VREME
and B92 present the documentary series
THE UNIT
The untold story of THE RED BERETS
By the end of 2003, few people knew what the Special Operations
Unit of the Republic of Serbia did: the media was fawning over them,
politicians respected them, the military and police bowed to them,
and all of Serbia was afraid of them. They were called the RED BERETS,
or simply THE UNIT. After the assassination of prime minister Zoran
Đindic on March 13, 2003, this formation was dissolved in silence.
But, how did Milorad “Legija” Ulemek, the first and only commander
of THE UNIT and the man who Đindic himself described as one of the
heroes of October Fifth, become accused of being the main organizer
of Đindic’s death? How is it possible that Special Operations Unit’s
deputy commander Zvezdan Jovanovic is accused of pulling the trigger
on the sniper rifle? How is it that the weightiest political crimes
in Serbia – murders, assassinations, kidnappings – were committed
by THE UNIT?
Contents of the first episode of the series “The Unit”
Why did Slobodan Miloševic order the formation of THE UNIT and
how did Jovica Stanišic’s State Security handle the order? Why did
this formation have two parts – the Red Berets in Knin under the
command of Franko “Franky” Simatovic and the Serbian Volunteer Guard
of Željko “Arkan” Ražnatovic in Erdut? What were the tasks of THE
UNIT, how was it organized and trained? Where and how did it go
to war, and where and how did it get rich? With never before seen
video material and documents, regarding all these questions and
many more, among others, words from Captain Dragan Vasiljkovic,
General Manojlo Milovanovic and members of THE UNIT.
Contents of the second episode of the series “The Unit”
Why was operation PAUK on the bihacko war zone in 1994, the largest
and most profitable action of THE UNIT? What did Arkan then do in
the Bosnian Krajina and what was the fate of the refugees which
the Serbian Internal Affairs Ministry was sending to Arkan? Why
did Milorad “Legija” Ulemek’s “Super Tigers” become the foundation
of the Special Operations Unit? How did members of THE UNIT torture
senior officials of the Yugoslav Military during the NATO interventions
and how did the leaders of the Special Operations Unit participate
in political murders? With never before seen video material and
documents, regarding all these questions and many more, among others,
words from General Atif Dudakovic and Manojlo Milovanovic and members
of THE UNIT.
Contents of the third episode of the series “The Unit”
How did the ties between the State Security and mafia originate,
specifically between THE UNIT and the Zemun Clan and Dušan Spasojevic?
Why did THE UNIT become more powerful than ever after October 5,
and how was Legija holding the new government in his hand? What
was behind the rebellion of the Special Operations Unit? How did
Legija and Spasojevic become the rulers of organized crime? How
was prime minister Zoran Đindic planning to deal with THE UNIT and
the Zemun Clan? With never before seen video material and documents,
regarding all these questions and many more, among others, words
from prime minister Đindic’s close colleagues and members of THE
UNIT.
THE UNIT series author
Filip Švarm
producers
Filip Švarm
Veran Matic
narrator
Dušan Radulovic
script
Filip Švarm
Radoslav Cebic
executive producer
Slaven Kranjc
film editor
Radoslav Cebic
camera
Zoran Stojicic
Predrag Đurdic
original music
Zoran Uzelac
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