Jože Zupan

Jože Zupan

Born: August 25, 1909
Died: November 13, 1980
in Laibach, Carniola, Austria-Hungary [now Ljubljana, Slovenia]

Movies for Jože Zupan...

Wonderful Dust
Title: Wonderful Dust
Released: March 19, 1975
Type: Movie
Two partisans in the Yugoslav war of liberation fight their way through the enemy lines, where they meet all sorts of different people who show just the same attitude towards them.
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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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Little Shepherds
Title: Little Shepherds
Character: Matija
Released: December 2, 1973
Type: Movie
Depicts the lives of children of the coastal hills and pastures who work as shepherds from an early age to earn a living.
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Blossoms in Autumn
Title: Blossoms in Autumn
Character: Simen
Released: June 20, 1973
Type: Movie
Doctor Janez, a somewhat elderly lawyer, tired of urban life, pays a few week's visit to his relative Presecnik, a well-off farmer living in highland village. Farm life holds a great attraction for him, particularly because a deep and secret love develops between himself and Presecnik's daughter Meta. After a few serene and cheerful days spent on the farm, filled with pleasant labor and walks together with Meta in the unspoilt surroundings, he has to return to Ljubljana to resume his office work. But he cannot forget Meta and he makes his mind to buy a property not far from the Presecnik home and and to become a farmer. He does indeed buy a farm and sets out again to the Presecnik home to ask Meta to be his wife.
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Title: Decameron
Released: December 16, 1971
Type: TV
Dekameron is a Yugoslavian (Slovenian) fictional TV Series.
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In the Gorge
Title: In the Gorge
Released: January 28, 1971
Type: Movie
Trials and tribulations of a woman in prewar Yugoslavia who after being seduced by a rich man, marries a poor one and struggles on. Based on a novel by Ivan Cankar.
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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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Beyond
Title: Beyond
Character: Martin
Released: July 14, 1970
Type: Movie
Two stories - two truths are confronting. Former Partisan Miha is trying to tell a shocking story from the war times in the modern day disco club, where young people are having fun in a crazy rhythm of music with alcohol and drugs... Amongst the many issues this film explores are the following questions: Does the desire for pleasure and amusement always gain the upper hand against moral convictions and man's sense of responsibility and guilt? What things are worth sacrificing your life for? Are moral second thoughts and the search for the truth stronger than man's endless search for instant pleasure? Is the experience of war truly that which turns a boy into a man? And does love truly redeem death?
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The Vicar Martin Cedermac
Title: The Vicar Martin Cedermac
Character: Kaplan Martin Čedermac
Released: January 1, 1970
Type: Movie
The adaptation of notable work by Slovenian writer France Bevk about catholic priest who maintains national dignity among his villagers, and doesn't fall under fascists' influence during Italian occupation of the area.
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Title: The Crew of the Blue Seagull
Released: May 15, 1969
Type: TV
The story about a brave boy called Ivo and his friends, who get into fights with smugglers.
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The Cyan-Blue Seagull Brotherhood
Title: The Cyan-Blue Seagull Brotherhood
Released: March 19, 1969
Type: Movie
It talks about a orphan who lives without a father and he loves boats.
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Downstream from the Sun
Title: Downstream from the Sun
Character: Čika Vuk Bakić
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
Young teacher first experience in their profession acquired in a remote mountain village, which has no school building. Life of a farmer, a clash between two warring race, then the conflict between the government and farmers for cutting the national forests needed to build new schools and the presence of a young teacher who doubt the search for truth, that will lead to major conflicts and tragedies.
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Kekec's Tricks
Title: Kekec's Tricks
Character: Vitranc
Released: December 23, 1968
Type: Movie
A story of the witty boy Kekec, his friends and their adventures in the mountains of Slovenia during the summer.
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Mount of Lament
Title: Mount of Lament
Character: Pasko
Released: May 1, 1968
Type: Movie
Lado Tajovic, a student, is charged by the communist party to go to his home in the Montenegrin Mountains, to illegally spread the liberation movement's propaganda. Alone, surrounded by enemies, always awake and ready to evade traps and ambushes, Lado fights on the verge of sleep, against people which are cowards ready to betrayal. He fights his own temptations, hallucinations that constantly besiege him. Although he perseveres in holding to party directives: no killing and no revenge, Lado at one moment of weakness falls to a primal human act vengeance.
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Secret Society of PGC
Title: Secret Society of PGC
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
A children’s classic story wrote by post-war authors, who, inspired by the real life of young people in that period of time, addressed their topical issues through depicting their unusual adventures. Thus many generations used to grow up along with the very popular Society of Pingoclavulus.
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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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Amandus
Title: Amandus
Character: Matevž
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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Don't Come Back by the Same Way
Title: Don't Come Back by the Same Way
Character: Alija
Released: November 22, 1965
Type: Movie
The story of a few untrained construction workers from poor underdeveloped parts of the country, such as Bosnia and Herzegovina or Macedonia, who carry out seasonal work in the highly-developed republic of Slovenia. Far from home, problems arise for the men - with their families, alcohol, the local population's derision and the "real Slovenian workers".
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Lucia
Title: Lucia
Character: Podlogar
Released: July 9, 1965
Type: Movie
A melodramatic story of Lucia, who serves as a charwoman on the Podlogar family's rich farm, and makes a fuss among householder's sons, as she becomes pregnant with one of them. A decision on whether one should be forced into marriage with the pregnant charwoman and her child, ends tragically. Will Lucia be able to sustain psychological pressure, contempt and pity of the Podlogar brothers?
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Wild Growth
Title: Wild Growth
Released: July 12, 1963
Type: Movie
Slovenian countryside in the 18th century. The future lord of the manor, Ožbej, falls in love with the new maid, Meta. His family, however, is opposed to the match and successfully plots to keep the young couple apart. Although Meta must endure scorn and degradation at the hands of the villagers, Ožbej still cannot tear himself away from her. Five children are born of their union, all of whom are looked upon as bastards by the manor folk. Although driven by desperation to return to the manor, Ožbej still harbours the hope that he will one day be able to live together with his love. Can he survive without the woman he loves and without his children? Will he be able to survive at all?
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A Minute for Murder
Title: A Minute for Murder
Released: October 14, 1962
Type: Movie
An emigrant returning after many years, is killed while trying to clear his name of treason. Investigation produces several skeletons.
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One Fine Day
Title: One Fine Day
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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Enclosure
Title: Enclosure
Character: Manouche
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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Dancing in the Rain
Title: Dancing in the Rain
Character: Magda
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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Three Stories
Title: Three Stories
Character: Miha
Released: February 21, 1955
Type: Movie
Three stories connected by the motifs of water and death told in neorealist style.
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Trieste
Title: Trieste
Character: Sila
Released: January 5, 1951
Type: Movie
Despite all actions taken in attempt to conquer Trieste, Gestapo forces fail to do so. The surrender of Italian fascist state gives partisans an open way in seizing the power with the help of domicile population.
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On Our Own Land
Title: On Our Own Land
Character: Komandant
Released: June 10, 1948
Type: Movie
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.