Young prisoner Jan, nicknamed Roughboy (Petr Cepek), tries to commit suicide. He was imprisoned for a fight in which he injured a functionary of the National Committee and for stealing material but actually by the blame for this crime was pinned on him by the road-builders in whose group he worked. The prison doctor knows that Jan is an emotionally deprived person who never knew his parents and spent all his childhood - except one year with foster-parents - in orphanages, homes for youth and reform schools. He arranges a five-day holiday for Jan, who wants to find his mother's grave.
Pavol
Based on the eponymous novel by Ladislav Ballek.
After five years of hard work in America Juraj Hordubal (Anatoliy Kuznetsov) returns back home. He is looking forward to his wife Polana (Libuse Geprtová) and his little daughter Hafie. The family and the village welcome him with hesitation. Everybody believed that Juraj died in America because Polana stopped receiving money from him already two years ago. Polana's farm was prospering first of all thanks to the young stable boy Stepán (Sándor Oszter). Men in the pub first indicate and then say to Juraj directly that Polana has been unfaithful to him with Stepán.
Vrabec
An animal lover father brings home a cuddlesome female chimp named Tereza from his latest around the world and adopts her as a pet...
A funny outlaw tale inspired by traditional folk humour. Pacho is no ordinary outlaw. He detests injustice and feudal oppression and he copes with each troublesome situation with the help of his cleverness and wit.
Matej Kvasnica
Who could forget the Favorites figure Svákov Ragan in acting creations neopakovatel'ného Jozef Kroner? Three-part television film Sváko Ragan, created according to stories Ela Sándor already at its first introduction many years ago, soon won favor with audiences. Brought not only good fun, but also an attractive view of a world Myjavská site with many rustic Alpine traditions and characters and witty dialect used, especially Myjavský and Brezovský. Above all this, however, it is dominated by the ability to invent Svákov Ragan was even in the most uncomfortable situations ... Brezovskí tanners have been known not only to the quality of its products, but ischopnosťou their products at fairs successfully foreground. Highly after the fairs and markets in the near and distant surroundings Birch Nachod and Sváko Ragan and no wonder that their business has seen wandering the lot but cheerful and made many hilarious but also less hilarious "deal" ...
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.
Market Inspector
Снятый в эстетике старых, пожелтевших от времени фотографий фильм рассказывает о том, как сорванные войной из домов своих предков и затем подхваченные ветром странствий, они разрываются между жаждой свободы, не обремененной никакими привязанностями, и столь же сильной и естественной тягой к родному гнезду, теплу и любви. В образных решениях фильма сюрреалистическая метафоричность уже лишь одно из слагаемых художественного опыта художника, мечтающего возродить непосредственное отношение человека к реальности, освежить восприятие мира, в котором он живет. Последним объясняется его ориентация на асоциальные слои общества в выборе персонажей. Воплощением его идеи полноты и целостности естественной жизни становятся воры, бывшие солдаты, ставшие бродягами, авантюристы, странники и т.п. ...
A balladic story situated in a Slovak mountain region before the 2nd World War. A young man returns to his native village after many years. There he meets Zuna, a mysterious girl of the forest, who opens his eyes to the charming nature to perceive hidden corners of the world and of his own soul.
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.
Ďuro
A tragicomedy about people who are able to make use of the war situation for their own benefit. The Gavora family of four leave their secure village home blinded by the vision of a big career and easy earning of money in the capital city.
Hujak
In the village cemetery, the funeral of a married couple - victims of a car crash - is ending. The relatives unscrupulously take away the facilities of the dead people's little cottage, totally ignorant of the fate of eight-year old Ruda, whom the childless couple took from a children's home and adopted. Fortunately, an elderly lonesome uncle named Tony remains in the empty cottage and decides to take care of the boy, nicknamed Münchie after Baron Münchhausen for his wild imagination.
