AMBRELA
GOOD LUCK, KEKEC
DIRECTOR:Jože Gale
COUNTRY: YU, UK
YEAR/DURATION: 1963. • 81′
adventure, children
Info
- SCREENPLAY: Josip Vandot, Ivan Ribič
- PHOTOGRAPHY: Ivo Belec
- EDITOR: Darinka Peršin
- PRODUCTION DESIGN: Mirko Ferenčak
- SCORE: Marjan Vodopivec
- CAST: Velimir Gjurin, Blanka Florjanc, Martin Mele, Ruša Bojc, Bert Sotlar, Marija Goršič, Stane Sever
- PRODUCTION COMPANY: Vesna film, Studio Viba Film
- RESTORED BY: Slovenska kinoteka
- DISTRIBUTION: Slovenski filmski centar
Festivals and awards
Venice film Festival 1964 – Osella Jury Prize for Best Educational Film
Synopsis
In this sequel to the famous film Kekec, the young hero and his friend Rožle encounter the mythical mountain hag Pehta, and Kekec learns that appearances can be deceiving. Pehta hides the medicine that could heal Mojca’s blindness and despises the villagers’ superstitions until the very end. However, she is eventually softened by Kekec’s clever tricks and playful determination…
Trailer
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About the director
Jože Gale (Grosuplje, 1913) was a Slovenian film director and screenwriter. He was educated in Prague, where he graduated from the Theatre Department and later studied film directing. He began his filmmaking career after World War II, first with short documentary films and later with feature films. His greatest success came with the children’s film Kekec (1951), which won an award at the Venice Children’s Film Festival and became a classic, followed by Good Luck, Kekec (1963), also awarded in Venice. Together with Kekec’s Tricks (1968), these films form his renowned Kekec trilogy based on the works of Josip Vandot. In addition to children’s cinema, he also directed notable films on wartime and contemporary themes, and worked as a professor of film directing in Ljubljana.
Screenings
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- AMBRELA – TUESDAY 14.7.2026.
21:30
- AMBRELA – TUESDAY 14.7.2026.
