Tribes of Europa
A German dystopian series cancelled after one season.
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The show was cancelled after its first season, confirmed by Koch in January 2024.[1]
Making and release
The series was produced by W&B Television, whose credits include the Netflix hit Dark.[2] Filming took place at the World War II Monument to the uprising of the people of Kordun and Banija in Croatia.[3] Academic art historian Sanja Horvatinčić questioned whether a registered cultural property could legally be closed and leased to a private production company.[4] The monument was used from the very beginning of production as the template for the show's visual tone.[4]
In the show, the monument serves as a military base for a tribe called "The Crimson Republic".[4] During the period when filming occurred, the production team blocked public access to the memorial for multiple months, stating they had obtained authorization from both the Ministry of Culture and Media and the local municipality.[3][4] The filming team cleared the location, scrubbing old graffiti that had been on the walls for decades.[5][4]
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Bojana Videkanić described her "strong disgust" towards the monument's usage as "a playground for the sadistic imagination"[6] The monument is geographically decontextualized in the show, with the Crimson Republic base meant to be situated in Germany, not Croatia.[4] The podcast Remembering Yugoslavia noted that security at the monument was increased with a new heavy duty padlock following the filming.[7] Donald Niebyl condemned the "exotification and orientalization of Yugoslav architecture" and cautioned about the removal of sensitive memorial sites from their original context in artistic and cinematic works.[6]
References
- Wikipedia, "Tribes of Europa" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Moore, "'Tribes of Europa' Won't Return for Season 2 at Netflix", What's on Netflix, 23 January 2024 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wiseman, "Bavaria Fiction Chief Creative Officer Oliver Vogel To Join Leonine-Owned 'Dark' Producer W&B Television", Deadline, 18 September 2020. facts only, no text reused. deadline.com
- Wikipedia, "Tribes of Europa" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Petrova Gora Monument: From Utopia to Dystopia (Podcast Episode 34)", Remembering Yugoslavia, 17 May 2021; Derk, "Sramimo li se što je Bakićev spomenik kulisa za europsku apokalipsu", Večernji list, 1 March 2021; "Petrova Gora Monument: From Utopia to Dystopia (Podcast Episode 34)", Remembering Yugoslavia, 17 May 2021; Donald Niebyl, "Petrova Gora & Netflix's "Tribes of Europa": an overview & analysis", Spomenik Database, 4 April 2021 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Donald Niebyl, "Petrova Gora & Netflix's "Tribes of Europa": an overview & analysis", Spomenik Database, 4 April 2021. facts only, no text reused. spomenikdatabase.org
- Wikipedia, "Tribes of Europa" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Videkanić, "Plemena novog fašizma", Kulturpunkt.hr, 31 May 2021; Donald Niebyl, "Petrova Gora & Netflix's "Tribes of Europa": an overview & analysis", Spomenik Database, 4 April 2021 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Tribes of Europa" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Donald Niebyl, "Petrova Gora & Netflix's "Tribes of Europa": an overview & analysis", Spomenik Database, 4 April 2021; Videkanić, "Plemena novog fašizma", Kulturpunkt.hr, 31 May 2021; Ugrešić, "Sretna Nova godina", Novosti (Croatia), 31 December 2021; Derk, "Sramimo li se što je Bakićev spomenik kulisa za europsku apokalipsu", Večernji list, 1 March 2021; Pavičić, "Nijemci su snimili alegoriju Republike Hrvatske. TV seriju o tupsonima...", Jutarnji list, 27 February 2021; "Petrova Gora Monument: From Utopia to Dystopia (Podcast Episode en.wikipedia.org
- "Petrova Gora Monument: From Utopia to Dystopia (Podcast Episode 34)", Remembering Yugoslavia, 17 May 2021. facts only, no text reused. rememberingyugoslavia.com
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