Matic Poropatič

Young partisan resistance fighter commander Franc Sever Franta faces an impossible task when he has to rescue 500 freedom fighters surrounded and outnumbered by a Nazi German division high in the mountains in harsh winter condition.

Short film about war actions and poetry of Karl Destovnik (1922-1944), a Slovenian poet, translator, resistance fighter, and Yugoslav people’s hero.

Based on a true story, movie takes us back to 1944, when a daring attempt to rescue prisoners from infamous German prison "Stari pisker" in Celje, Yugoslavia took place. Six partisans with help from prison guard are trying to save 80 prisoners from getting shot by Nazis.

April 1941, days before the beginning of the Second World War in Slovenia. A small unit of the Royal Yugoslav Army is sent to the northern border to defend against an attack by Nazi Germany. However, their mission soon turns into a struggle for survival, and their ultimate goal is no longer the defence of their homeland, but merely their own lives.