Stevo Žigon

Stevo Žigon

Born: December 8, 1926
Died: December 28, 2005
in Ljubljana, Slovenia

Movies for Stevo Žigon...

British Gambit
Title: British Gambit
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Two retired, aging British officers meet in the club of special forces' veterans where they stress their conflicted views about WW2 in the former Yugoslavia. One of them was delegate with the Chetniks, while the other one was with partisans.
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Say Why Have You Left Me?
Title: Say Why Have You Left Me?
Character: Starac
Released: June 15, 1993
Type: Movie
The story of a young man who, in 1991. receives order to report to a military drill, and finds himself on Vukovar front, where he spends five months. Returning from there, he discovers changes within himself, but within his home town also. Totally lost, he finds no way to make contact with the environment, and suddenly experiences love with the girl who survived all horrors of that war...
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Marital Travels
Title: Marital Travels
Character: Grof Johan
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
Professor Gerasim and assistant Tugomir are in a ski-resort where opportunity for cheating and love is around every corner.
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P.S. - Post Scriptum
Title: P.S. - Post Scriptum
Released: June 25, 1988
Type: Movie
A three-part omnibus drama that shows destinies of three grown men: first segment (Escape) is about a sculptor, the second segment (Shade) is about a loner, while the third segment (Ring) is about a movie star.
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Haloa - The Feast of the Whores
Title: Haloa - The Feast of the Whores
Character: Professor Manfred
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
A married couple from Germany, middle-aged Manfred and his much younger wife Meyra, who are originally from Zagreb, spend their vacation on the island Hvar. They are staying at Ms. Marija's house. Ms. Marija's son and Meyra feel an erotic attraction to each other. After some time, a tension develops between the young man, Meyra and Manfred. Nobody knows Meyra's secret, or her true reason for coming to Hvar.
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The Harms Case
Title: The Harms Case
Character: Profesor
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Based upon the life and writing of literary visionary Danil Harms, a Russian avant-garde poet of the 1920s who was persecuted and ultimately silenced by the Soviet authorities.
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Heretic
Title: Heretic
Character: Biskup Peter Seebach
Released: October 30, 1986
Type: Movie
The life of the author of the first-ever book written in the Slovene language, Primož Trubar, in the years 1562 to 1565, during his return to Ljubljana.
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Miss
Title: Miss
Character: Jork Morlok
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Three gangsters smuggle a microfilm with passport data from West Germany to their buyer from Middle East, which happens to be crucial thing for the security of European Community. On their way through Yugoslavia, they try to hide the microfilm in the Miss Universum's purse who pays visit to the country at its national beauty contest. The problems arise when the microfilm accidentally finds itself in the possession of one of the competitors, unbeknown-st to her. The criminals try to get in possession of the microfilm, however a brave journalist who came because of the contest prevents them of doing so.
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The Red and the Black
Title: The Red and the Black
Character: Upravitelj iz Trsta
Released: May 25, 1985
Type: Movie
This film is the true story of the creation of Labin Republic in 1921. When Italy annexed Istria, Labin area that is very rich in coal became strategically important for the new government. Domestic Croatian and Slovene population were disappointed by the method of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia of selling foreigners. Accumulated social problems and the growing terror of Italians lead to great miners' strike, led by favorite union leader Ivan Pipan. The strikers will be join young miner Ive Blazina, who as commander of the Red Guard workers struggles for the mining republic and the love of beautiful Mary Brezac. The sudden intervention of the Italian army destroys their dreams, and resigned Pipan surrenders. But not everyone agrees with his behavior.
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How I Was Systematically Destroyed by Idiots
Title: How I Was Systematically Destroyed by Idiots
Character: Stevo Žigon
Released: July 5, 1983
Type: Movie
The film follows a life of a homeless, but very well read, Marxist who is coping with Che's death and wishes to live a life of revolutions and workers' uprisings. He is a hypochondriac, bitter at the world, and blaming his old capitalist boss for his life's misery.
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In Agony
Title: In Agony
Character: Dr Ivan Plemeniti Križovec
Released: September 20, 1982
Type: Movie
After Laura's husband commits suicide, her lover Ivan Krizovec and her spend a torrid night together.
