France Štiglic ( 12 November 1919 – 4 May 1993) was a

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

n film director and screenwriter. His 1948 film '' On Our Own Land'' was entered into the

1949 Cannes Film Festival The 3rd Cannes Film Festival was held from 2 to 17 September 1949. The previous year, no festival had been held because of financial problems. Like in 1947, the entire jury for this festival was made up of French persons, with historian Georges ...

. His film ''

The Ninth Circle ''The Ninth Circle'' ( sh, italic=yes, Deveti krug / Девети круг) is a 1960 Yugoslavian film directed by France Štiglic. The story revolves around the Croatian Ustaše concentration camp named The Ninth Circle, based on the infamous ...

'' (1960) was Yugoslavia's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 33rd Academy Awards, where it was shortlisted for the award.

Selected filmography

* '' On Our Own Land'' (''Na svoji zemlji'', 1948) * '' Valley of Peace'' (''Dolina miru'', 1956) * ''

'' (''Deveti krug'', 1960) * ''Ballad About a Trumpet and a Cloud'' (''Balada o trobenti in oblaku'', 1961) * ''

Don't Cry, Peter ''Don't Cry, Peter'' ( sl, Ne joči, Peter), also known as ''Nicht Weinen Peter'', is a 1964 Slovene comedy war adventure film directed by France Štiglic. Released on 17 July 1964, the film was entered in the Third International Film Festival o ...

'' (''Ne joči, Peter'', 1964) * ''

Amandus Amandus ( 584 – 679), commonly called Saint Amand, was a bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht and one of the great Christian missionaries of Flanders. He is venerated as a saint, particularly in France and Belgium. Life The chief source of details ...

'' (1966) * ''Story of Good People'' (''Povest o dobrih ljudeh'', 1975)

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* 1919 births 1993 deaths Slovenian film directors Slovenian screenwriters Male screenwriters Prešeren Award laureates Golden Arena for Best Director winners Yugoslav film directors Film people from Kranj 20th-century screenwriters {{Slovenia-film-director-stub