Good Luck, Kekec

Good Luck, Kekec (Slovene: Srečno, Kekec!) is a 1963 Yugoslav/Slovenian adventure film directed by Jože Gale. Film was based on the Kekec on the Wolf Trail (Kekec na volčji sledi), a mountain narrative by Josip Vandot, second of three stories about Kekec, which was published in Slovenian youth magazine Zvonček in 1922. Film was produced and distributed at Viba film.

Good Luck, Kekec
(Srečno, Kekec!)
Directed byJože Gale
Produced byDušan Povh
Screenplay byIvan Ribič
Based onKekec on the Wolf Trail
by Josip Vandot
StarringVelimir Gjurin
Blanka Florjanc
Martin Mele
Ruša Bojc
Music byMarjan Vodopivec
CinematographyIvan Marinček
Edited byIvan Marinček
Production
companies
Viba film
Distributed byViba film
Release date
  • 15 December 1963 (1963-12-15) (Slovenia)
Running time
77 minutes
CountrySlovenia
Yugoslavia
LanguageSlovenian

This is the second in the Jože Gale film series about Kekec and the others are: Kekec from 1951 and Kekec's Tricks (Kekčeve ukane) from 1968.

Plot summary

Kekec (Velimir Gjurin) and Rožle (Martin Mele) are going for shepereds to a farmer, who has a blind daughter Mojca (Blanka Florjanc), who is about the same age. When it gets dark outside, they start a conversation about aunt Pehta (Ruša Bojc), an evil woman from the mountains who supposedly steal children. Kekec, Mojca and Rožle go to alpine hut in the morning. Kind Kekec promises to Mojca, that he would find a cure for her eyes.

Meanwhile, Mojca is picking flowers, suddenly an evil woman, aunt Pehta from the mountains appears in front of her, kidnaps her and took her to her alpine hut. Pehta wants to keep Mojca, because she sings so beautiful. Pehta is a very good herbalist and finds a rare flower, which can cure Mojca's blind eyes.

Kekec and Rožle are searching for Mojca and come to Pehta's alpine hut, where Kekec heroically climbs on the hut's roof and save Mojca. Mean Pehta sends her dangerous dog (Wolf) behind them, but they manage to escape. They ran away across wooden footbridge over the stream. Shy and frightened Rožle comes home and all scared tells, that Pehta's dog Wolf probably ate Kekec and Mojca.

All people from the village and Mojca's father went for a search with fiery torches for Kekec and Mojca, who spent the night at some mountain cave. Pehta notice all these people and burns the hut. When Kekec brings Mojca home, she tells her mother, that Pehta knows the cure for her eyes and immediately ran out of the house. Pehta captures Kekec and drags him to her secret mountain cave. Kekec challenges and provoke Pehta, that between all her cures she doesn't have the one for eyes.

Pehta is bragging that she has it and if he wouldn't take Mojca with him, she would be already cured. Kekec tries to become friend with her, with Wolf and secretly searching for this magic cure. Pehta caught him and cruelly beats her dog. She told Kekec that cure is hiding in mini bottle on her necklace, wearing around her neck. At the end Pehta become sentimental and give this necklace bottle to Kekec. He goes home to Mojca, put a few drops in her eyes and she can see again.

Cast
Actor Character Description
Velimir GjurinKekecmain character who's fighting Bedanec. Enormous impact in Slovenian popculture
Blanka FlorjancMojcasister of Rožle, blind girl captured by Pehta
Martin MeleRožlefrightened boy, a friend of Kekec and brother of Mojca
Ruša BojcPehtaevil woman from the mountains, searching for herbs
Bert Sotlarfather
Marija Goršičmother
Stane Severbeggar
Velimir Gjurin (1980s)
Velimir Gjurin (2011)

Shooting locations
Photo Location Municipality Note
Trenta Bovec Kekčeva domačija
under Mangart Bovec most of the film was shot

After the film premiere
  • form left to the right:
    Velimir Gjurin (Kekec)
    Ruša Bojc (Pehta)
    Martin Mele (Rožle)
    Blanka Florjanc (Mojca)
    after the premiere
  • 3rd by left:Gjurin (Kekec)
    4th by left: Mele (Rožle)
    after the premiere
  • Ruša Bojc (Pehta)
    after the premiere
  • Blanka Florjanc (Mojca)
    after the premiere
  • scene from film

Awards

This is the second Gale's film about Kekec with international award. At 25th Venice International Film Festival in 1964, this film took third place, a bronze Osella, for most educational film in youth category.[1]

Music

The whole music including theme was composed by Marjan Vodopivec, a Slovenian composer. Lyrics for theme song called "Kekčeva pesem" was written by Kajetan Kovič and performed by Martin Lumbar together with Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra

References
  1. "Film was awarded at Venice Film Festival 1964" (in Italian). labiennale.org. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
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