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| Directed by | Jože Gale |
| Screenplay by | Jože Gale Frane Milčinski |
| Based on | Kekec Above the Lonely Abyss by Josip Vandot |
| Produced by | Dušan Povh |
| Starring | Matija Barl Frane Milčinski France Presetnik Zdenka Logar Jože Mlakar |
| Cinematography | Ivan Marinček |
| Edited by | Ivan Marinček |
| Music by | Marjan Kozina |
Production company | Triglav Film |
| Distributed by | Vesna film (original) Viba film (current) |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Countries | Slovenia Yugoslavia |
| Language | Slovene |
Kekec is a 1951 Slovene/Yugoslavian adventure-youth film directed by Jože Gale. It is based on mountain narrative Kekec Above the Lonely Abyss (Kekec nad samotnim breznom), by Josip Vandot, the last of three stories about Kekec, published in Slovenian youth magazine Zvonček in 1924. The film was produced by Triglav Film and originally distributed by Vesna film, now Viba film. It is set in the northwest part of the Slovenian mountains, mainly in the author's birthplace, Kranjska Gora, and the Julian Alps.
This is the first in the Jože Gale film series about Kekec and has two sequels: Good Luck, Kekec (Srečno, Kekec!) from 1963 and Kekec's Tricks (Kekčeve ukane) from 1968.
More than a thousand children auditioned for casting director Ernest Adamič.