Duša Počkaj
Also Known As: Душа Почкай, Душа Почкај
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Lendava, Slovenia
Birthday: November 16, 1924
Deathday: June 24, 1982
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Dancing in the Rain
Overview: 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...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sl
Release Date: 1961-03-26
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The Climber
Overview: A young, ambitious man employs every means necessary in order to climb to the top of the social ladder. But the whirlpool of compromises and corruption eventually threatens to render his life meaningless.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1966-07-10
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One Fine Day
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sl
Release Date: 1962-10-04
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Wild Angels
Overview: A group of juvenile delinquents go to a coastal resort town after successful robbery.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1969-11-03
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Funeral Feast
Overview: The first days of war in Ljubljana. The young hero Niko experiences the bloody and violent transition from childhood to manhood. Based on the novel by Beno Zupancic.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: sl
Release Date: 1969-03-03
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The Fugitive
Overview: WWII - Slovenia under Italian fascist occupation. Two friends separated by a woman they both loved, and then by war as well: one of them joins partisans, the other Italian occupying forces.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: sl
Release Date: 1973-06-28
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Kill Me Softly
Overview: An old house by the sea is the scene of a number of puzzling crimes and deaths.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sl
Release Date: 1979-12-06
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Blossoms in Autumn
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: sl
Release Date: 1973-06-20
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Amandus
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sl
Release Date: 1966-02-28
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Conspiracy
Overview: State Security Administration agent tries to sabotage a critical report filed to the national assembly on the state energy system.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sl
Release Date: 1964-04-01
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A Minute for Murder
Overview: An emigrant returning after many years, is killed while trying to clear his name of treason. Investigation produces several skeletons.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: sl
Release Date: 1962-10-14
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Ninth Miracle on the East
Overview: Perpetual wandering of a man who searches for his own identity, never reaching the final destination.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1972-07-18
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Stronghold of Toughs
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sl
Release Date: 1967-04-25
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