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Kekec (1951 Film)
''Kekec'' is a 1951 Slovene/Yugoslavian adventure-youth film directed by Jože Gale. The film was based on the ''Kekec Above the Lonely Abyss'' (), a mountain narrative by Josip Vandot, the last of three stories about ''Kekec'', which was published in Slovenian youth magazine Zvonček in 1924. The film was produced by ''Triglav Film'' and originally distributed by ''Vesna film'', currently at ''Viba film''. The story is set in the northwest part of Slovenian mountains, mainly in author's birthplace Kranjska Gora and Julian Alps. This is the first in the Jože Gale film series about Kekec and has two sequels: '' Good Luck, Kekec (Srečno, Kekec!)'' from 1963 and '' Kekec's Tricks (Kekčeve ukane)'' from 1968. There were more than a thousand kids on the film's audition chosen by casting director Ernest Adamič. One of the supporting actors was Slovenian singer Lado Leskovar. Plot summary Based on the popular story (''"Kekec Above the Lonely Abyss", 1924'') by Josip Vandot, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josip Vandot
Josip Vandot (15 January 1884 – 11 July 1944) was a Slovene writer and poet who wrote mainly for young readers. Biography Vandot was born in Kranjska Gora in Upper Carniola, then part of Austria-Hungary, now in Slovenia. Under the interwar Kingdom of Yugoslavia, he was employed as a railway official in Maribor. In 1941, after the area was annexed by Germany, Vandot was deported to Croatia. He was killed in the Allied bombing of Slavonski Brod in 1944. A street is now named for him in Kranjska Gora. Work Vandot is best known for the creation of the character Kekec, a brave and clever shepherd boy from the highlands of his home region, the Karawanks and Julian Alps The Julian Alps ( sl, Julijske Alpe, it, Alpi Giulie, , ) are a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps that stretch from northeastern Italy to Slovenia, where they rise to 2,864 m at Mount Triglav, the highest peak in Slovenia. A large p .... He wrote three books with Kekec as the main character: * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
