AutoMapper Many to Many relationship - asp.net-mvc

Question

I'm not sure where I'm going wrong here. I want to map my classes so that there aren't extra levels in the returned values.
Models (DTOs):
public class FilmViewModel
{
public FilmViewModel() { }
public int Id { get; set; }
[Required(ErrorMessage = "Naziv filma je obavezno polje.")]
public string Naziv { get; set; }
public string Opis { get; set; }
public string UrlFotografije { get; set; }
[RegularExpression(#"^(19|20)[\d]{2,2}$", ErrorMessage = "Godina mora biti u YYYY formatu.")]
public int Godina { get; set; }
public JezikEnum Jezik { get; set; }
public int Trajanje { get; set; }
public bool IsActive { get; set; }
public List<Licnost> Licnosti { get; set; }
}
public class LicnostViewModel
{
public LicnostViewModel() { }
public int Id { get; set; }
[Required]
public string ImePrezime { get; set; }
[Required]
public bool IsGlumac { get; set; }
[Required]
public bool IsRedatelj { get; set; }
public List<Film> Filmovi { get; set; }
}
Entities:
public class Film
{
[Key]
public int Id { get; set; }
[Required]
public string Naziv { get; set; }
public string Opis { get; set; }
public string UrlFotografije { get; set; }
[RegularExpression(#"^(19|20)[\d]{2,2}$")]
public int Godina { get; set; }
public JezikEnum Jezik { get; set; }
public bool IsActive { get; set; }
public int Trajanje { get; set; }
public List<FilmLicnost> Licnosti { get; set; }
}
public class Licnost
{
[Key]
public int Id { get; set; }
[Required]
public string ImePrezime { get; set; }
[Required]
public bool IsGlumac { get; set; }
[Required]
public bool IsRedatelj { get; set; }
public List<FilmLicnost> Filmovi { get; set; }
}
public class FilmLicnost
{
[Key]
public int Id { get; set; }
[ForeignKey(nameof(Licnost))]
public int LicnostId { get; set; }
public Licnost Licnost { get; set; }
[ForeignKey(nameof(Film))]
public int FilmId { get; set; }
public Film Film { get; set; }
}
Basically Swagger already shows me what I'm returning, but I want to avoid unnecessary nesting. It's marked in the image:
I want to say that I've been looking all over SO, AutoMapper documentation etc. No answer/example finds me the solution I need. I'm either missing a Model(DTO) somewhere or there is something major wrong with my logic.
Some example links that I tried are this and this
Also here are some links I tried to get information from: link1, link2
This is what I've tried so far:
CreateMap<FilmLicnost, LicnostViewModel>()
.ForMember(dest => dest.Filmovi, dest => dest.MapFrom(x => x.Film))
.AfterMap((source, destination) =>
{
if (destination?.Filmovi == null) return;
foreach (var temp in destination.Filmovi)
{
temp.Id = source.Film.Id;
temp.IsActive = source.Film.IsActive;
temp.Jezik = source.Film.Jezik;
temp.Naziv = source.Film.Naziv;
temp.Opis = source.Film.Opis;
temp.Godina = source.Film.Godina;
temp.Trajanje = source.Film.Trajanje;
temp.UrlFotografije = source.Film.UrlFotografije;
}
});
CreateMap<FilmLicnost, FilmViewModel>()
.ForMember(dest => dest.Licnosti, dest => dest.MapFrom(x => x.Licnost))
.AfterMap((source, destination) =>
{
if (destination?.Licnosti == null) return;
foreach (var temp in destination?.Licnosti)
{
temp.Id = source.Licnost.Id;
temp.ImePrezime = source.Licnost.ImePrezime;
temp.IsGlumac = source.Licnost.IsGlumac;
temp.IsRedatelj = source.Licnost.IsRedatelj;
}
});
Also this:
CreateMap<FilmLicnost, Film>()
.ForMember(dest => dest.Licnosti, dest => dest.Ignore());
CreateMap<FilmLicnost, Licnost>()
.ForMember(dest => dest.Filmovi, dest => dest.Ignore());
Note I have already defined the mapping for Entities:
CreateMap<Film, FilmViewModel>();
CreateMap<FilmViewModel, Film>();
CreateMap<Licnost, LicnostViewModel>();
CreateMap<LicnostViewModel, Licnost>();