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On Our Own Land (1948)

On Our Own Land poster
Original title
Na svoji zemlji
Directed by
France Štiglic
Genre
drama film, partisan film
Country
Yugoslavia
Runtime
1h 50m
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A community in Slovenia resists occupation during World War Two. The film follows local people as they fight to hold onto their land and way of life.

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What happens

On Our Own Land (Slovene: Na svoji zemlji) is a 1948 film directed by France Štiglic. It was the first Slovene sound feature film. It was released on 21 November 1948 in Union Cinema (Kino Union) in Ljubljana, received great public acclaim, and was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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