Štefka Drolc

Acting

Štefka Drolc

Born — Died

1923-12-22 — 2018-06-25

Place of birth

Ponikva pri Grobelnem, Slovenia

Known for

Acting

Credits

32 titles

Known for

Scene of the Crime poster
6.2

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.

Scene of the Crime

1970

No artwork available
NR

A young, ambitious conductor travels to a small Slovenian town at the mayor’s invitation, where he is meant to lead a choir and promote local culture both at home and abroad. It soon becomes clear that things are not as he expected. Local disputes draw him into their web. Professionalism clashes with amateurism, art with hobbyism, love with envy.

Choir Practice

2008

Life of a Shock Force Worker poster
7.0

Adem, a Bosnian coal miner who spends his days digging in the dark depths, and in very harsh conditions, is praised for his work and achievements and known as an exemplary socialist worker.

Life of a Shock Force Worker

2023

Landscape No. 2 poster
5.2

The burglars Sergej and Polde steal a valuable painting, Landscape No.2. By coincidence Sergej also takes a mysterious document dating back to the end of the World War II. Instructor is ordered to recover the stolen painting and the document, which triggers a diabolic mechanism of the past.

Landscape No. 2

2008

The Tenth Brother poster
5.5

Based on the novel by Josip Jurcic and set in rural Yugoslavia in the 1840's. The tenth brother of a family returns to the family home to take revenge on his father who had abandoned him as a child.

The Tenth Brother

1982

Three Contributions to the Slovenian Madness poster
10.0

Omnibus consisting of three segments. The first story is about a fight between the boy's parents, after which he ends up in a correctional hall, and then in jail. The second story is about a mental patient who leaves the hospital to find his wife, a fashion model. The third story is about two factory employees who go for a few drinks after work, only to end up later at one of his mother's house where they all get drunk.

Three Contributions to the Slovenian Madness

1983

Film credits

2010s · 5 titles

Perseverance poster
5.0

The stories narrated by the film bring together individuals all over the world, spanning over sixty years and thus symbolically covering the approximate period of a single human life. Each of the stories is based on true accounts and events, summed up from newspaper articles, statements, and media announcements. Through internal monologues the collage makes up a whole which transcends any individual story.

Perseverance

2017

The Final Day of Rudolf Nietsche poster
NR

A day in the life of Rudolf Nietsche, a man who has never even been able to secure a seat on the train, let alone his place in life; a man lacking that Z in his surname, a small yet crucial letter.

The Final Day of Rudolf Nietsche

2018

No artwork available
10.0

Documentary film explores the role of women in the Slovenian film and is also looking for reflections in the film classics of the constant changing position of women in the society. Documentary also refers to popular and lesser-known women's roles in the history of Slovenian film, heroines in the literal sense, typical roles in many partisan films, as well as the established cliches: a suffering mother, adulteress, gossip. Through interviews with the actresses, theorists and artists as well as analyzing the most common phrases expressed by women in the Slovenian films, the film tries to reveal the true Slovenian film heroine.

What About Mojca?

2015

Thanks for Sunderland poster
5.8

The film takes place in Slovenia today. Johan (44), is a factory worker, who dreams of a dignified life for himself and his family. His best friend Janez introduces him to Zlatko, who doesn’t take bluetouth away from his ear, and he offers him a quick profit, better job and a raise. Accepting the offer Johan robs his wife's mother, who cheers for Manchester United, and his life after that moves downhill.

Thanks for Sunderland

2012

A Girl and a Tree poster
NR

Summertime, a meadow covered with flowers. Wrapped in the rustle of birds and crickets, an old woman tells us about her life. Her happy childhood, her career on stage, moments of sadness or heartfelt joy. Such is the common, exceptional fate of Stefka Drolc.

A Girl and a Tree

2012

2000s · 8 titles

No artwork available
NR

A young, ambitious conductor travels to a small Slovenian town at the mayor’s invitation, where he is meant to lead a choir and promote local culture both at home and abroad. It soon becomes clear that things are not as he expected. Local disputes draw him into their web. Professionalism clashes with amateurism, art with hobbyism, love with envy.

