"
VenueCultural element in co-production with the Museum of the City of Belgrade, Banjica camp Museum, Belgrade, Serbia
PremiereNovember 9, 2017
Tadija Miletić’s roleDirector

About the project

A concert-performance dedicated to remembrance and the victims of the Second World War, based on real farewell letters of executed patriots (originally performed as “Kristallnacht”, 2017–2018). Each performance brings different musicians and a different work; audience members are given numbers at the entrance, which a prison guard calls out mid-concert. The production travelled from the Banjica Camp Museum to the Serbian Cultural Centre in Beijing (2024), in a modern staging with 3D mapping.

Creative team

Director
Tadija Miletić
Music Editor
Dina Miletić
Video Realization
Predrag Radunović
Broadcast Director
Dejan Stojanović
Audio and Video Production
AV Team Production
Make-up and Hairstyles
Mirjana Rakić
Poster Design
Dina Čubrilović, Vuk Babović, Bodin Jovanović

Cast and performers

PrisonerNikola Štrbac
German officerBranko Žujković
ViolinDušica Mladenović, Mina Mladenović
ViolaMarina Popović
CelloTeodora Nikolić
ViolinAnja Petković, Milena Brzaković
ViolaDunja Petkovska
CelloAngelina Živković
PianoDanica Dujaković
CelloIvan Stjepan Marinić
CelloMarija Tadić

2017:

String Quartet "Anime", Concertmaster Dušica Mladenović

2018:

Ensemble “Quintesenzza”, Concertmaster Anja Petković

2019:

Video

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