{{Infobox television | image = The_promotional_poster_for_Serbian_TV_series_"Otpisani".jpg | image_size = 225 | caption = Promotional poster for the series | runtime = 55 minutes | creator = Dragan Marković<br>Siniša Pavić | based_on = {{based on|''Zabranjeni život (Beograd 1941–1944)''|Dragan Marković}} | executive_producer = | director = Aleksandar Đorđević | starring = Dragan Nikolić<br>Voja Brajović<br>Miki Manojlović<br>Stevo Žigon<br>Čedomir Petrović<br>Rudolf Ulrich | country = SFR Yugoslavia | network = TV Belgrade | first_aired = {{start date|1974|12|22}} | last_aired = {{end date|1975|3|16}} | num_episodes = 13 | num_seasons = 1 }} {{Short description|1974 Yugoslav TV series}}'''''Otpisani''''' ({{Lang-sr-cyr|Отписани|lit=The Written Offs}}) is a Yugoslav drama TV series, produced by Radio Television Belgrade and first aired in 1974. The series follows the lives of young Partisans during the World War II in Yugoslavia in occupied Belgrade. It is based the book {{langnf|sr|Zabranjeni život|Forbidden Life}} by Dragan Marković.<ref>{{Citation |title=Otpisani |date= |type= |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071028/ |access-date= |publisher=}} at IMDb</ref>
A film of the same title, which follows the plotline of the first two episodes, was also shot in 1974. Due to the series' popularity, a sequel titled ''Povratak otpisanih'' ({{Langx|en|The Return of the Written Offs}}) was released in 1978.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nikolić |first=Bratislav |date=2023-01-14 |title=Fenomen "Otpisanih" 50 godina kasnije: "Je l' to štos iz Minhena?" |url=https://nova.rs/kultura/fenomen-otpisanih-50-godina-kasnije-je-l-to-stos-iz-minhena/ |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=NOVA portal |language=sr-RS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-03-08 |title=Otpisani - domaća serija |url=http://www.domace.serije.co.rs/pretraga/domace-serije-online/1/otpisani.html |access-date=2025-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308053037/http://www.domace.serije.co.rs/pretraga/domace-serije-online/1/otpisani.html |archive-date=8 March 2014 }}</ref>
Due to its popularity, Radio Television of Serbia has shown reruns of the series eleven times. The series has a cult status among its audience in ex-Yugoslav countries and has attracted an estimated 3 million viewers with its last rerun. A digital remaster of the series premiered on RTS on 29 August 2024, on the series' 50th anniversary.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cukić |first=Mona |date=2024-08-20 |title=Digitalno obnovljena kultna serija "Otpisani": Povodom 50. godišnjice Prle i Tihi u novom ruhu ponovo na televiziji |url=https://nova.rs/kultura/digitalno-obnovljena-serija-otpisani-prle-i-tihi-u-novom-ruhu/ |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=NOVA portal |language=sr-RS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Počinju digitalno obnovljeni "Otpisani" |url=https://www.rts.rs/lat/magazin/film-i-tv/5522455/serija-otpisani-prvi-program-digitalno-obnovljena.html |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=РТС |language=sr}}</ref>
== Plot == Upon the news that Adolf Hitler has invaded the Soviet Union, a group of members of the League of Socialist Youth of Yugoslavia decide to form an illegal group to oppose the Wehrmacht. Their actions put them at on a blacklist of the Gestapo-run Belgrade Special Police.
==Cast== {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * Dragan Nikolić as Prle * Vojislav Brajović as Tihi * Miki Manojlović as Paja Bakšiš * Zlata Petković as Marija * Pavle Vujisić as Joca * Čedomir Petrović as Zriki * Vladan Holec as Mile * Stevo Žigon as Sturmbannführer Krüger * Rudolf Ulrich as Standartenführer Müller * Aleksandar Berček as Čibi/ Mrki * Dragomir Felba as Striko * Rade Marković as Milan * Slobodan Aligrudić as Skale * Ivan Bekjarev as Cane Kurbla * Miroljub Lešo as Slavko * Dušan Perković as Nikola * Vasa Pantelić as Krsta Mišić * Predrag Milinković as Gojko * Mihajlo Janketić as Hauptscharführer Vlada Rus * Bata Kameni as patrol leader * Strahinja Mojić as agent * Dušan Vujimović as tinsmith * Milivoje Tomić as bookbinder * Cane Firaunović as Obersturmführer König * Miroslav Bijelić as Obersturmführer Bauer * Božidar Pavićević as Untersturmführer Dünst * Danilo Lazović as Srba * Svetlana Bojković as Olivera * Jelena Čvorović as Nina * Aleksandar Hrnjaković as Miro * Branko Cvejić as Jockey * Slobodanka Žugić as Klara * Pavle Vujisić as postman Joca * Slobodan Novaković as Cvika * Zlata Numanagić as Dragana * Vidoje Vujović as guard * Radmila Teodorović as Lili * Nikola Jovanović as Sturmbannführer Frank * Zorica Mirković as Milica * Dragomir Čumić as