Matija Barl (1951) Velimir Gjurin (1963) Zlatko Krasnič (1968)
In-universe information
Alias
Mežnarčev Gregec
Gender
male
Occupation
fearless boy and a mountain shepherd fighting Bedanec and Pehta
Family
Mežnar
Nationality
Slovenian
Kekec is a fictional children's literature character created by Slovenian author Josip Vandot in 1918. He was first introduced in the serial "Kekec on the Hard Path" (Slovene: Kekec na hudi poti) in Zvonček magazine (volume 19, issue 1/2).[1] He is a young shepherd boy living in the Julian Alps, revered in Slovenia, and the subject of several films.[2]
List of characters featured in the Kekec novels
Kekec (Mežnarčev Gregec) is widely recognized as a Slovenian superhero and cultural icon. Kekec is a brave boy, a fearless shepherd from the highlands of his home region, Kranjska Gora and Julian Alps. He is good guy who is fighting an evil wild hunter from the mountains (Bedanec) and evil herbalist woman from mountains who is stealing children (Pehta).[3]
Bedanec (or. Bedanc) - evil poacher with long beard from the mountains.
Mojca - sister of Rožle, captured by Bedanec and Pehta.
Original trilogy short novels with Kekec as the main character were published as annex in Zvonček publication, not in one piece at once but in total 12 parts for each novel:
Jože Gale directed Slovene/Yugoslav film trilogy about Kekec, based on novels by Josip Vandot, but only the first and second film were a direct adaptation of the second and third book:
