Heritage

Heritage (1984)

Drama

This three-part 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.

Director: Matjaž Klopčič

Casts

	Polde Bibič as Tomaž Vrhunc
	Milena Zupančič as Malka, his wife
	Bernarda Oman as Mira, their daughter / Veronika, little daughter of Tomaz ans Malka Vrhunc
	Miran Bulič as Mitja, their son
	Pavle Ravnohrib as Mirko, their son
	Radko Polič as Dr. Hren
	Anton Petje as The priest
	Bine Matoh as Nace, the fool
	Judita Zidar as Olga, family servant and later wife of Mirko

Crew