Choir Practice

2008

Landscape No. 2 poster
5.2

The burglars Sergej and Polde steal a valuable painting, Landscape No.2. By coincidence Sergej also takes a mysterious document dating back to the end of the World War II. Instructor is ordered to recover the stolen painting and the document, which triggers a diabolic mechanism of the past.

Landscape No. 2

2008

Double Holidays poster
5.0

Twin brothers make a plan on how to survive the holidays.

Double Holidays

2001

1/2 poster
NR

The film "1/2" is a story about two neighbors separated by a thin wall. Klara’s daily life begins at 4:30 a.m. with the lifting of a creaking shutter, too loud radio news, and the vacuuming of an apartment. Nikša is losing his temper because of this. The human mind is sometimes capable of producing anything but reasonable verbal communication.

1/2

2007

The Candidate and the Chauffeur poster
7.0

The comedy takes us to a small Slovenian town in which a pre-election fight is being established in Parliament. After the online coincidents become the main heroine of the event teacher Didka, which the client included on the candidate list only to the so-called ' female quota '.

The Candidate and the Chauffeur

2009

One Day of Truth poster
NR

A scandal breaks out in a small town just big enough to have a local newspaper.

One Day of Truth

2006

AgapE poster
NR

In a remote convent where nuns live, they decide to introduce broadband internet.

AgapE

2007

Pavle poster
NR

Pavle is a student of biology. He plays chess and lives alone with his mother. One day he meets Marija, a gentle girl who is exactly like him, lonely and yearning for love. An honest emotion and the beginning of a happy life together are born, but only until his cruel mother starts to interfere.

Pavle

2001

1990s · 3 titles

1970s · 6 titles

Blossoms in Autumn poster
6.7

Doctor Janez, a somewhat elderly lawyer, tired of urban life, pays a few week's visit to his relative Presecnik, a well-off farmer living in highland village. Farm life holds a great attraction for him, particularly because a deep and secret love develops between himself and Presecnik's daughter Meta. After a few serene and cheerful days spent on the farm, filled with pleasant labor and walks together with Meta in the unspoilt surroundings, he has to return to Ljubljana to resume his office work. But he cannot forget Meta and he makes his mind to buy a property not far from the Presecnik home and and to become a farmer. He does indeed buy a farm and sets out again to the Presecnik home to ask Meta to be his wife.

Blossoms in Autumn

1973

1st Split Detachment poster
7.2

A Partisan unit goes into battle with the enemy twice stronger, somehow resists detachment to attack deep into the night, where the fraud are captured combatants from all units and thrown to the terrible torture and eventually murder.

1st Split Detachment

1972

My Dear Iza poster
4.7

The film is a portrait of the Novak family: the results of the marriage between the farmer Novak and a townswoman of German descent, their children and their tragic fates and the life of Andrej - the Novaks' only surviving child. Andrej recalls the days of his youth and the wartime years, in which the family slowly breaks up due to different political beliefs and world-outlooks. In addition to the loss of many members of his family, Andrej must also face the fact that his father has disowned him and his girlfriend left him. Despite all, however, he keeps alive his hopes of a better future, which, to him, is embodied by the beautiful Iza.

My Dear Iza

1979

Temptations poster
4.5

Some years before WWI, art historian and priest Ciril from Ljubljana and his friend Fritz set out on a journey through Italy. Ciril hopes that his doctorate on Italian art would provide him inner peace, thus starting a new life. Emotionally disturbed Fritz, on the other hand, tries to escape everyday life, as well as from commitment he has to his female friend.

Temptations

1979

In the Gorge poster
4.1

Trials and tribulations of a woman in prewar Yugoslavia who after being seduced by a rich man, marries a poor one and struggles on. Based on a novel by Ivan Cankar.

In the Gorge

1971

Jagosh and Blacky poster
9.0

Jagoš is a former immigrant worker, and the plot depicts his trial for hitting an acquaintance with a bottle in a pub. During the trial, Jagoš recounts his time as an immigrant worker in Germany and France and his friendship with an African immigrant.

Jagosh and Blacky

1976

1960s · 5 titles

Series credits