On Our Own Land

Jun 10, 1948

1h 50m

★ 5.7

Overview

Set in a Slovenian coastal town in WW2, the film tells a story about villagers who help partisans to get rid of Italian, and later German authorities that ruled the town in the last years of occupation.

Genres

War

Production Companies

Triglav film

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Cast

Sova

Lojze Potokar

Stane

France Presetnik

Angelca

Mileva Zakrajšek

Tildica

Štefka Drolc

Obrekarica

Avgusta Danilova

Nancika

Majda Potokar

Partizan

Jože Gale

Očka Orel

Miro Kopač

Travnikarica

Metka Bučar

Otac Orel

Oskar Kjuder

Komandant

Jože Zupan

Boris

Boris Šešek

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