Kekec (1951)
Note: this print runs 88 minutes against a recorded 97 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With Matija Barl, Frane Milčinski
Directed by Jože Gale
Kekec is a 1951 Slovene/Yugoslavian adventure-youth film directed by Jože Gale. It is based on mountain narrative Kekec Above the Lonely Abyss (Kekec nad samotnim breznom), by Josip Vandot, the last of three stories about Kekec, published in Slovenian youth magazine Zvonček in 1924. The film was produced by Triglav Film and originally distributed by Vesna film, now Viba film. It is set in the northwest part of the Slovenian mountains, mainly in the author's birthplace, Kranjska Gora, and the Julian Alps.
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