Zabranjena ljubav

*Zabranjena ljubav*
Zabranjena ljubav
Created by	Fremantle Media
Country of origin	Croatia
No. of episodes	805
Production
Running time	30 Minutes
Release
Original network	RTL Televizija
Original release	25 October 2004 –; 3 November 2008

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 , Antonija Šola, Nada Rocco, and (last one with some months of break) were the only remaining original cast members until the final episode.

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 () 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 () 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 (), and Petra raised by her mother Viktorija Novak (Sanja Vejnović) who had married into money to a rich aristocrate widower Stjepan Novak ().

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 (), a warm-hearted, down-to-earth housewife. Their children were Iva Lončar () and Matija (), Iva had just started a romantic involvement with Igor Carević () and Matija started seeing his class member Lana Kos (). 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 ().

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 (, later ), 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[]

Actor	Role	Status
	Petra Lončar	2004–2008
	Borna Novak	2004–2008
Antonija Šola	Tina Bauer	2004–2008
	Igor Carević	2004–2008
Nada Rocco	Nada Barić	2004–2008
Vesna Tominac Matačić	Karolina Novak	2005–2008
	Jure Šarić	2006–2008
Maja Petrin	Dunja Barišić	2006–2008
Vladimir Tintor	Franjo Barišić	2006–2008
	Luka Laušić	2006–2008
	Marijana Benčić	2006–2008
Frano Lasić	Marinko Ružić	2006–2008
Danira Gović	Angelina Kovač	2007–2008
	Mirna Šarić	2007–2008
	Ivica Šarić	2008
Sandra Bagarić	Eleonora Šarić	2008

Recurring cast members[]

Actor	Role
Mario Mlinarić	Jakov Barišić
Šime Zanze	waiter Robert
	Mate Grom
	Tom Ružić #2
Luka Peroš	Arhitekt Juraga

Departed cast members[]

Actor	Role	Status
	Leon Bauer #1 †	2004
	Leon Bauer #2 †	2004–2005
Sanja Vejnović	Viktorija Novak	2004–2005
Mirna Medaković	Maja Vukovič	2004–2005
	Vesna Kos	2004–2005
	Aleksandar Barić	2005–2006
	Ljubo Carević	2004–2006
	Matija Lončar	2004–2006
	Danijel Lončar †	2004–2006
	Josip Lončar	2004–2005; guest in 2006.
	Lana Kos	2004–2006
	Stjepan Novak	2004–2006
Matija Prskalo	Stela Vidak	2004–2006
Katija Zubčić	Lidija Bauer-Novak	2004–2006; guest in 2007.
	Zlatko Fijan †	2005–2007
	Ana Fijan-Benčić	2005–2007
	Iva Lončar	2004–2007
	Biserka Fijan (ex Lončar)	2004–2007
	Nikola Benčić	2006–2007
	Antun Benčić	2006–2008

References[]

External links[]

Zabranjena ljubav at IMDb