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Svet na Kajžarju (1952)

Svet na Kajžarju poster
Directed by
France Štiglic
Genre
drama film
Country
Yugoslavia
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A farmer struggles to rebuild his life in rural Slovenia right after World War Two. The film follows his hardships and quiet determination as he tries to make a living from the land.

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What happens

Life in Kajzar (Slovene: Svet na kajžarju) is a 1952 Slovene film directed by France Štiglic. It is based on a novel by Ivan Potrč and is set in Haloze in the Slovene countryside in the years immediately after the Second World War. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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