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Endeavor
Title: Endeavor
Character: Profesor Herak
Released: June 30, 1982
Type: Movie
A story about a painter, an unconventional university professor, who has to deal with being haunted by his trouble past during the 2nd World War, while at the same time trying to cope with his university colleagues plotting against him.
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Title: Stories from the Workshop
Character: Načelnik instituta za naftu
Released: January 6, 1982
Type: TV
Dealing with his customers with an open heart a car mechanic named Života goes through many adventures. Some are funny, some are sad, some reveal the beauty and other human misery. (Six episodes in total)
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The Tenth Brother
Title: The Tenth Brother
Character: Mr. Piskav
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
Based on the novel by Josip Jurcic and set in rural Yugoslavia in the 1840's. The tenth brother of a family returns to the family home to take revenge on his father who had abandoned him as a child.
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Sixth Gear
Title: Sixth Gear
Character: Načelnik instituta za naftu
Released: July 3, 1981
Type: Movie
Dealing with his customers with open heart, a car mechanic named Života goes through many adventures. Some are funny, some are sad, some reveal beauty and other human misery. In the end he gets tangled up himself, and not without bitterness he tries to change his ways, to become like his rival across the street which has adapted to modern times: strictly business. But, people who come to him need him just the way he is.
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Summer in the South
Title: Summer in the South
Released: October 20, 1980
Type: Movie
The story describes a staid and apparently very ordinary Austrian teacher on holiday on the Southern Adriatic coast. The sensation of renewal and refreshment from the sea, sun and salt air is described in physical terms.
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The Time Has Come for Love to Try
Title: The Time Has Come for Love to Try
Character: Direktor škole
Released: January 31, 1980
Type: Movie
Though the problem of Marija's pregnancy may be solved, her relationship with Boba causes a rift between the Pavlović and Todorović families.
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Journalist
Title: Journalist
Character: Tomac
Released: March 14, 1979
Type: Movie
Stressful life of a journalist in the former Yugoslavia.
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Occupation in 26 Pictures
Title: Occupation in 26 Pictures
Character: Hubička
Released: June 7, 1978
Type: Movie
Set in Dubrovnik, this drama chronicles a friendship between three men, that began just before World War II. One of the men is of Italian origin, another is the wealthy heir of a shipping fortune, and the third is the son of a Jewish antique-store owner. Before the war, they are fast friends, enjoying one another's company at carnivals and at a private fencing club. However, when the war comes, the Italians and Germans move in to create the Independent State of Croatia. The Italian friend becomes a fascist and courts and marries the sister of his rich friend. Soon enough, atrocities are being committed, and anyone suspected of Jewish or Serbian parentage or anti-fascist leanings, is killed.
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Ward Six
Title: Ward Six
Character: Komandant grada
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
A doctor from provincial town in Tsardom of Russia meets his former student in Ward 6, where the story takes place. Impressed by his rebellious spirit and clever remarks, he tends to spend more time with him while also indulging in meditation, only to be ridiculed by his fellow colleagues. Based on a Chekhov's work of the same title.
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Title: Return of the Written Off
Character: Kriger
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: TV
In Summer of 1944 Prle and Tihi, young yet veteran resistance fighters, together with Joca, old and moody radio-operator, are sent by Partisans to Belgrade, the Yugoslav capital still under Nazi occupation. As victorious Partisan forces approach, Prle, Tihi and Joca must continue their underground work in order to prepare the city for liberation.
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The Written Off Return
Title: The Written Off Return
Character: Krieger
Released: December 14, 1976
Type: Movie
Prle and Tihi, being the only surviving members of their resistance group, had been forced to leave Nazi-occupied Belgrade and join Partisans in country. In Summer of 1944 somebody is assassinating resistance sympathizers, and Prle and Tihi must return to Belgrade deal with it. In order to cross through enemy lines, they use cars, clothes and documents of captured pro-Nazi minister. During their journey the minister escapes and warns the Gestapo.
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Maria
Title: Maria
Character: Lekar
Released: June 2, 1976
Type: Movie
On her deathbed, the sister tries to help her brother who, burdened with his poor background, can't figure out his life's directions after completing studies.
