Zabranjena ljubav

Zabranjena ljubav (lit. "Forbidden Love", commonly abbreviated to ZLJ) is a Croatian daytime soap opera about the lives and loves of both young and older characters, focused on the major Croatian city of Zagreb. Actors Mario Valentić, Antonija Šola, Nada Rocco, Dejan Marcikić and Anita Berisha (last one with some months of break) were the only remaining original cast members until the final episode.

Zabranjena ljubav
Created byFremantle Media
Country of originCroatia
No. of episodes805
Production
Running time30 Minutes
Release
Original networkRTL Televizija
Original releaseOctober 25, 2004 (2004-10-25) 
November 3, 2008 (2008-11-03)

About show

The soap tackles controversial issues, such as rape, homosexuality, adultery, and deadly diseases. The viewers of this soap are varied, ranging from small children to senior citizens.

Zabranjena ljubav is a remake of Australian soap opera Sons and Daughters, initially based on that serial's original story and character outlines, before diverging as the new series progressed.

In April 2008, RTL Televizija announced that the highly popular soap opera would end its run after 4 years that fall in its time slot 7:30 PM.

History

The original story begins by introducing a handsome 22-year-old Danijel Lončar (Zoran Pribičević) coming home to Zagreb, on his 22nd birthday, after losing his job in Italy. At the railway station, he bumps into a beautiful girl. They both feel immediate attraction. Danijel doesn’t even get the chance to ask for her name as they are greeted by their friends and family.

The girl is Petra Novak (Anita Berisha) who also returned home, after studying photography in London, funny enough, on a present-day she also celebrates her 22nd birthday.

It soon transpires that Danijel and Petra were twins separated at birth. Danijel had initially been raised by the wise Nada Horvat (Nada Rocco) before returning to his father Josip Lončar (Drazen Mikulić), and Petra raised by her mother Viktorija Novak (Sanja Vejnović) who had married into money to a rich aristocrate widower Stjepan Novak (Velimir Čokljat).

The parents of the twins had each married other people and raised families which had other adult children. The Lončar family comprised Danijel's father Josip Lončar, a construction worker; and Josip's wife Biserka Lončar (Vanja Matujec), a warm-hearted, down-to-earth housewife. Their children were Iva Lončar (Marija Kobić) and Matija (Filip Riđički), Iva had just started a romantic involvement with Igor Carević (Dejan Marcikić) and Matija started seeing his class member Lana Kos (Petra Kurtela). Petra had grown up with her mother Viktorija (Sanja Vejnović), Viktorija's husband Stjepan who was a successful wineyard owner and businessman, and Stjepan's son from an earlier marriage, the spiteful Borna Novak (Mario Valentić).

After Danijel's investigation into Petra's whereabouts, he slowly enters the world of the powerful Novak family by landing a job as a gardener, not knowing he is working for his biological mother, nor that he has fallen in love with his own sister.

Other major characters include Lidija Bauer (Katija Zubčić) who has always had strong feelings for Stjepan, but who stepped away out of respect towards the family and her children. Lidija has two children of her own: the spoiled and stubborn teenager Tina Bauer (Antonija Šola) and the good-natured medical student Leon Bauer (Mario Mohenski, later Marin Knežević), who was betrothed to Petra at Viktorija's instigation only for the wedding to be cancelled after a revelation about his homosexuality. Viktorija's best friend, the dizzy socialite Stela Vidak (Matija Prskalo), was introduced as a minor figure during the show's early days as someone to whom Viktorija could recite expository dialogue about her latest scheme to, but soon emerged as a key character.

Cast

2008 Cast

ActorRoleStatus
Anita BerishaPetra Lončar2004–2008
Mario ValentićBorna Novak2004–2008
Dejan MarcikićIgor Carević2004–2008
Antonija ŠolaTina Bauer2004–2008
Nada RoccoNada Barić2004–2008
Vesna Tominac MatačićKarolina Novak2005–2008
Zoran GogićJure Šarić2006–2008
Maja PetrinDunja Barišić2006–2008
Vladimir TintorFranjo Barišić2006–2008
Robert PlemićLuka Laušić2006–2008
Anđela RamljakMarijana Benčić2006–2008
Frano LasićMarinko Ružić2006–2008
Danira GovićAngelina Kovač2007–2008
Lorena NosićMirna Šarić2007–2008
Ozren DomiterIvica Šarić2008
Sandra BagarićEleonora Šarić2008

Recurring cast members

ActorRole
Mario MlinarićJakov Barišić
Šime Zanzewaiter Robert
Danilo VukčevićMate Grom
Mario LukajićTom Ružić #2
Luka PerošArhitekt Juraga

Departed cast members

ActorRoleStatus
Mario MohenskiLeon Bauer #12004
Marin KneževićLeon Bauer #22004–2005
Sanja VejnovićViktorija Novak2004–2005
Mirna MedakovićMaja Vukovič2004–2005
Marina KostelacVesna Kos2004–2005
Andrej DojkićAleksandar Barić2005–2006
Ivan MartinecLjubo Carević2004–2006
Filip RiđičkiMatija Lončar2004–2006
Zoran PribičevićDanijel Lončar †2004–2006
Drazen MikulićJosip Lončar2004–2005; guest in 2006.
Petra KurtelaLana Kos2004–2006
Velimir ČokljatStjepan Novak2004–2006
Matija PrskaloStela Vidak2004–2006
Katija ZubčićLidija Bauer-Novak2004–2006; guest in 2007.
Mirsad TukaZlatko Fijan †2005–2007
Jelena PerčinAna Fijan-Benčić2005–2007
Marija KobićIva Lončar2004–2007
Vanja MatujecBiserka Fijan (ex Lončar)2004–2007
Marko ČabovNikola Benčić2006–2007
Jozo ŠukerAntun Benčić2006–2008

References

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