Life in Kajzar

A post-WW2 story about the village largely involved in wine-making business. The peasants who claimed possessions of lands, woods, and churches after communist party seized the power hold a party where a member of so-called reactionary forces (kulaks, clergy and Axis collaborators) tries to break in and stop it.

Cast

Bert Sotlar

as Tjoš

Maks Furijan

as Ornik

Vika Podgorska

as Jula

Lojze Rozman

as Miličnik

France Presetnik

as Kulak Sinko

Lojze Potokar

as župnik Farkaš

Pavle Kovič

as Kletar

Aleksander Valič

as Sirk

Elvira Kralj

as Tičkovca

Vida Juvan

as Lajhovka

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