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The Idealist
Title: The Idealist
Character: Priest from Zapolje
Released: April 14, 1976
Type: Movie
The movie based upon the classical Slovene novel Martin Kačur, depicts the clash between the teacher Martin Kačur and his conservative environment. Due to his progressive ideas, he is transferred to a small town. The village environment is even more depressing than his former surroundings were, as the influence of both the secular and the Church authorities is even greater in the country. Even though Martin meets Tončka and the two of them get married, he gradually becomes a disillusioned and embittered man. In time, when society's strictures become somewhat milder, Martin is transferred to a more friendly environment, but all the injustices he has experienced have already bitten too deep. Unlike his wife, Martin finds it very difficult to accept changes. When his son dies, it seems as though he has lost all his elan and the will to live. Will he be able to go on bringing the light of knowledge to the ignorant masses, or will his ideals be buried forever like a man in a snowdrift?
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Title: The Written Off
Character: Kriger
Released: December 22, 1974
Type: TV
"The Written Off" is a famous Serbian TV series, that was very popular in former Yugoslavia, originally airing in 1974. Due to its popularity, Radio Television of Serbia has shown reruns of the series ten times, the last re-run starting in 2012. The series has achieved something of a cult status among its audience and still attracts an estimated 3 million viewers with its last rerun. Idea of series derives from exploits of freedom fighters in Belgrade during World War II, and all the characters and events are fictitious.
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Title: Walter Defends Sarajevo
Character: Dr. Mišković
Released: June 10, 1974
Type: TV
An extended version of the eponymous feature film.
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The Written Off
Title: The Written Off
Character: Kriger
Released: April 28, 1974
Type: Movie
Careless lives of few Belgrade youths are shattered when Nazis occupy their town in 1941. Soon they join the resistance movement and their activities bring their names to Gestapo's termination list. This movie inspired the series that would get cult status in former Yugoslavia.
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Fear
Title: Fear
Character: Blagot Balasica
Released: March 20, 1974
Type: Movie
The manager of a whorehouse is in love with a young woman who works as a maid, there. He believes that his feelings are reciprocated, but the woman chooses instead to marry a rich man who has also been courting her. Punctuating the story of this romance are a magician's show, and an earthquake.
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The Neglected Land
Title: The Neglected Land
Character: Otac
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
The father remained in the village to farm land, while the son lives far away from their homeland and country for business. At one point, the son returns to the village and then the crucial question is: who will take care of the land when the father dies?
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Ward Six
Title: Ward Six
Character: Doktor
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
A study of the mental breakdown of a doctor in a remote rural village. He believes himself intellectually superior to everyone except for a political prisoner in a mental ward. This is a metaphor on life under repressive governments, conformity versus individual expression.
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Walter Defends Sarajevo
Title: Walter Defends Sarajevo
Character: Dr. Mišković
Released: April 12, 1972
Type: Movie
Sarajevo 1944. The German armies desperately need fuel in the retreat. Walter, the enigmatic and charismatic leader of the resistance movement, can endanger their supplies. The Germans are taking a cunning plan to remove that obstacle.
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Girl from the Mountains
Title: Girl from the Mountains
Character: Major Beker
Released: January 7, 1972
Type: Movie
The relationship between a boy and a girl shortly after the start of the war and the arrival of the Germans. He goes to Chetniks, and there he disappears without a trace, and she ,after much torture and solitude, begins to search for him not thinking in those moments of what the horrors of war can bring.
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Title: Decameron
Character: Gospod Boccaccio
Released: December 16, 1971
Type: TV
Dekameron is a Yugoslavian (Slovenian) fictional TV Series.
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The Scene of the Crash
Title: The Scene of the Crash
Character: Nino, muž
Released: February 9, 1971
Type: Movie
A young married woman Jelena finds about her husband's car accident from an unknown stranger named Vlatko, but also that he wants to be visited by his mistress rather than her. The encounter with her father, an ex-politician, will be another shock, but that's when she accepts Vlatko's courtship without being able to see his self-interested nature.
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Oxygen
Title: Oxygen
Character: Marko
Released: June 25, 1970
Type: Movie
In this story set in near future, a group of young rebels, hippies and 1968 protesters want to cede and make an independent Island from the Mainland. A journalist who came to the Island to make a report about political summit that takes place there gets involved in the clash between young rebels and establishment.
