Božidara Turzonovová

Riaditeľky zemegule (2024)

A night at the State Department. Three housekeepers talk about their lives, lovers and break-ups while they work, and have a sure-fire recipe for cleaning up today's messy world. A comedy about normal people trying to make sense of the chaos of the present ...

Sova (2023)

A chamber play depicts the tense yet tender daily interactions between an elderly intellectual grandmother mourning her late husband and her daughter's child on maternity leave, who lives alone in the family's large house. Their generational clashes over v ...

Marína, Marilyn a tie ďalšie... (2022)

The Blacksmith from Woodham (2013)

The story takes place in the small town of Podlesie, which was once invaded by the Turks. The good fairies were - in good faith - asked for help, but it consisted in hurting others. This has not brought happiness to the town, and it needs to be put right.. ...

Empties (2007)

Czech literature teacher Josef Tkaloun, who is past retirement age, realises one day that he no longer understands his pupils, and so he quits… dramatically. What he does not predict is that in doing this he will lose his sense of place in society. ...

O svatební krajce (2003)

A romantic fairy tale about a disobedient princess who stopped having bad luck when she realized that she alone was the architect of her own destiny. ...

Zostane to medzi nami (2003)

Prague Stories (1999)

A four-story omnibus depicting different Czech slices-of-life from the titular city. ...

Démon súhlasu podľa Tatarku (1999)

Orbis Pictus (1997)

In Slovakia, the sixteen year-old Terezka is discharged from her school with a letter to her mother. Along her surrealistic journey to find her mother, Terezka entwines reality and fantasy and meets a man that is hired to burn clothes; a woman buried on th ...

Blúznenie srdca a rozumu (1997)

This adaptation of the classic 18th century novel depicts the carefree life of a noble society that has lost its historical relevance and perspective. The young nobleman de Meilcour narrates his entry into social life and the uncertainties he experiences. ...

Germinie (1997)

Television dramatisation of the novella by brothers Jules and Edmond Goncourt. The melodramatic romantic story of young Germinie, who has always longed for love and understanding, but has missed out on much in life. From a young age, she served in the serv ...

Suzanne (1996)

A film about the lives of drug addicts. A story of love and falling into the abyss that has no bottom. At the same time, the story of a father who rescues his daughter from the arms of "sweet death". ...

Maťo Palica (1994)

A fairy-tale comedy about lazy Mato and the knowledge that the bossboys lead him to. Mata's mother's cottage leaks when it rains and its door hangs crookedly on one nail, even though a healthy young man lives there. Mato would rather not eat than move his ...

Eros a Psycha (1993)

The script is based on the ancient legend of Eros, the god of love. He brought happy love when he hit the victim with gold-tipped arrows, or unhappy love if the arrow had a lead tip. Since love is the spice of life, Eros influenced that too. He himself pai ...

Mátohy rárohaté (1993)

A hilarious tale about a boy who summons the ghosts, is the only one who befriends them and helps them to the mutual satisfaction of all. ...

Martha and I (1990)

Emil (Vaclav Chalupa as a teen, Ondrej Vetchy as an adult) has been naughty, and his family is at a loss about what to do with him. He's been dallying with the family maid. They decide to ship him off to spend time with his uncle Ernst Michel Piccoli), who ...

Garsónka (1990)

Exemplárny prípad (1989)

Letiace tiene (1989)

An Angel Seduces the Devil (1988)

Once again, you can take a look behind the scenes of the Riviera Chateau on the Prague periphery, where a brothel for the socialites is hidden under the guise of an exclusive nightclub. The story takes place in 1930 and although several years have passed s ...

Víkend za milión (1988)

A remote cottage becomes the scene of a thrilling drama: two criminals who have robbed a car transporting payroll money break into the weekend home. They capture the residents and hold them hostage to protect themselves from the encroaching police siege. H ...

Predohra (1988)

Žolík (1988)

Šesťkrát žena (1988)

Parazit (1988)

A television production of F. Schiller's comedy with the eloquently ambiguous subtitle How to Arrange Happiness in Life. A story about a social parasite, schemer and hypocrite who shamelessly abuses human gullibility and good-naturedness for the benefit of ...

Young Wine (1986)

Third wine session, this time with a computer. The film was made in direct relation to the audience success of the previous two: "Stormy Wine" and "Ripe Wine". In the comedy-oriented story, the computer is an important actor, around which all the events ac ...

