''Kekec's Tricks'' () is a 1968 Yugoslav/Slovenian adventure film directed by Jože Gale. The film is based on the ''

Kekec Kekec is a fictional children's literature character created by Slovenian author Josip Vandot in 1918. He was first introduced in the serial "Kekec on the Hard Path" () in ''Zvonček'' magazine (volume 19, issue 1/2). He is a young shepherd boy ...

'' mountain narratives by

Josip Vandot Josip Vandot (15 January 1884 – 11 July 1944) was a Slovenes, 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 i ...

, originally published in Slovenian youth magazine Zvonček. It was produced at ''Viba film'' and distributed originally at ''Vesna film'' and currently at ''Viba film''. This is the last of three in the Jože Gale film series about Kekec and has two previous parts: ''

'' from 1951 and '' Good Luck, Kekec (Srečno, Kekec!)'' from 1963.

Plot

In the third and last part of the film trilogy about ''Kekec'' (Zlatko Krasnič), the evil poacher ''Bedanec'' (

Polde Bibič Polde Bibič (3 February 1933 – 13 July 2012) was a Slovenian stage and film actor, a writer, and an academic professor, best known for his role in the film '' Flowers in Autumn'' and his work in theater, Bibič was a recipient of several top aw ...

) appears again. Kekec and his friends chase and hunt Bedanec again and drive him away. Nevertheless Bedanec catches ''Brincelj'' (Milorad Radovič) and ''Rožle'' (Boris Ivanovski). The brave Kekec saves both of them with the help of his wisdom and tricks Bedanec, who gets caught in one of his own traps he set. Kekec saves Bedanec out of the trap because he politely asks him, but Bedanec doesn't learn anything out of this. A wise man ''Vitranc'' (Jože Zupan) wants to bring peace to these places.

Cast

Music

The whole music including theme was composed by

Bojan Adamič Bojan Adamič a.k.a. Master (; 9 August 1912 – 3 November 1995), Slovene Partisans nom de guerre Gregor, was a well-known Slovene composer of jazz, the Slovenian song festival music, and particularly film scores. He was also an avid photograph ...

, a Slovenian composer. Lyrics for theme song called "''Kekčeva pesem''" were written by

Kajetan Kovič Kajetan Kovič (21 October 1931 – 7 November 2014) was a Slovene poet, writer, translator, and journalist. In 1978, he received the Prešeren Award, the highest artistic award in Slovenia, for his poetry collection ''Labrador.'' Life Kovič ...

and performed by

Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra The Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra (''Simfonični orkester Slovenske filharmonije'') is a Slovenian orchestra based in Ljubljana. Its primary concert venues are Marjan Kozina Hall in Philharmonic Hall, Ljubljana, at Congress Square () and Gall ...

External links

* 1968 films Slovene-language films 1968 adventure films Films set in the Alps Yugoslav adventure films Slovenian adventure films Films scored by Bojan Adamič {{Yugoslavia-film-stub