On Our Own Land

1948 film
  • Stane Sever
  • Lojze Potokar
  • Franc Presetnik
  • Mileva Zakrajšek
  • Štefka Drolc
CinematographyIvan MarinčekEdited byIvan MarinčekMusic byMarjan KozinaDistributed byTriglav Film
Release date
  • November 21, 1948 (1948-11-21)
Running time
110 minCountryYugoslaviaLanguageSlovene

On Our Own Land (Slovene: Na svoji zemlji) is a 1948 film directed by France Štiglic. It was the first Slovene sound feature film. It was released on 21 November 1948 in Union Cinema (Kino Union) in Ljubljana, received great public acclaim, and was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Plot

A scene from the film

The script was based (with significant changes) on the novella Grandpa Orel (Očka Orel) by Ciril Kosmač. It depicts the last two years of World War II in the Slovenian Littoral, annexed by the Italians. After their capitulation, the German army takes over a village. The movie tells about both the Partisan resistance forces and the villagers.[2]

Filming

The film was shot on location in the black-and-white technique in the villages of Grahovo ob Bači and Koritnica.[3]

Music

The music for the film was written by the composer Marjan Kozina.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: On Own Land". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-01-08.
  2. ^ "Na svoji zemlji" [On Our Own Land] (PDF). Tematska pot Na svoji zemlji [Theme Path On Our Own Land] (in Slovenian and English). Heritage of Bača Society. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  3. ^ Frelih, Tone. 2008. Šestdesetletnica prvega slovenskega filma [60th Anniversary of First Slovene Film]. Delo (14 November) (in Slovene)

External links

  • The Theme Path On Our Own Land
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