Mrs. Múčková (voice)
Jakub, a dreamer and budding magician, juggles between parcels and services rendered to the villagers. His eyes cross that of the beautiful gypsy Jolanka. Together, they will try to live a first and big love, despite the pressure of their respective communities.
Book-binder (voice)
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. ...
This is a reconstruction of the daily life of an ordinary family. With kindness and gentle humour, the film reveals the relationship between the older and the younger generation. The original concept of a short film study with authentic characters of the Ravager family grew into a feature-length picture on the border between a documentary and fiction. It was made as an improvisation without a previously approved screenplay in the course of only twenty days.
"Using the same, three times repeating dialogue – dramatic conversation between man and woman – Jerzy Skolimowski from Poland, Slovak director Peter Solan and Czech director Zbynìk Brynych shot three different stories. The result was an extraordinary experiment in the world cinema, which we can call an insight in the relationships of men and women of different age groups, an analysis of love and marriage of those who are at the beginning, in the middle or going towards the end of their life."
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.
Анабелла — молодая и красивая девушка знакомится с группой художников. Она пробуждает их эротические желания — и чистое чувство любви, она становится объектом их тайных фантазий и источником творческого вдохновения...
A dramatic story about two friends - fisherman Richardus and municipal executioner Emil Targo takes place at the river Danube, in places that used to be targets of Ottoman raids. But their attraction to the same woman and Emil’s betrayal change their indissoluble friendship to an equally strong hatred. And as it usually goes - after twenty years by a trick of fate Richardus’ daughter Agajka becomes the wife ofthe sun of his sworn enemy.
A group of children discover the new continent of the world, uninhabited by adults. Soon, many other children are joining them in that new paradise, leaving their parents and other adults baffled on all remaining continents.
A story of two old friends, who after ten years - one as the deputy director and the other as the chairman of the party organization - meet on a large construction site.
Three soccer fans are determined to do literally anything to get to the soccer match between Czechoslovakia and the famous representation team of Brazil. Reaching their goal to see the dream match live cannot he precluded neither by a sudden work task nor family obligations. However, there is one more obstacle in their way: for some time, their enthusiastic behavior during soccer matches has been monitored by the police. This time, it will not be easy for them to get to the stadium.
A comedy about a lost inheritance, love and a red umbrella, which, according to a local legend, belonged to St. Peter himself.
Комедия по мотивам одноименного рассказа Янко Есенского. История разворачивается в 1910 году в провинциальном словацком городке, живущем в предвкушении последней подготовки к балу. Однако прибытие воинской части переворачивает весь город с ног на голову. Некоторые местные кавалеры, которые беспокоятся о своих невестах, хотят отложить мероприятие в последнюю минуту, но мэр города и командир полка, Оберст фон Румплай, в конечном итоге решают, что бал должен состояться…
Slovak movie is based on the novel by the prominent representative of Slovak prose František Hečka, who was in 1952 awarded the State Prize. The novel and the movie successfully capture the development of Slovak village after the liberation in 1945. The narrative is centred around the characters of the old Púplava, who after the liberation begins to organise a new village life, and his struggle for the construction of settlements Mrzáčky, burnt by the fascists. It is centred around the conflict, greatly reflecting the situation of the countryside at this time: the conflict between the rural poor and the rural rich. In the movie, a rich personal and emotional life of other heroes pulsate besides the main storyline. The movie ends with the final defeat of the reactionary forces by Communists in February 1948, taking over all power in the state of workers and peasants. - "The Wooden Village" is released in celebration of the 7th anniversary of the Communist February Victory.
This drama from the times of Slovak National Uprising is situated in a small Slovak village. It is the tragical story of a widow and her four sons who fight alongside the partisans against the German occupants.
