Spiridon Kopicl

Spiridon Kopicl is a fictional character created by Slobodan Šijan as one of the main characters of the "Davitelj protiv davitelja" movie.

Fictional character biography

Kopicl was a young and talented, but not yet famous rock musician an a member of the VIS Simboli musical group. Having lost his mother, Marija Kopicl, his father Dr. Dobrica Kopicl, a well-know physician, married Natalija, an atractive nurse. This was the reason he was extremely shy and hated beautiful women.

One evening while watching TV, Kopicl saw a TV report on a victim of a strangler. The image of the dead woman shocked him and made him faint. After his father and step-mother brought him round, he started strangling Natalija and saying he made a telepathic relationship with the "Belgrade's Strangler".

He recorded the song "Beogradski davitelj" ("Belgrade Strangler") with his band and the song became the nationwide hit. The song was broadcast on the popular music radio show host by Sofija, in whom Kopicl falls in love after she offered to be his victim durring the show. He later stated it was the most incredible experience of his life.

VIS Simboli held their first show on a Friday the 13th. The concert was sold out. The same night Pera Mitić killed the police undercover agent Rodoljub Jovanović. A review of the concert appeared on the "Mozaik kulture" TV show hosted by Sofija and the song was reviewed exteremely negative.

One evening, after following Sofija, Kopicl went after Sofija to strangle her. Pera Mitić was also after Sofija and atacked her. Kopicl, instead of the killer, became the hero. Soon after, the two got married. On their honey-moon Kopicl finally satisfied his desire and strangled her. Mitić dressed in his mother clothes, who lost his ear in the previous incident, was watching the whole scene and attacked Kopicl when he was getting rid of the body. Kopicl ran away to an abandoned building where after a struggle hanged Mitić while Mitić was biting Kopicl's ear.

On that moment Kopicl heard a melody on which he based a symphony he composed. A few years later he became a famous composer and conductor and got married to his step-mother Natalija after his father died. He became famous as the man who saved Belgrade from the strangler. Sofija was declared the last victim of the Belgrade's strangler.

References

* [http://www.novikadrovi.net/kritike/67-kritika.php Davitelj protiv davitelja review (Serbian source)]

See also

* Davitelj protiv davitelja
* Srđan Šaper