03 Apr 1998
Central Station
An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.
Three Quarters of the Sun
A story of a group of men at a small frontier railway station who have been released from German concentration camps and are on their way home.
Top Billed Cast
Arnold Tovornik 
Bert Sotlar Slavo
Lojze Potokar Načelnik postaje
Pero Kvrgič Mateo
Mira Sardoč Marija
Stane Sever Koval
Vanja Drach Kolega
Kristijan Muck Karel
Elvira Kralj Hellerjeva
Metka Ocvirk Helena
Danilo Bezlaj Filip Sr.
Drago Makuc Filip Jr.
Rado Nakrst Achille
Maks Bajc
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