Shadows Over the Balkans is a Serbian crime television series, created by Dragan Bjelogrlić and Stevan Koprivica. The screenplay was written by Danica Pajović, Dejan Stojiljković, and Vladimir Kecmanović, based on a story by Stevan Koprivica.
The series is set between the two World Wars in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and follows the story of two inspectors from the Belgrade police, who, just before the 1928 National Assembly Assassination, they are trying to solve the mystery of the ritual murders that are shaking the public. The plot begins at a masquerade ball, where all of Belgrade's "cream" is gathered and where a brutal and very unusual murder takes place.
Inspector Tanasijević soon becomes aware that the cause of the frequent terrifying events that are beginning to accumulate around the city is an ancient relic—the Spear of Longinus.
