Kekec (1951)
December 18, 1951Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Matija Barl
Kekec
Jože Prištov
Kosobrin
France Presetnik
Bedanec
Zdenka Logar
Mojca
Frane Milčinski 'Ježek'
Kosobrin
Modest Sancin
Misjek
Drago Zupan
Night guard
Lojze Potokar
Father
Fran Lipah
Musician
Vida Levstik
Mother
Alenka Lobnikar
Tinka
Jože Mlakar
Rozle
Jože Gale
Director
Josip Vandot
Writer
Ivan Marinček
Cinematographer
Tone Mlakar
ProductionDesigner
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Wiki.
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.
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.
More than a thousand children auditioned for casting director Ernest Adamič.