Državni posao (; ) is a Serbian comedy television series starring Dimitrije Banjac, Nikola Škorić and Dejan Ćirjaković. They are also the authors of the show. The show began airing in September 2012. It is one of the most-watched TV shows and TV programmes of the Radio Television of Vojvodina.
Synopsis
The show has the format of a three-character chamber play with each episode depicting another work day at the archive department of an unnamed state-owned company in Novi Sad. Torbica, Boškić and Čvarkov are fellow employees sharing the same office.
They are often talking and discussing the current events in the country including sports, entertainment, films, TV series, and politics. The show also features a variety of unseen characters that are only referenced in the conversations between the three characters.
Episodes
Characters
Main characters
Đorđe Čvarkov
Đorđe Čvarkov is the chief archivist in the office. With only four years left before becoming eligible for retirement, he spent most of his career at the company—though, prior to joining the archive department, he had been the company's chief financial officer during the CEO term of his close friend Marjanović. However, both were removed from their posts in 1988 in the midst of the so-called Yogurt Revolution. Still embittered about the sudden removal all these years later, Čvarkov feels he was victim of a political witch hunt while many in the company view it as comeuppance since CFO Čvarkov and CEO Marjanović were apparently known to engage in non-transparent business practices such as nepotism in the hiring process or knowingly signing damaging contracts on the company's behalf. In the years since their joint professional downfall from top managerial positions, Čvarkov's and Marjanović's personal friendship soured and they haven't been on speaking terms ever since Čvarkov's apparent failure to be discreet about Marjanović's womanizing in front of Marjanović's wife. Čvarkov detests the subsequent CEOs—Dobrosavljev and Dobromirov.
Hailing from Titel, young Čvarkov attended the Ludvig Bavarski School for Gifted Children in nearby Perlez. Musically inclined from an early age, he was a member of Vitezovi Salajke — a band that achieved a measure of local prominence around Bačka. Apparently quite a ladies man himself in his youth, Čvarkov frequently brags about his conquests that potentially include Boškić's mother and her sister. He possibly has a son in Pečuj. Čvarkov's marital history is not entirely clear though it is undeniably connected to a woman with last name Bugarski whom he either married and then divorced or was about to marry before their passionate relationship broke apart at the last minute. He lives with his grandmother at Pejićevi Salaši, a suburban hamlet on the outer city limits of Novi Sad, where they run a poultry farming operation, raising and selling small roosters. Being a good source of supplemental income, Čvarkov's private rooster operation often overlaps with his work at the company since he frequently uses the company's time and resources when setting up deals with potential customers. Also living with them at the house is grandmother's close friend Frau Šilovička, a very old, Vienna-educated lady who remembers the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Čvarkov moved her there from her centrally-located Novi Sad apartment, which he now leases out and collects the rent.
Proud local booster of Bačka and Vojvodina, Čvarkov often complains about the contemporary times. Considering his ilk to be a culturally autochthonous part in the fabric of Vojvodina, he frequently displays disdain for "dođoši", first and second generation newcomers. Furthermore, he dislikes Belgrade and isn't too keen even on other parts of Vojvodina outside of Bačka, such as Banat. In addition to being an admirer of the k. und k. and Mitteleuropa cultural values, he is known as a devotee of Josip Broz Tito and communist period in Yugoslavia. He often brings up Živan Berisavljević and Boško Krunić, top communist politicians from the Vojvodina provincial leadership who got removed during Yogurt Revolution, in positive light, considering them to be exemplary leaders and individuals. Feeling cultural superiority over the people from other parts of former Yugoslavia, Čvarkov only occasionally makes an exception to praise the Slovenes, albeit not hesitating at other times to express his dislike of them, allegedly on the grounds of an unpleasant encounter with an olm — a species endemic to Southern Slovenia — which actually serves as a running gag throughout the show.