Počúvaj tú melódiu (1986)

O siedmich rokoch (1986)

Citové súradnice (1986)

The authors set the story in a time when humanity has reached such a stage of medical care that the individual has become practically immortal. This leads to many logical problems. One of them is that further reproduction of humanity is undesirable. Love, ...

Noc smaragdového měsíce (1985)

This downbeat, grim drama about three brothers who are reunited at their mother's funeral is actually visually as dark as its story, making it difficult at times to clearly distinguish a scene. These brothers are not particularly exceptional as people go, ...

Ulička stratených snov (1985)

Ideálny manžel (1985)

Kamenný chodníček (1985)

A television production of a comedy by Slovak playwright Ferek Urbánek about the love of Adam Brezovský and the beautiful Evuška from Kamenný mlyn, about old angers and misunderstandings with folk songs and dances. ...

Angel in a Devil's Body (1984)

In a chateau near Prague there is a chantry and brothel Riviera, designed for the clientele from the higher circles. Mrs. Gábi Stolařová, called Madame, keeps a close eye on order, but otherwise she runs the place in a family spirit and makes sure that ...

Poviem jej to sám (1984)

A free story of a television story I tell him the one in which a bit of a lonely child Ivan has unnaturally found an adoptive mother. This time we find Ivan the age of seeking certainties, right decisions, trust, and above all love. ...

Decko v dome (1984)

Mariša (1984)

Mat na dvadsať ťahov (1984)

Staviteľ Solness (1984)

Kočka (1983)

Hniezdo na ôsmom poschodí (1983)

Silvestrovské pranie (1983)

Johnny Púčik and His Career (1983)

The TV adaptation of Ivan Stodola's satirical theatre comedy tells the story of a shy charity official who is looking forward to a definitive life with a charming colleague. One day, however, in return for a promised favor, he confesses to the embezzlement ...

Bola som z olova (1983)

Šiesta noc v Neapole (1982)

Mature Wine (1981)

A loose sequel to the 1976 comedy Stormy Wine. The screenwriters and the director recreate on screen a number of characters from the South Moravian town of Pálavice, characterised by their different attitudes and approaches to work and private life. A num ...

Autoservis (1981)

Desiaty chlap (1981)

Obyčajné rozmery (1981)

Revenge (1980)

A teenager gets into a difficult situation due to several causes and tries to hide. His relations to others will decide his further life course. ...

Vojvodkyňa z Amalfi (1980)

Build a House, Plant a Tree (1980)

Juraj Jakubisko's first feature film after a forced nine-year-long break is a story about an unconventional man, Jozef Matúš. He arrives to a small village in eastern Slovakia to settle down and start a family. He is ready to subordinate everything to hi ...

Na skle maľované (1980)

A television production of the musical by Ernest Bryll and Katarzyna Gartnerová with a Jánošík theme. This play, staged by director Karol Zachar and choreographer Štefan Nosáľ, was an extraordinary success at the Slovak National Theatre. ...

Veselé panie z Windsoru (1980)

Sir John Falstaff, a bon vivant and womanizer, courts Mrs. Ford one day and Mrs. Page the next. They are cheerful but respectable ladies, so they devise a plan to punish the old rogue and teach him a lesson about his immoral advances and womanizing. ...

Silvestr 79 aneb Hrajeme si jako děti (1979)

A New Year's Eve television variety show from late 1979. ...

The Divine Emma (1979)

The opera lady singer Ema Destinnová is in all her splendor at the American stages. But in Europe there rages war and she decides to return home to Bohemia. ...

Sonatína pre páva (1979)

Poviem mu to sám (1979)

An original TV play. The main character is twelve-year-old Ivan. He lives a lonely life under the patronage of a strict aunt who wants him to be an "exceptional person". After the death of Ivan's mother, Ivan's father has withdrawn into himself and forgets ...

Katka (1979)

Rusalka (1978)

Three arias from Antonín Dvořák´s fairytale opera Rusalka turned in to a movie, sung by Gabriela Beňačková (Rusalka), Libuše Márová (Witch), René Tuček (Hunter). ...

