Kekec's Tricks (1968) - full transcript
Children's film about the witty boy Kekec and his friends, and their adventures in the mountains of Slovenia, during the summer.
KEKCEVE UKANE
(Kekec's Tricks)
Directed by
Screenplay by
Photography
Music by
You're always shooting animals!
You never leave
the shepherds in peace
and that is why they don't
like to take their herds
up into the mountain.
Now be quiet and listen
to what our elected judge
Vitranc has to tell you!
All clever people and all
the animals follow his rules.
Remember, Bedanc, what I'm
going to tell you now:
if I catch you just once
again poaching game or
learn that you have inflicted
any damage on the people
in the mountain or spoilt
their joy and peace...
We will shut you up
in a rocky ravine,
so you'll know.
I'm tired, Brincelj.
Oh, I'll play a little song
for you and it will make
you feel better and you
will dream sweet dreams.
Hey, why are you so fidgety,
my fleecy dears?
Is it not a good pasture?
No? Well, let's try
and find a better one.
Look, Brincelj remembered me.
Brincelj... Brincelj...
Do you hear?
What?
Don't you really hear
anything...?
Kekec.
Do you thing it's really Kekec?
And who else could it be?
Let's go...!
He wanted to play
a trick on us again.
Kekeeeeeec!
Is it you or isn't it?
But wait...
And if it isn't Kekec,
what then...?
Of course it is Kekec.
And how do you know...?
I know it is.
And what will happen
if this is Bedanc playing flute?
To entice us?
You're afraid, aren't you?
Who? Me?
Wouldn't it be better
if we went back?
And allow Kekec to laugh at us.
He is somewhere near.
Aha, Brincelj... so here's
your hiding place.
You've lost your voice,
haven't you?
And there at Vitranc's your
tongue worked as
if it had been greased,
when you blackened me.
I didn't blacken you.
Shut up. "I didn't blacken
you"... and you didn't
spoil my traps either,
or did you?
Come one, get going.
And be quick.
Where am I going?
With me, come on!
With you? And why?
You'll see!
I will see nothing at all and I am
not going to go anywhere!
Open... and show yourself,
do you hear me!
Have you thought it over?
Better get out immediately,
or hits will finish up nastily!
Wait, just wait a bit. I'll get
you out your hiding place.
H, you tried to smoke me out...
A: aaaa!
Wait, just wait...
You reminded me very
well how to drive you out...
Brincelj, Brincelj, are you
going to come out now,
or aren't you?
Kekec...
Have you gone out of your wits?
What's wrong, Rozle?
Hey, you're not asleep
in broad daylight, are you?
Rozle, Mojca,
open the door! Hey!
Who's that, hey!
Oh, that's you. I thought it
was Bedanc sneaking
round the house.
Who?
Oh, Kekec, do you know
what's happened?
Poor Brincelj!
We must save him?
Who?
Who, Brincelj!
Just the two of us?
The two of us.
How?
We'll think something out.
We don't even know
where Bedanc took him.
To his own house, where else?
Do you know where this is?
Vitranc knows surely!
Of course, you must find
Vitranc, he'll help you!
Let's set off immediately.
We must find Vltranc's
mountain, you can see it
from all around.
But Vitranc's mountain
is high... and far...
Then let's start at once.
There, that's Vitranc's peak.
But wait,
there is nothing there!
Leave me alone!
You know what,
let's have a little rest.
Have you seen him?
Who?
Bedanc. Haven't you?
Not me, and you haven't either!
And who was shooting hey?
Some huntsman, surely.
Hey, Rozle,
for Heaven's sake, wait!
Are you out of your senses?
Rozle, Rozle,
are you still alive?
I don't know...
Where are we?
In the abyss.
In the abyss!
What are we going to do?
We'll try the round about way.
And up again?
To Vitranc.
To Vitranc?
We're not going to abandon
Brincelj in trouble, Surely?
Have they already found
Vitranc, they have,
they haven't, yes,
no, yes, no...
I'm not going to move
any further, uh! Uh!
I'm so thirsty that I could
drink a whole bucket of milk!
Look there are
shepherds over there!
But there isn't a living
soul anywhere.
Then these must be
wood-cutters
or charcoal burners.
I'll go down,
and you do as you like!
Kekec, Kekec...
Oh, my dear Kekec, get me
out of this miserable hole!
