Arnold Tovornik

Arnold Tovornik

Born: March 13, 1916
Died: June 4, 1976
in Selnica ob Dravi, Slovenia

Movies for Arnold Tovornik...

The Idealist
Title: The Idealist
Character: Priest from Blatni Dol
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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Mother Died, Stop
Title: Mother Died, Stop
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
An elderly woman pays visit to her mother who resides in nursing home. Few days later she receives a telegram that the mother died, but it turns out that the address it was sent to was wrong. However the guilt of neglect starts to torment the mourning daughter nonetheless.
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The Flight of Dead Bird
Title: The Flight of Dead Bird
Released: December 27, 1973
Type: Movie
Three brothers struggle to survive on the harsh, inexorable and melancholy plains of Slovenia's Prekmurje region. The oldest flees from home in search of a better living, the middle brother survives by refusing to comply with tradition and the youngest, who received his education as a vet in the city simply cannot get used to the slow pace of country life. Will their father live to see the day when respect for the traditional ways will heal the wounds of the impoverished land?
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Title: Decameron
Released: December 16, 1971
Type: TV
Dekameron is a Yugoslavian (Slovenian) fictional TV Series.
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The Last Stop
Title: The Last Stop
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
A former partisan Tone, who once believed in the idea of a new, just society, now barely living as a municipal employee. Has an ex-wife and daughter, who live in his apartment, and he lodger. Even his relationship with a waitress, Magda is not without problems.
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Red Wheat
Title: Red Wheat
Released: December 28, 1970
Type: Movie
An ex-partisan and current political activist sets out to Styria region in Slovenia to buy out the wheat from peasants and convince them to form the farming collective. His ostensible success (based on blackmailing rather than convincing), as well as his love defeat, make him disturbed and he kills an innocent man while performing a social mission.
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The Fifth Ambush
Title: The Fifth Ambush
Character: Kuhar Jazbec
Released: September 25, 1968
Type: Movie
A partisan battalion falls into enemy trap more than once, which makes them suspect it's about treason. Their commissar and commander move the unit in a remote settlement in order to discover the enemy agent. This draws a lot of suspicion and distrust within the unit, and finally it was the head of the battalion who was charged as guilty, and executed. However, was he the real intruder? The commissar and the commander take the battalion to a new battle without definitive knowledge of the whole present situation.
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Stronghold of Toughs
Title: Stronghold of Toughs
Released: April 25, 1967
Type: Movie
War orphans rebel against teachers and authority figures in their reform school in this somber social drama. Danny is a teen punk who organizes a breakout, only to become a victim of the code of toughness by which he lives.
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One Fine Day
Title: One Fine Day
Character: Innkeeper 'Moj Jezus'
Released: October 4, 1962
Type: Movie
A story set in a Slovenian village during Italian occupation. Stefuc, a man who has been widowed twice and has four daughters, wants to get married for the third time with Zana, who's already engaged and pregnant with Ludvik. Stefuc tries to separate them away, but realizes that he'll have to marry Hedvika, a nice looking girl who has just returned from Milan. In the meantime, Italian fascist authorities decide to eradicate five Slovenian songs with the help of local traitors.
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Dancing in the Rain
Title: Dancing in the Rain
Character: Voznik
Released: March 26, 1961
Type: Movie
Peter is the dark brooding type. Leading a vacuous, shapeless life, he longs for the ideal woman, while at the same time, half heartedly continuing with his habitual girlfriend, Marusa , who is considerably older, a fact that Peter is quick to point out. As an aging actress, struggling for parts in her local theatre, she oozes insecurity and breathes uncertainty. Together, they spend their time in the local restaurant, smoking, drinking and trading verbal blows. "I bet you'll just end up a drunk," she tells Peter each time. Peter just grins and tells her how old she looks. Compounded by a thankless director who soon shows her the door, Marusa finds her identity being squeezed harder and harder against the wall. To escape, Peter and Marusa dream...
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Operation
Title: Operation
Character: Klemen
Released: July 7, 1960
Type: Movie
Psychological action drama about a group of partisans, ambushed by the enemy.
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Three Quarters of the Sun
Title: Three Quarters of the Sun
Released: July 18, 1959
Type: Movie
A story of a group of men at a small frontier railway station who have been released from German concentration camps and are on their way home.