Slovenia, WWII. Two young orphans, a German girl and a Slovenian boy, escape from a town which has just been bombed. They have heard about a lost valley where there is always peace and they set out to find it. Right above them, an African-American pilot parachutes from his fighter plane shot down by the German army. Both Germans and partisans know that the pilot has survived and are ready to find him.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 22 min.
- Country, year
- North Macedonia, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, 1956
- Genre
- Drama, War
- Language
- Slovenian
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- Pegi 13
Credits
- Director
- France Štiglic
- Screenplay
- Ivan Ribič
- Cinematography
- Rudi Vaupotič
- Music
- Marjan Kozina
- Cast
- John Kitzmiller, Evelyne Wohlfeiler, Tugo Štiglic
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- Cannes Film Festival
Director
France Štiglic
France Štiglic (1919 – 1993) was a Slovenian film ir director and screenwriter. His film The Ninth Circle (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.