Doktor Jorge (1978)

A Story of Love and Honor (1978)

A story of love and honor that takes place during the mid-nineteenth century during revolutions, as well as economic, political, and social hypocrisy. Two extraordinary but lonely artists share a passionate love, as evidenced by the preserved letters that ...

Penelopa (1978)

An emancipated restorer restores rare castle frescoes in an ancient village with figures of ancient heroines - and one of them, Penelope, resembles an old woman who has been waiting for the return of her husband and son for forty years, who have supposedly ...

Listy Juliane (1978)

A dramatization of a novella by American writer Henry James. This subtle, psychologically profound story is narrated by young literary scholar Henry Jones, who, while searching for documents related to the romantic poet Jeffrey Aspern, finds himself in Ven ...

Bludička (1977)

Vacations at Grandma's (1977)

An original television film about a city who goes to the village for vacations and finds real friends there. ...

Amok (1977)

Sen o Krištofovi Kolumbusovi (1977)

Plukovník Chabert (1976)

10 % nádeje (1976)

Čokoládový hrdina (1976)

Wine Working (1976)

It is the summer of 1968 and also in South Moravian Pálavice appear political clashes. The so far peacefully farming Unified farmers' cooperative starts splitting. Some of the farmers have found the cooperative called Vidrupa and want to deal with wine in ...

Kean (1975)

Cesta ženy (1975)

A chronicle of dramatic events capturing the fates of people living in a Slovak village just after World War II. Thirty years later, the main character Anna recalls a decision that fundamentally changed her life. During the period of incipient collectiviza ...

Minúta rozhodnutia (1975)

Džbán plný ambrózie (1974)

An original television production based on the life of Slovak writer Jozef Gregor Tajovský. ...

Rosmersholm (1974)

Podezření (1973)

A crime story about Western diplomats in Prague. ...

Operation Bororo (1973)

A man and a woman from a different planet come to the Earth to get a cure for a disease that is apparently threatening to eradicate their civilisation. ...

Until The Rooster Crows (1972)

Existentialist drama based on the play of the same name by the Slovak writer Ivan Bukovčan. The story of ten apparently randomly selected people placed in a beer hall of a small town during the Nazi occupation of Slovakia. Slowly, facts begin to emerge, c ...

Orchester (1972)

Psíčci lorda Carltona (1971)

Hajniks Wife (1971)

The dramatization of P. O. Hviezdoslav's epic is a celebration of the moral purity of the Slovak people. Through the trial of gamekeeper Michal Čajka, who is on trial for the murder of young Mr. Artuš, we follow in retrospect the events leading up to the ...

Hry lásky šálivé (1971)

Two historical stories about love. In the story "The Arabian Horse", the scheming townsman Messer Francesco Vergellesi is so firmly convinced of his wife's virtue that he does not hesitate to bet her against a rare stallion he has a crush on... The story " ...

Básnikova cesta do neba (1971)

Bírbal a sprisahanci (1971)

Cudzím vstup zakázaný (1971)

Pred západom slnka (1970)

Volpone (1969)

Karola (1969)

Rozmajrín (1969)

Dialogue 20-40-60 (1968)

"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 ...

Adventure at Obžinky (1968)

A television production of a play by Ján Palárik. A comedy directed against nationalism, national indifference and stupid arrogance. A classic plot built on a mix-up of characters. ...

A Pact with the Devil (1967)

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 thei ...

Líšky dobrú noc (1966)

Smrť prichádza v daždi (1966)

A Slovak detective story set in contemporary Bratislava and featuring ordinary people with their own everyday problems. The violent death of Olga Holešová places them under heavy suspicion of murder. A series of strange coincidences and circumstances com ...

Husári (1966)

Na brehu priezračnej rieky (1966)

Náhrdelník (1966)

Zlaté jabĺčko (1966)

Senzi mama (1965)

Výnosné miesto (1965)

Charleyho teta (1964)

Smoliarka (1964)

Oblomov (1964)

The dramatization of the novel depicts a period when the patriarchal way of life in Russia was coming to an end and the aristocratic-landowner world, with its philosophy of life and hierarchy of values, was giving way to new forces. Oblomov is an organic p ...

Most na tú stranu (1962)

When the young heroine joins a large factory, she has difficulty adapting to the local environment and experiences a series of conflicts before finally joining the work team. This is an exemplary illustration of the thesis that only work truly humanizes a ...

Mladé letá (1962)