Kavarna Astoria (1989)

The city of Maribor before the Second World War, and Maribor after its liberation is marked by the period in which the film Cafe Astoria is set. With a gentle melancholy and a slight irony,... See full summary »

Director:

Joze Pogacnik

Writer:

Zarko Petan

Stars:

Janez Hocevar, Lidija Kozlovic, Branko Sturbej

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Janez Hocevar	...	Father
Lidija Kozlovic	...	Mother
Branko Sturbej	...	Branko
Igor Jalusic	...	Little Branko
Natasa Tic Ralijan	...	Janja (as Natasa Ralijan)
Ludvik Bagari	...	Kugla
Branko Drobnik	...	Little Kugla
Ales Valic	...	Tone
Vlado Novák	...	Rudi
Roman Koncar	...	Ivan
Vladimir Jurc	...	Wise man
Anton Petje	...	Wagner
Isabela Albrecht	...	Frau Wagner
Brane Grubar	...	Provoker (as Brane Gruber)
Ivo Ban	...	Baumann

Storyline

The city of Maribor before the Second World War, and Maribor after its liberation is marked by the period in which the film Cafe Astoria is set. With a gentle melancholy and a slight irony, the film relates to the lives of a middle-class family: the café owner, his wife and their son. Through their individual destinies we become acquainted with the social and historical background of a by-gone era; the social and national differences of prewar Maribor, divisions among the wealthy and poor, nationally minded Slovenes and fanatic Germanophiles. The first year after the war introduced the absurd characteristic cruel measures of the so-called revolutionary social transformations in which calamity and coincidence intervene, resulting in events of comic nature as seen from safe distance of fifty years.

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Plot Keywords:

slovenia | world war two | totalitarianism | maribor slovenia | generation gap | 

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Taglines:

Drama about a cafe-owner's family in war.

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Yugoslavia

Language:

Slovenian

Release Date:

10 March 1989 (Yugoslavia)

Also Known As:

Cafe Astoria

Filming Locations:

Maribor, Slovenia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Viba Film

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color