Sirano * Marko Todorović as Stevan * Srboljub Milin as Kosinus * Braca Gavrilović as Uvce * Vera Dedić as Lenče * Đorđe Jelisić as Zare * Josif Tatić as Nenad * Vesna Pećanac as Marija * Janez Vrhovec as the minister * Nada Kasapić as the minister's wife * Rastislav Jović as Cibe * Ramiz Sekić as Agronomist * Mida Stevanović as Zoran * Mihajlo Paskaljević as Spira * Voja Mirić as Doctor Borić * Miodrag Radovanović as engineer Ristić * Zorka Manojlović as Zriki's mother * Ivan Manojlović as German general * Tatjana Lukjanova as Slavko's mother * Predrag Ćeramilac as sculptor * Milan Puzić as Dragana's uncle * Bogoljub Petrović as railwayman * Ljiljana Sedlar as Stevan's wife * Žiža Stojanović as Uvce's wife * Eugen Werber as Hans Schmidt * Božidar Savićević as Marko * Zoran Stoiljković as Šule * Melita Bihalji as German woman * Predrag Panić as Moma * Mladen Nedeljković as Uroš * Zoran Milosavljević as Doctor Janković * Ivan Sebalj as Bane * Miomir Radević as Ratko * Faik Imeri as Mija * Milo Miranović as fisherman, Milica's father * Mirko Bulović as sailor * Danica Aćimac as the sailor's wife * Živka Matić as Moma's mother * Ivo Jakšić as Nina's stepfather * Stevan Minja as gendarme * Ljubomir Ćipranić as gendarme * Veljko Marinković as agent {{div col end}}
==Episodes== {{No plot|section|date=March 2026}} {{Episode table |background=C6875E |overall=6 |title=20 |aux1=20 |aux1T=English title |airdate=18 |prodcode=12 |episodes=
{{Episode list |Title=Bolnica |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|12|22}} |Aux1="The Hospital" |ProdCode=101 |EpisodeNumber=1 |ShortSummary= |LineColor=C6875E }} {{Episode list |Title=Garaža |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|12|29}} |Aux1="The Garage" |ProdCode=102 |EpisodeNumber=2 |ShortSummary= |LineColor=C6875E }} {{Episode list |Title=Izdajnik |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|1|5}} |Aux1="The Traitor" |ProdCode=103 |EpisodeNumber=3 |ShortSummary= |LineColor=C6875E }} {{Episode list |Title=Štamparija |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|1|12}} |Aux1="The Printing Office" |ProdCode=104 |EpisodeNumber=4 |ShortSummary= |LineColor=C6875E }} {{Episode list |Title=Pečurke |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|1|19}} |Aux1="The Mushrooms" |ProdCode=105 |EpisodeNumber=5 |ShortSummary= |LineColor=C6875E }} {{Episode list |Title=Kanal |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|1|26}} |Aux1="The Channel" |ProdCode=106 |EpisodeNumber=6 |ShortSummary= |LineColor=C6875E }} {{Episode list |Title=Banjički logor |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|2|2}} |Aux1="The Camp in Banjica" |ProdCode=107 |EpisodeNumber=7 |ShortSummary= |LineColor=C6875E }} {{Episode list |Title=Poštar |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|2|9}} |Aux1="The Mailman" |ProdCode=108 |EpisodeNumber=8 |ShortSummary= |LineColor=C6875E }} {{Episode list |Title=Paja Bakšiš |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|2|16}} |Aux1="Paja the Tip" |ProdCode=109 |EpisodeNumber=9 |ShortSummary= |LineColor=C6875E }} {{Episode list |Title=Vlada Rus |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|2|23}} |Aux1="Vlada the Russian" |ProdCode=110 |EpisodeNumber=10 |ShortSummary= |LineColor=C6875E }} {{Episode list |Title=Provala |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|3|2}} |Aux1="Breaking and Entering" |ProdCode=111 |EpisodeNumber=11 |ShortSummary= |LineColor=C6875E }} {{Episode list |Title=Ranjenici |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|3|9}} |Aux1="The Wounded" |ProdCode=112 |EpisodeNumber=12 |ShortSummary= |LineColor=C6875E }} {{Episode list |Title=Brodogradilište |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|3|16}} |Aux1="The Shipyard" |ProdCode=113 |EpisodeNumber=13 |ShortSummary= |LineColor=C6875E }} }}
==See also== * ''Potpisani'' (2009 parody series)
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0071028|title=Otpisani}} * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FpsN_V8ixM Otpisani - Uvodna spica (YouTube)] - theme song
Category:Drama television series about World War II Category:Yugoslav drama television series Category:Radio Television of Serbia original programming Category:1974 Yugoslav television series debuts Category:1975 Yugoslav television series endings Category:Serbian drama television series Category:Serbian-language television shows Category:1970s Yugoslav television series Category:Television shows set in Belgrade Category:Television shows filmed in Belgrade Category:Fictional Yugoslav Partisans Category:Works about Yugoslavia in World War II Category:Television series based on books Category:Television shows adapted into films
{{drama-tv-prog-stub}}