Ivan Bukovčan

Birth : 1921-09-15,

Death : 1975-05-25

Movies

Stratená dolina
Story
Stratená dolina
Screenplay
Luigiho srdce aneb Poprava tupým mečem
Theatre Play
Deň, ktorý neumrie
Screenplay
Deň, ktorý neumrie
Story
Prípad krásnej nerestnice
Dramaturgy
Človek na moste
Screenplay
Človek na moste
Story
Eagle Feather
Story
The film captures the new events in the lives of the main characters of the film "The Copper Tower". After two years spent in prison because of smuggling they return to the Stratená dolina valley and plan a revenge on police lieutenant Pardek.
Eagle Feather
Screenplay
The film captures the new events in the lives of the main characters of the film "The Copper Tower". After two years spent in prison because of smuggling they return to the Stratená dolina valley and plan a revenge on police lieutenant Pardek.
Kým kohút nezaspieva
Writer
The Copper Tower
Screenplay
A dramatic story of three friends happily spending time on their own in a mountain cottage in the High Tatras. On the arrival of the wife of one of them their perfect friendship is put to a test.
The Copper Tower
Story
A dramatic story of three friends happily spending time on their own in a mountain cottage in the High Tatras. On the arrival of the wife of one of them their perfect friendship is put to a test.
Niet inej cesty
Dramaturgy
Volanie démonov
Dramaturgy
A Pact with the Devil
Screenplay
A comedy about five students who are un-justly suspected of trying to lose their virginity before their graduation. The five girls first try to defend themselves, but when they find out that nobody believes them - neither the school principal nor even their own parents - they decide to accomplish what they have been falsely accused of. And although their clumsy attempts are mostly comic, at one point they almost cause a big tragedy.
A Pact with the Devil
Story
A comedy about five students who are un-justly suspected of trying to lose their virginity before their graduation. The five girls first try to defend themselves, but when they find out that nobody believes them - neither the school principal nor even their own parents - they decide to accomplish what they have been falsely accused of. And although their clumsy attempts are mostly comic, at one point they almost cause a big tragedy.
Tango pre medveďa
Screenplay
Tango pre medveďa
Story
Vrah zo záhrobia
Dramaturgy
Smrť prichádza v daždi
Dramaturgy
Before Tonight Is Over
Dramaturgy
Two female clerks using up their savings to enjoy a few days of carefree life, two plumbers looking for an erotic adventure, a building contractor determined to drink away all wages of his workers and a former major who became an alcoholic due to political persecution — these people meet in a ski resort bar somewhere in the High Tatras. During one night they gradually reveal their unfulfilled dreams, illusions and disappointments of ”average" people of those times.
The Bells Toll for the Barefooted
Screenplay
A dramatic story from the end of WW II and a remarkable contemplation of the value of true friendship, meaning and purpose oflife or the possibility to be humane even in inhuma ne conditions. In a frosty mountain setting a cruel struggle for life takes place. After a fight, two partisans return to their brigade carrying along a young German soldier as a captive. But suddenly, amidst the hopelessness of barren mountains. all protagonists find themselves in a liminal existential situation.
The Bells Toll for the Barefooted
Story
A dramatic story from the end of WW II and a remarkable contemplation of the value of true friendship, meaning and purpose oflife or the possibility to be humane even in inhuma ne conditions. In a frosty mountain setting a cruel struggle for life takes place. After a fight, two partisans return to their brigade carrying along a young German soldier as a captive. But suddenly, amidst the hopelessness of barren mountains. all protagonists find themselves in a liminal existential situation.
The Coward
Story
In a remote Slovak village in the closing days of World War II, a schoolteacher and his young wife find a wounded Russian parachutist in their front yard just as the Germans are coming in to occupy their village. As his wife readily becomes involved with anti-Nazi partisans, the schoolteacher collaborates with the Germans in fear.
The Song of the Grey Pigeon
Screenplay
An unusual children's film set during World War II in Czechoslovakia, this compelling drama unfolds five different segments that present the war through the eyes of three youngsters. The three have a series of adventures which include saving a soldier from being captured by the Germans, helping out the resistance fighters, and meeting up with a young Russian woman trained in guerrilla warfare. As they learn more about life and danger, various circumstances constantly recall the reality of war itself. The title comes from a wounded pigeon under the care of one of the youngsters.
The Song of the Grey Pigeon
Story
An unusual children's film set during World War II in Czechoslovakia, this compelling drama unfolds five different segments that present the war through the eyes of three youngsters. The three have a series of adventures which include saving a soldier from being captured by the Germans, helping out the resistance fighters, and meeting up with a young Russian woman trained in guerrilla warfare. As they learn more about life and danger, various circumstances constantly recall the reality of war itself. The title comes from a wounded pigeon under the care of one of the youngsters.
Skaly a ľudia
Screenplay
Šťastie príde v nedeľu
Story
Šťastie príde v nedeľu
Screenplay
An Honest Thief
Screenplay
Set in Bratislava in the 1930s, about a clerk at a humanitarian foundation who is unjustly accused of embezzling a large sum of money.
The Last Witch
Screenplay
This dramatic story is situated in the town of Trnava of the 18th century. Painter Peter paints an altar-piece of the Martyrdom of St. Juliet and his model is a young girl. This is much disliked by the clergy who unjustly accuse the girl of witchcraft. She is saved from being burnt at a stake by the students of the Trnava University. (IMDb)
Homeland
Screenplay
The first Slovakian colour film. A celebration of traditional Slovakian folklore and creativity expressed through a story of young love .
Homeland
Story
The first Slovakian colour film. A celebration of traditional Slovakian folklore and creativity expressed through a story of young love .
Mladé srdcia
Screenplay
Mladé srdcia
Story
The Struggle Will End Tomorrow
Screenplay
The story of the great strike of the workers building the Cervena Skala - Mergecany railway line
Katka
Screenplay
Strong-willed peasant girl Katka disobeys her father and heads to the city to work in a factory, where no one knows quite what to make of her.
Katka
Story
Strong-willed peasant girl Katka disobeys her father and heads to the city to work in a factory, where no one knows quite what to make of her.
Tatranský pohár 1950
Screenplay
Tatranský pohár 1950
Director
Čertova stena
Čertova stena
Screenplay