Alfonz Bednár

Slovakian villagers towards the end of WW II are despairing as German troops fall back to their village.

Slovakian villagers towards the end of WW II are despairing as German troops fall back to their village.

A girl is transformed into a maple tree by her impulsive and angry mother. Three poor wandering musicians come by the tree and create instruments from it. Walking around the country instead of happiness they bring death everywhere with their cursed instruments. However they cannot get rid of them, unless they bury the wooden instruments at the place of the tree. The three are anything but harmonious, each taking in their disputes various stances.

A girl is transformed into a maple tree by her impulsive and angry mother. Three poor wandering musicians come by the tree and create instruments from it. Walking around the country instead of happiness they bring death everywhere with their cursed instruments. However they cannot get rid of them, unless they bury the wooden instruments at the place of the tree. The three are anything but harmonious, each taking in their disputes various stances.

A Slovak comedy from director Štefan Uher and screenwriter Alfonz Bednár.

A Slovak comedy from director Štefan Uher and screenwriter Alfonz Bednár.

A classical ballad motif about an aging father and his three daughters is quite unusually here set against the backdrop of Czechoslovakia of the 1950s. After having been expropriated, the former landowner Majda seeks refuge with his three daughters whom he had sent to a convent a long time ago. But only the youngest one is able to forgive him and she is willing to take care of him despite the threat of expulsion from the order.

A classical ballad motif about an aging father and his three daughters is quite unusually here set against the backdrop of Czechoslovakia of the 1950s. After having been expropriated, the former landowner Majda seeks refuge with his three daughters whom he had sent to a convent a long time ago. But only the youngest one is able to forgive him and she is willing to take care of him despite the threat of expulsion from the order.

The Organ is a drama set in the times of the wartime Slovak State. A young Polish deserter and gifted organist finds shelter from the fascists in a Slovak Franciscan monastery. He gets into a conflict with the local organist and choir leader, a man limited in his world views and spiritual values. The collision of talent and beauty with pettiness and closed-mindedness leads to envy and ill will, which draw young Felix away from his temporary hiding place and back to the dangers of war.

The Organ is a drama set in the times of the wartime Slovak State. A young Polish deserter and gifted organist finds shelter from the fascists in a Slovak Franciscan monastery. He gets into a conflict with the local organist and choir leader, a man limited in his world views and spiritual values. The collision of talent and beauty with pettiness and closed-mindedness leads to envy and ill will, which draw young Felix away from his temporary hiding place and back to the dangers of war.

Это лирический рассказ о юноше и девушке, которые встречаются на крыше панельного дома на фоне бесцветного меланхолического пейзажа телевизионных антенн. Они одинаково смотрят на жизнь, родителей, с которыми невозможно говорить, встречаются с одинаковыми трудностями. Общность взглядов и положений роднит их, они начинают испытывать друг к другу симпатию. На время они расстаются, но потом встречаются вновь, предчувствуя на пороге зрелости, что то, что их связывает, нелегко порвать. В фильме, как и в отношениях его героев, нет ничего определенного, есть только реальность, в которой почти все метафора. Ибо уловить истинное чувство почти так же трудно, как поймать солнце в сеть.

Это лирический рассказ о юноше и девушке, которые встречаются на крыше панельного дома на фоне бесцветного меланхолического пейзажа телевизионных антенн. Они одинаково смотрят на жизнь, родителей, с которыми невозможно говорить, встречаются с одинаковыми трудностями. Общность взглядов и положений роднит их, они начинают испытывать друг к другу симпатию. На время они расстаются, но потом встречаются вновь, предчувствуя на пороге зрелости, что то, что их связывает, нелегко порвать. В фильме, как и в отношениях его героев, нет ничего определенного, есть только реальность, в которой почти все метафора. Ибо уловить истинное чувство почти так же трудно, как поймать солнце в сеть.