Trúbel'ka
The drama offers Arnošt Pánek, chairman of the National Committee, as the protagonist of the story. Pánek is disturbed by news of the arrest of his protégé Kvasil – chairman of a JZD agricultural cooperative in the nearby village of Spádová. He is responsible for the revival of a neglected village, but is now accused of theft, fraud, and – on top of that – the rape of an under-aged girl.
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.
Gustav
A dark fable set in an early 1950s Czech village, a time of Soviet-style socialism which saw the implementation of collectivized agriculture and the mass closure of monasteries and convents.
Komár
A film about the dramatic lives ofthe people of the village of Ráztoka during WW I. Women are left without husbands, families fall apart, finding themselves on the verge of poverty. Eva, the main heroine, is going through difficulties after her husband was drafted to the army. Her defilement and her tragic death cause a rebellion by which the village inhabitants finally stand up against their unbearable situation.
Piti Báci
В годы Второй мировой войны словацкому плотнику Тоно Бртко в рамках программы ариизации от свояка достаётся небольшой магазин старой еврейки Розалии Лаутманн, торгующей пуговицами. Тоно прекрасно понимает, что свояк подсунул ему совершенно бедный магазин и никакой прибыли от него ему не видать. Но он боится объяснить это жене, из-за её свирепого характера, и также не может объяснить старухе Лаутманн, что теперь он является хозяином её имущества. В 1965 году фильм удостоился премии «Оскар» в номинации «Лучшая картина на иностранном языке», а год спустя Ида Каминска получила номинацию на премию киноакадемии за Лучшую женскую роль второго плана. Фильм также получил премию «Золотой глобус» и был отмечен специальной наградой на Каннском кинофестивале.
О национальном герое словацкого народа Юро Яношике, поднявшем в XVIII веке знамя борьбы за счастье и свободу простых людей.
Godfather (voice)
Действие происходит в Словакии после подавления народного восстания 1944 года. Учитель Боднар считает, что сопротивление фашистам бесполезно и поэтому надо притаиться, переждать тяжелые времена. Однако в минуту трагических испытаний скромный учитель жертвует жизнью, спасая своих односельчан.
Действие происходит в словацких горах в конце Второй Мировой войны. Фильм состоит из шести коротких рассказов, которые, однако, образуют единое повествование. Действие первого рассказа происходит летом 1944 года, последнего - весной 1945. Главные герои фильма - трое деревенских мальчишек разного возраста: Рудка, Винс и Мартин. Их глазами мы воспринимаем все события, произошедшие в фильме.
Houfek
In southern Moravia, in the native village of Velka Samota, a ministry official returns from Prague to lift the declining JZD he helped establish.
Талантливый молодой врач Юрай Белан рассматривает свою профессию как постоянное, беззаветное служение людям, как высокий благородный долг, которому он посвятил свою жизнь. Врач Эмилия считает, что каждый человек должен жить прежде для себя. И она из своей профессии врача-гинеколога старается извлекать выгоду, даже за счет здоровья своих пациентов. И только, когда Юрай, которого она по-настоящему полюбила, отвернулся от нее. Эмилия поняла, что цинизм и стяжательство вовсе не украшают человека, что настоящее счастье не в деньгах.
A comedy about a lost inheritance, love and a red umbrella, which, according to a local legend, belonged to St. Peter himself.
Adam
Словацкому чиновнику поручили отнести в банк крупную сумму денег, но по ошибке дали пустой конверт. По обвинению в воровстве его заключают в тюрьму и заставляют признаться в преступлении.
Julčin otec
Военная драма, рассказывающая историю 71-го Тренчианского полка, из-за которого во время Первой мировой войны началось восстание против австро-венгерского командования. Произошли события фильма «Сорок четыре» неподалеку от сербского города Крагуевац. Картина основана на реальных событиях.
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)
Episodic film consisting of three satirical shorts ('Smutný káder', 'Typický prípad' and 'Vel'korysá kampaň') comically exposing the shortcomings of society. In the interval between each short, a committee recognising themselves in the characters on screen, voice their approval or disapproval of each film.
