The Red Poet

S1 · E1 · 9. Jan 2024

Episode 1 Folge 1

A boy named Kosta is born. At 9, his father compels him to quit school and work for the family pottery. Undiscouraged, Kosta studies nightly, nurturing a love for literature, especially poetry and communism.

S1 · E2 · 10. Jan 2024

Episode 2 Folge 2

Kosta and friends escape trouble with drunk police. Later, he attends a Communist Party Congress in Dresden but is arrested at the Austrian border on his return. After 3 months, Kosta returns home to find an army service invitation.

S1 · E3 · 11. Jan 2024

Episode 3 Folge 3

After facing harassment by the army corporal, Kosta visits Skopje often to organize a poetry reading, facing opposition from authorities. He befriends Antun Kolendic. The police are informed that Kosta leads the local Communist movement.

S1 · E4 · 12. Jan 2024

Episode 4 Folge 4

During a picnic, police spoil the fun for Kosta and friends. Heading home, Kosta's friend Stevan Galogaza arrives, but as agents and police approach, both Stevan and Kosta are arrested.

S1 · E5 · 15. Jan 2024

Episode 5 Folge 5

Kosta endures torture in prison. After 6 months, he's transported for a tense trial in Zagreb, where he and Stevan Galogaza are sentenced to 4 years in jail.

S1 · E6 · 16. Jan 2024

Episode 6 Folge 6

Imprisoned Kosta discusses language, literature, and politics. Upon release, he reunites with Nevena, discovering Gancho's death. During a Party writers' clash, Kosta defies orders by refusing to attack Miroslav Krlezha.

S1 · E7 · 17. Jan 2024

Episode 7 Folge 7

Tito orders to ban Kosta from the party. Despite the separation, Kosta asks Nevena to join him in Skopje, but she stays in Veles. They meet regularly, attend the first Macedonian play, motivating Kosta to finish his Macedonian poems.

S1 · E8 · 18. Jan 2024

Episode 8 Folge 8

Kosta works in Belgrade, but is forced to go back home in Veles. Then, he goes to Samobor near Zagreb, where 4000 copies of his poems are printed and distributed illegally. Unfortunately, the authorities seize all of them.

S1 · E9 · 19. Jan 2024

Episode 9 Folge 9

S1 · E10 · 22. Jan 2024

Episode 10 Folge 10