FAREWELL UNTIL THE NEXT WAR

Drama

Directed by: Živojin Pavlović

Duration: 1 h 53 min

Format: Digitalno

Code: 431760

EAN: 3838898431760

Ab epic about an intellectual amid the chaos of war. A digitally restored Slovenian film classic, based on Vitomil Zupan's novel Menuet for Guitar and directed by Živojin Pavlović. Farewell until the Next War War is the first Slovenian feature film to depict the events of the Second World War in Slovenia in all its complexity. The film was harshly attacked by war veterans’ organizations, was overlooked at the Yugoslav Film Festival in Pula (nevertheless it did win awards for Method Pevec's acting, Irena Felicijan's costume design and Mirko Lipužič's set design at the Slovenian Film Festival in Celje), was removed from cinemas for a couple of years shortly after it began its public screening, and screened at the Cannes Film Festival two years later, where it was received very positively.

SYNOPSIS

During their holidays in Spain, a meeting takes place between two former deadly enemies: the Slovene partisan Berk and the German soldier Bitter, who had fought in Yugoslavia. In the vivacious and cheerful atmosphere of Spain they evoke in their conversations memories of the wartime period they lived through as adversaries. Their conversations are interwoven with vivid pictures of Berk's personal recollections of wartime people and events in which Anton, an experienced fighter from the Spanish Civil War, has an important role. Berk spends with Anton the greatest part of his partisanship until Anton's tragic death towards the end of the war.

ABOUT THE FILM

Starring Metod Pevec (Berk), Boris Juh (Anton), Hans Christian Blech (Bitter), Milan Puzić (old Berk), Tanja Poberžnik (Kristina), Jožica Avbelj (Sonja) and others. The director and scriptwriter is Živojin Pavlović, the director of photography Tomislav Pinter, the composer Bojan Adamič, the editor Olga Kršljanin Skrigin, the set designer Mirko Lipužič, costume designer Irena Felicijan and the make-up artist is Anka Vilhar. The film is a coproduction of Viba Film and Vesna Film.

The film is now available online in a digitized and restored version, in the pristine quality seen by viewers at the premiere in 1980.

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