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June Turmoil
Title: June Turmoil
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
The film speaks of student demonstrations in Belgrade, 1969 and of the critical quality, enthusiasm and discipline of this form of protest. It was the most powerful public criticism of "red bourgeoisie" - members of communist apparatus, who suppressed creativity and affirmation of new generations throughout Eastern block.
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A Nun and a Commissar
Title: A Nun and a Commissar
Character: Doktor Simić
Released: July 15, 1968
Type: Movie
After the war, a partisan hospital is set up in a monastery, with the nuns working as nurses. A beautiful young nun, Maria, becomes very fond of the partisan leader, Commissar Nenad.
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Memento
Title: Memento
Character: Vili Miler
Released: December 20, 1967
Type: Movie
A day before the earthquake in Skopje, Wily Muller, a German conductor, while passing through the concert meets a young girl Jana, a student from Skopje. After several years they meet again at the "Solidarity Meetings" event, which is held in Skopje, where Wily Muller is a conductor at a concert held on that occasion. Those several days, spent together with the conductor, for Jana mean fulfillment with a kind of reminiscence of her family tragedy experienced during Skopje's earthquake, and also a wondering and search for a way of starting life again, which stopped on the day of the earthquake. Although the possibility of going with Muller is very attractive, Jana stays in Skopje. Her place is beside the young man whom she loves and belongs to, with whom she is related with true love...
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The Feverish Years
Title: The Feverish Years
Character: Ludak
Released: July 14, 1966
Type: Movie
A story about two people who didn't find their way in big city. He came from the countryside and works in steel factory, she's working in factory restaurant. Their lives change when they meet and fall in love.
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Rondo
Title: Rondo
Character: Mladen
Released: June 15, 1966
Type: Movie
Every Sunday, lonely bachelor and refined judge Mladen goes to play chess with his friend, sculptor Fedji. Slowly, he engages in a love affair with Neda, Fedia's wife, and almost invisibly, a love triangle forms. Chess board is the central part of the film, as moves on the board reflect emotions of the characters.
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Amandus
Title: Amandus
Character: Joannes
Released: February 28, 1966
Type: Movie
The film is based on a novel by Ivan Tavcar and was adapted for the screen by Andrej Hieng. It is set at the end of the 17th century in the area that is now Slovenia at a time of religious intolerance with Amandus, a Catholic priest, determined to persecute local Protestants.
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Official Position
Title: Official Position
Character: Urednik novina
Released: July 12, 1964
Type: Movie
The managers of a textile enterprise use various scams to obtain all kinds of personal benefits, until the machinations exposed.
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The Saint-Fiacre Affair
Title: The Saint-Fiacre Affair
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
A Serbian adaptation of a 1932 detective novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon featuring his character Jules Maigret. Maigret is called back to his home village to try to prevent a crime being committed.
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Enclosure
Title: Enclosure
Character: Dragulavic
Released: July 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Gatti focuses on two men in a German concentration camp who have been cruelly penned inside an enclosure. One of the men, Karl (Herbert Wochinz), is a strong, bitter anti-Nazi German -- a target of the Gestapo. The SS wants information on a rumored organization of resistance fighters inside the prison and they know he has it. The other man, David (Jean Negroni) is a Jew. If one of the men dies within a certain time then the other will be released. He will not be killed. Otherwise, both will be executed. The resistance fighters in the prison try to help the two as best they can, while the pair inside the enclosure slowly come to know each other as though they were brothers.
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X-25 Reports
Title: X-25 Reports
Character: Hans Binder
Released: July 24, 1960
Type: Movie
Resistance member is sent to infiltrate Nazi intelligence during WW2.
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Five Minutes of Paradise
Title: Five Minutes of Paradise
Character: Stevan
Released: July 23, 1959
Type: Movie
Two concentration camp prisoners are taken by Nazis to disable un exploded bombs in German towns. When they work on the ruins, with their guards safely away, they enjoy a few precious moments of freedom.
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Kala
Title: Kala
Character: Filozof
Released: July 9, 1958
Type: Movie
The only true friend he had was an wolf. Or was it a dog?
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I'll Be Back
Title: I'll Be Back
Character: Branko Medan, pukovnik
Released: December 23, 1957
Type: Movie
A war disabled lieutenant colonel, who did not make it in the society, after many years of loneliness meets happy woman who loved him in the past, and not forgotten him despite the fact that she married meanwhile.