In Popular Culture
In the 1942 film, Cat People, a small statue of Jovan Nenad (albeit referenced as "King John of Serbia"), plays a central role in developing the underlying mythological milieu of the film's setting. The statue is of "King John" on horseback, holding up an impaled cat on his sword.
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