On Our Own Land
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Director France Stiglic Duration | 6.8/10 IMDb Genre Drama, War Screenplay Ciril Kosmac Writer Ciril Kosmac (novel) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date November 21, 1948 Cast Lojze Potokar (Sova), France Presetnik (Stane), Mileva Zakrajšek (Angelca), Metka Bu?ar (Travnikarica), Avgusta Danilova (Obrekarica), Štefka Drolc (Tildica)Similar movies Captain America: The First Avenger , The Battle of Sutjeska , Winning of Freedom , The Bridge , The Battle of the Eagles , Mount of Lament | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
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Plot
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, occupied 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.
Filming
The film was shot on location in the black-and-white technique in the villages of Grahovo ob Bači and Koritnica.
Music
The music for the film was written by the composer Marjan Kozina.
References
On Our Own Land WikipediaNa svoji zemlji IMDbOn Our Own Land themoviedb.org