Kekec, Kekec, help!
You help too!
What are you staring at
the ceiling for!
Thank you for coming, boys!
Thank you for coming.
I knew you wouldn't let
me alone in the trouble.
Wait, I'll do it,
and you hold on up there!
Come on, boys, quicker,
quicker, quicker, quicker!
Where's the key?
How do I know,
I don't know anything!
And how did you two come here?
We are shepherds.
Look, look.
Shepherds, you say!
You're not going to take
Brincelj to pasture, are you?
We've lost our way...
I can see that... I see that!
We didn't know it
was your house.
You'll find that out now.
Look out, over there...
A high mountain peak
disperses the darkness
and glitters like fire.
All that is bad,
evil and wicked
disappears in the abyss.
Then all the word become
pure, safe. Yes, yes, hm.
Rozle, Rozle!
We've gone to sleep again.
Come, wake up!
It cuckooed three times,
it brought luck...
Rozle, Kekec...
Rozle, Kekec...
277,
278,
279,
280,
281.
Of what?
Of chamois!
197,198,199...
What of 199...
Foxes, 199 foxes.
333, 334,
335, 336
roe deer and their males,
my dear Brincelj...
And you've shot all of them?
All of them.
And why?
Why?
You fool, for their fur!
And what will you
do with the fur?
I'll sell it.
Sell?
Sell...
I'll be rich.
Haven't you enough of them?
Not yet! I'll skin
whatever is alive up there
in the mountain.
Oh, poor deer...
Oh, poor chamois...
Poor foxes...
And hares...
Shut up, what are you
squealing about!
Vitranc will not allow it!
You're not going to tell
tales on me any longer,
my dear Brincelj.
And when I have finished
with all this,
I'll disappear over
nine mountains...
And what will happen to us?
I'll take you with me, ha,
ha, scoundrels, ha, ha!
Rozle!
Rozle!
Kekec!
Mojca!
Mojca!
You're not afraid of
anybody, are you, Kekec?
Not even Bedanc, are you?
And you'll help Rozle
if Bedanc leaves him
in the mountains, Rozle is
so afraid of him, isn't he,
he is afraid of him.
I am not afraid of him
at all, not at all...
I would beat him all
black and blue so that
he would Fool!
Play!
Into the house!
Make it livelier and louder.
Still wilder and gayer!
Come on! Come on!
Well, come on, aaaa...
This is how a flute should
be played, you know!
And not that squeaking
cooing of yours.
I'll teach you...
Here... Here...
here... here...
You won't get anything,
nothing at all, until you
improve. You learn,
and you work!
Rozle!
Rozle!
Kekec!
Oh, but Bedanc will beat
him black and blue.
Rozle!
Yes, Brincelj?
"Go on wilder, gayer!"
how can I play with joy
when I am locked
in like a wild animal!
Oh yes,
I used to play gay songs,
yes, yes,
but then I was free as
a little bird on the tree,
yes, yes.
You did, too,
Brincelj, that's true...
Do you know what freedom is?
As if I wouldn't...
Real freedom?
What is real freedom?
You play when you wish,
for whom you wish,
as much as you wish, yes, yes.
This is what my freedom
was like,
but now it is over
and done with.
Yes, our freedom has come
to an end, for ever.
For ever...
Rozle, Mojca...
Oh, you were left alone,
it means something is
wrong again. I'll search the
mountain and find
that scoundrel...
What are you shouting at,
you thief! I'll catch
a deer or a bear in the pit,
and you,
I'll catch you in a trap
and pluck those magpie feathers
of yours and then you can
cry as long as you want.
Rozle...
Brincelj!
Stop you scoundrels...
I'll show to you...
So you will always
remember me...
Help me, boys,
to get out of here...
Save me,
I'll die of this horror...
Now you know what
the poor deer felt
in your traps.
And hares... and foxes...
and bears...
And how I felt in your
cage, yes you know...
But I only joked
a little with you...
I almost died for hunger
in your house!
You set Brincelj's
little hut on fire!
You intended to destroy
all the animals!
I'll die of hunger and thirst...
You'll build a new
hut for Brincelj!
I will.
You give your word that
you will no longer
persecute and frighten
the shepherds...
I swear...
That you will no longer
shoot game...
I won't! Boys...
Boys, don't leave me alone...
Oh, are you playing
a trick on me?
Rozle! Kekec!
