Feature film
Three Quarters of the Sun
Tri četrtine sonca
Jože Babič · 1959
Synopsis
In the aftermath of the Second World War, former deportees of several nationalities, survivors of the camps, make their way home across a devastated Europe and find themselves stranded in Czechoslovakia, at an isolated station. Chance forces them to share a wagon. Friendships and rivalries form, and a prisoner they distrust turns out to be a representative of the German army. One of them decides to walk home; the others wait for a train that takes them further on.
Context
The screenplay is by Leopold Lahola, the black-and-white cinematography by Rudi Vavpotič, the music by Bojan Adamič, the editing by Kleopatra Harisijades; Triglav film produced it. With it the man of the theatre moved into cinema, and the film was released at the Union cinema in Ljubljana before being presented in competition at Pula. It is still screened: on 31 August 2025, a period 35 mm print was shown in the open air at the Nova Gorica railway station, subtitled in Italian, by Kinoatelje with the Slovenian Cinematheque and the Slovenian Film Centre.
Who it is for
A post-war drama of an hour and three quarters, shot in black and white, about the waiting and the return of survivors from all over Europe.
Prizes and reception
Golden Arena for directing at the Pula festival in 1959; with another film by the director, the most cited of his work.
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