Acting
Stane Potokar
Born March 10, 1908 · Laibach, Carniola, Austria-Hungary [now Ljubljana, Slovenia]
Died April 8, 1962 · aged 54
No biography available.
Known For
Moment of Decision · 1955Moment of Decision
★ 5.81955
MovieDramaWar
A story set in a Slovenian town during WW2. The White Guardists bring a wounded partisan to doctor Koren, but he kills their lieutenant, thus helping them both to escape.
The Sea Is Kind · 1958The Sea Is Kind
★ 6.01958
MovieDrama
A simple fisherman tries to stop wealthy and crooked owner of the seiners and bar.
Suleiman the Conqueror · 1961Suleiman the Conqueror
★ 9.01961
MovieHistoryAdventure
Historical film, telling the story of Turkish Sultan Suleiman's attempts to conquer Vienna. The advance of his army was checked on Yugoslav territory.
Quand vient l'amour · 1956Quand vient l'amour
★ 10.01956
Movie
The "Foyer de la Jeune Fille" takes in teenage girls who have no family of their own, their birth not having been well received. As a result of a peccadillo, Jenny is deprived of her planned trip to Yugoslavia. With the help of a forged postcard, she creates a false uncle in Yugoslavia. The headmistress authorized her trip, but Jenny had to deal with the help offered by Dragan, a sympathetic student, and the curiosity of the local authorities. But love comes, difficulties melt away and Dragan makes a good husband.
The Wide Blue Road · 1957The Wide Blue Road
★ 6.21957
MovieDrama
Squarciò, a fisherman, lives with his family on a small island off the Dalmatian coast of Italy. Like his fellow villagers, Squarciò struggles against harsh living conditions, a scarcity of fish in nearby waters and exploitation by the local wholesaler. But while the other fishermen continue to use nets, he goes out to the open sea to fish illegally with bombs. But Squarciò borrows money, loses his boat, and in a moment of supreme desperation, has to bomb directly off-shore, causing the hatred and rejection of his fellow fishermen. Trying to save his family, Squarciò and his young sons sail their new boat out beyond the local waters and bomb-fish again. But this time, the sea exacts a terrible toll…
The Upstarts · 1953The Upstarts
★ 5.41953
MovieDrama
Film about moral decay of Trieste elite during 1890s based on novel by Slovenian writer Janko Kersnik.
The Good Old Piano · 1959The Good Old Piano
★ 5.51959
MovieWarDrama
Composer and pianist Blaz Gaber lives only for his music and does not want to know anything about the outside world, where the war is raging. Upon his arrival from his poorly attended concert, he finds himself in prison for having stars drawn in his notebook by a little boy. A young illegal activist seeks refugee in the school, where the pupils hide his pistol inside the Gaber's piano. A German officer comes with his soldiers to find the hidden illegal, orders the school to be evacuated and takes the piano together with him on a train.
Point 905 · 1960Point 905
★ 5.81960
MovieWar
After the war, a Yugoslav army captain, Vladimir, is in charge of suppressing armed supporters of the former king's regime, led by major Momir. After Vladimir's best friend is killed, he joins the rebels pretending to be one of the king's supporters. However, one of Momir's supporters, a man who harbors rebels, has an attractive daughter who is engaged to marry Momir. She knows that Vladimir is an officer of the Yugoslav army, because she has seen him wearing a Yugoslav uniform. Vladimir fears that she might betray him.