I have heard everything,
Bedanc!
And remember, you must
keep all your promises
or else you will...
Cast
(Kekec's Tricks)
Directed by
Screenplay by
Photography
Music by
You're always shooting animals!
You never leave
the shepherds in peace
and that is why they don't
like to take their herds
up into the mountain.
Now be quiet and listen
to what our elected judge
Vitranc has to tell you!
All clever people and all
the animals follow his rules.
Remember, Bedanc, what I'm
going to tell you now:
if I catch you just once
again poaching game or
learn that you have inflicted
any damage on the people
in the mountain or spoilt
their joy and peace...
We will shut you up
in a rocky ravine,
so you'll know.
I'm tired, Brincelj.
Oh, I'll play a little song
for you and it will make
you feel better and you
will dream sweet dreams.
Hey, why are you so fidgety,
my fleecy dears?
Is it not a good pasture?
No? Well, let's try
and find a better one.
Look, Brincelj remembered me.
Brincelj... Brincelj...
Do you hear?
What?
Don't you really hear
anything...?
Kekec.
Do you thing it's really Kekec?
And who else could it be?
Let's go...!
He wanted to play
a trick on us again.
Kekeeeeeec!
Is it you or isn't it?
But wait...
And if it isn't Kekec,
what then...?
Of course it is Kekec.
And how do you know...?
I know it is.
And what will happen
if this is Bedanc playing flute?
To entice us?
You're afraid, aren't you?
Who? Me?
Wouldn't it be better
if we went back?
And allow Kekec to laugh at us.
He is somewhere near.
Aha, Brincelj... so here's
your hiding place.
You've lost your voice,
haven't you?
And there at Vitranc's your
tongue worked as
if it had been greased,
when you blackened me.
I didn't blacken you.
Shut up. "I didn't blacken
you"... and you didn't
spoil my traps either,
or did you?
Come one, get going.
And be quick.
Where am I going?
With me, come on!
With you? And why?
You'll see!
I will see nothing at all and I am
not going to go anywhere!
Open... and show yourself,
do you hear me!
Have you thought it over?
Better get out immediately,
or hits will finish up nastily!
Wait, just wait a bit. I'll get
you out your hiding place.
H, you tried to smoke me out...
A: aaaa!
Wait, just wait...
You reminded me very
well how to drive you out...
Brincelj, Brincelj, are you
going to come out now,
or aren't you?
Kekec...
Have you gone out of your wits?
What's wrong, Rozle?
Hey, you're not asleep
in broad daylight, are you?
Rozle, Mojca,
open the door! Hey!
Who's that, hey!
Oh, that's you. I thought it
was Bedanc sneaking
round the house.
Who?
Oh, Kekec, do you know
what's happened?
Poor Brincelj!
We must save him?
Who?
Who, Brincelj!
Just the two of us?
The two of us.
How?
We'll think something out.
We don't even know
where Bedanc took him.
To his own house, where else?
Do you know where this is?
Vitranc knows surely!
Of course, you must find
Vitranc, he'll help you!
Let's set off immediately.
We must find Vltranc's
mountain, you can see it
from all around.
But Vitranc's mountain
is high... and far...
Then let's start at once.
There, that's Vitranc's peak.
But wait,
there is nothing there!
Leave me alone!
You know what,
let's have a little rest.
Have you seen him?
Who?
Bedanc. Haven't you?
Not me, and you haven't either!
And who was shooting hey?
Some huntsman, surely.
Hey, Rozle,
for Heaven's sake, wait!
Are you out of your senses?
Rozle, Rozle,
are you still alive?
I don't know...
Where are we?
In the abyss.
In the abyss!
What are we going to do?
We'll try the round about way.
And up again?
To Vitranc.
To Vitranc?
We're not going to abandon
Brincelj in trouble, Surely?
Have they already found
Vitranc, they have,
they haven't, yes,
no, yes, no...
I'm not going to move
any further, uh! Uh!
I'm so thirsty that I could
drink a whole bucket of milk!
Look there are
shepherds over there!
But there isn't a living
soul anywhere.
Then these must be
wood-cutters
or charcoal burners.
I'll go down,
and you do as you like!
Kekec, Kekec...
Oh, my dear Kekec, get me
out of this miserable hole!
Kekec, Kekec, help!
You help too!
What are you staring at
the ceiling for!
Thank you for coming, boys!
