Feature film
Farewell Until the Next War
Nasvidenje v naslednji vojni
Živojin Pavlović · 1980
Synopsis
Years after the war, on holiday in Spain, Berk, a former Slovene partisan, meets Bitter, a German who fought on the other side, in Yugoslavia. The two former enemies talk about what they lived through, and their conversations bring back Berk's memories: his departure for the resistance, a young man from the town, against the occupier, and his years of struggle alongside Anton, a veteran of the Spanish Civil War. The debate gradually widens to what the war meant, for the one as for the other.
Context
Pavlović wrote the screenplay with Vitomil Zupan, from a novel by the latter; Tomislav Pinter is behind the camera, Bojan Adamič composed the music. Metod Pevec plays the young Berk, Milan Puzić the aged Berk, Boris Juh Anton, Hans Christian Blech the German. The film shows the sacrifice, the suffering and the contradictions of the partisan struggle, far from the idealised image of official cinema, and a long sequence shot is remembered from it. According to RTV Slovenija, veterans' associations attacked it harshly and it was withdrawn from cinemas for a time. It was digitally restored in 2021.
Who it is for
Nearly two hours of a disenchanted war film, between holiday Spain and the Slovene partisan hideouts.
Prizes and reception
Ignored at Pula; awarded in 1980 at Celje, at the annual meeting of Slovenian cinema, for Metod Pevec, the sets and the costumes.
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