THE STORY OF MR. P. F.

Documentaries

Directed by: Karpo Godina

Duration: 1 h 28 min

Format: Digitalno

Code: 460947

EAN: 3838898460947

Caution: Due to copyright and distribution restrictions, the content is geographically limited, viewing outside of Slovenia is not possible.

A documentary portrait of a cosmopolitan. A documentary about the legendary Slovenian inventor Petar Florjančič (1919-2020), who befriended Marlene Dietrich, Audrey Hepburn, Luchin Visconti, Vittorio de Sico, Darryl Zanuck… survived them all and lived a hundred years. Among other things, he invented a perfume atomiser and the plastic photographic slide frame. »A special film about a very special man, which, despite its documentary approach, takes the viewer into the world of greatest fiction,« wrote the jury of the Festival of Slovenian Film in 2002, when Karpo Godina's film was awarded the special prize.

SYNOPSIS

The mysterious, charming Mr. P. F., the protagonist of this full-length documentary film, is a sportsman, inventor, owner of more than 400 patents and a cosmopolitan who knew life in Europe’s most glamorous cities. His inquisitiveness and the spirit of cosmopolitanism lured him to Switzerland, where he only just started living. Very quickly he ended up among the European rich elite and they accepted him as one of them. He was a millionaire who was thought to be a billionaire and who also lived like a billionaire.

ABOUT THE FILM

The director, screenwriter and editor is Karpo Godina, the producer is Franci Zajc from Arsmedia, the director of photography is Janez Kališnik, the authors of the music are Peter Florjančič, Loča Stiplovšek