Thank you for coming.
I knew you wouldn't let
me alone in the trouble.
Wait, I'll do it,
and you hold on up there!
Come on, boys, quicker,
quicker, quicker, quicker!
Where's the key?
How do I know,
I don't know anything!
And how did you two come here?
We are shepherds.
Look, look.
Shepherds, you say!
You're not going to take
Brincelj to pasture, are you?
We've lost our way...
I can see that... I see that!
We didn't know it
was your house.
You'll find that out now.
Look out, over there...
A high mountain peak
disperses the darkness
and glitters like fire.
All that is bad,
evil and wicked
disappears in the abyss.
Then all the word become
pure, safe. Yes, yes, hm.
Rozle, Rozle!
We've gone to sleep again.
Come, wake up!
It cuckooed three times,
it brought luck...
Rozle, Kekec...
Rozle, Kekec...
277,
278,
279,
280,
281.
Of what?
Of chamois!
197,198,199...
What of 199...
Foxes, 199 foxes.
333, 334,
335, 336
roe deer and their males,
my dear Brincelj...
And you've shot all of them?
All of them.
And why?
Why?
You fool, for their fur!
And what will you
do with the fur?
I'll sell it.
Sell?
Sell...
I'll be rich.
Haven't you enough of them?
Not yet! I'll skin
whatever is alive up there
in the mountain.
Oh, poor deer...
Oh, poor chamois...
Poor foxes...
And hares...
Shut up, what are you
squealing about!
Vitranc will not allow it!
You're not going to tell
tales on me any longer,
my dear Brincelj.
And when I have finished
with all this,
I'll disappear over
nine mountains...
And what will happen to us?
I'll take you with me, ha,
ha, scoundrels, ha, ha!
Rozle!
Rozle!
Kekec!
Mojca!
Mojca!
You're not afraid of
anybody, are you, Kekec?
Not even Bedanc, are you?
And you'll help Rozle
if Bedanc leaves him
in the mountains, Rozle is
so afraid of him, isn't he,
he is afraid of him.
I am not afraid of him
at all, not at all...
I would beat him all
black and blue so that
he would Fool!
Play!
Into the house!
Make it livelier and louder.
Still wilder and gayer!
Come on! Come on!
Well, come on, aaaa...
This is how a flute should
be played, you know!
And not that squeaking
cooing of yours.
I'll teach you...
Here... Here...
here... here...
You won't get anything,
nothing at all, until you
improve. You learn,
and you work!
Rozle!
Rozle!
Kekec!
Oh, but Bedanc will beat
him black and blue.
Rozle!
Yes, Brincelj?
"Go on wilder, gayer!"
how can I play with joy
when I am locked
in like a wild animal!
Oh yes,
I used to play gay songs,
yes, yes,
but then I was free as
a little bird on the tree,
yes, yes.
You did, too,
Brincelj, that's true...
Do you know what freedom is?
As if I wouldn't...
Real freedom?
What is real freedom?
You play when you wish,
for whom you wish,
as much as you wish, yes, yes.
This is what my freedom
was like,
but now it is over
and done with.
Yes, our freedom has come
to an end, for ever.
For ever...
Rozle, Mojca...
Oh, you were left alone,
it means something is
wrong again. I'll search the
mountain and find
that scoundrel...
What are you shouting at,
you thief! I'll catch
a deer or a bear in the pit,
and you,
I'll catch you in a trap
and pluck those magpie feathers
of yours and then you can
cry as long as you want.
Rozle...
Brincelj!
Stop you scoundrels...
I'll show to you...
So you will always
remember me...
Help me, boys,
to get out of here...
Save me,
I'll die of this horror...
Now you know what
the poor deer felt
in your traps.
And hares... and foxes...
and bears...
And how I felt in your
cage, yes you know...
But I only joked
a little with you...
I almost died for hunger
in your house!
You set Brincelj's
little hut on fire!
You intended to destroy
all the animals!
I'll die of hunger and thirst...
You'll build a new
hut for Brincelj!
I will.
You give your word that
you will no longer
persecute and frighten
the shepherds...
I swear...
That you will no longer
shoot game...
I won't! Boys...
Boys, don't leave me alone...
Oh, are you playing
a trick on me?
Rozle! Kekec!
I have heard everything,
Bedanc!
And remember, you must
keep all your promises
or else you will...
Cast