Kekec's Tricks
Kekceve ukane
1968 · Yugoslavia · 78 min
- Director
- Jože Gale
- Screenplay
- Jože Gale, Ivan Ribič
- Music
- Bojan Adamič
- Cinematography
- Rudi Vaupotič
Cast
What it is about
The third film in the Kekec series, based on the mountain stories by Josip Vandot. The poacher Bedanec, a familiar face from the earlier films, returns to the Alpine countryside and clashes once again with the young hero and his friends. Through chases and clever schemes, the story revolves around this rivalry and around an effort, led by a wise old man named Vitranc, to bring peace to the region.
How it was made
Produced by Viba film and first distributed by Vesna film, later by Viba film, the film was directed by Jože Gale, who co-wrote the script with Ivan Ribič. It adapts stories Josip Vandot first published in the Slovenian youth magazine Zvonček. Bojan Adamič composed the score, including the theme song, while Rudi Vaupotič shot the film in the Julian Alps. The cast includes Polde Bibič, Zlatko Krasnič, Jože Zupan and Jasna Vidmajer. It closes a trilogy that began in 1951.
Reception and legacy
Critics noted the importance of the pastoral Julian Alps setting. The film won the Golden Arena for Best Production Design at the Pula Film Festival in 1969. A grade IX climbing route in the Kamnik-Savinja Alps was named after it. Slovenian archives restored the film in 2016, and it was screened in Šenčur in 2025, showing that it remains remembered in Slovenia.
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Trivia
Climbing route
A grade IX climbing route in the Kamnik-Savinja Alps was named after the film.
Literary origin
The stories it is based on were first published in the Slovenian youth magazine Zvonček.
Original Cinematopedia text based on Wikipedia (en) and Wikidata.