Movie Details
Original Language:Slovenian
Production Companies:Viba film
Heritage
1 hr 49 minDrama
Heritage This threepart historical epic of the lives and misfortunes of the Vrhunc family in the former Yugoslavia is divided into the years of 1914 1924 and 1944 In 1914 the wealthy Vrhunc patriarch owns valuable land and operates a lucrative mine He is conservative and wants to hold on to the status quo and so when the region breaks away from Hapsburg rule he loses out His wife in the meantime is a tragic figure who has an unhappy solution to her stifling existence with her husband and children In part II set in 1924 the fascists and communists are fighting for footholds among the population and in the government and the Vrhunc family is torn apart because their own allegiances are divided between the two opposing extremes In part III the family suffers the most as Nazi collaborators are rounded up and shot by Partisans and chaos reigns
