CHILDREN FROM PETRICEK HILL

Documentaries

Directed by: Miran Zupanič

Duration: 1 h 35 min

Format: Digitalno

Code: 430923

EAN: 3838898430923

Caution: Due to copyright and distribution restrictions, the content is geographically limited, viewing outside of Slovenia is not possible.

A documentary about a shocking and overlooked dark chapter in recent history. »The Children from Petricek Hill is more of a monument to the people who survived that loss than a document about a lost and destroyed childhood; however, as far as it is a documentary, it has the characteristics of a classic tragedy, according to which children have to pay for the sins and mistakes of their parents« (Zdenko Vrdlovec, film historian). Awarded with three Vesna awards at the Festival of Slovenian Film, the Prešeren Fund Award for Directing and the Victor Award for a documentary TV show.

SYNOPSIS

The film The Children from Petriček Hill talks about those children’s destinies. About the children who were imprisoned together with their parents in the war camp Teharje at Celje. In June 1945 the children were separated from their parents and taken to a children camp, Petriček; their parents were killed without having been tried at a court and buried at unknown places. The children were submitted to a severe re-education, forced into abandoning their true identity and into assuming a new one. They lost their parents and their childhood, and they were inflicted wounds so deep that have not healed up to today.

ABOUT THE FILM

The director and screenwriter is Miran Zupanič, the director of photography is Janez Kališnik, the author of the music is Bojana Šaljić Podešva, the editor is Jaka Kovačič, the sound designer is Igor Laloš and the stage technician is Marjan Jelnikar.

Film is available to watch and stream online i.e to rent for 48 hours or 14 days. With slovenian subtitles.