Emil Horváth st.

Tajomstvo šťastia (1995)

On one side stands an evil sorcerer, on the other a good Old Man. Between them, the unhappy Janek struggles for his happiness, Princess Alina for her love, and the unhappy king searches for self-respect. The miraculous stone that Janek has received from th ...

Koleso osudu (1991)

Sila lásky (1990)

The beautiful Shahrazad told many stories to the ruler during the 1000 and 1 Nights, in order to save her life with the help of her wisdom and imagination. In this ruler, she opened the way to the knowledge of the strongest feeling - love. It is the story ...

Jablonka (1989)

Posledná hodina (1988)

Only a Day (1988)

A film based on three short stories about the attitudes of ex-members of a then forbidden big- beat band. The stories capture the life-styles and opinions of the musicians who gave up music and had to find ordinary jobs in order to earn a living. ...

Vianoce Adama Boronču (1988)

The film story of an old mountaineer from Zázrivá, takes place on the eve of Christmas Eve. Július Pántik stars in the lead role of the television film based on the short story of the same name by L. Nádaši - Jégé. It is a story about belonging and ...

Jubileum (1988)

Chlapec do náručia (1986)

The Feather Fairy (1985)

A fairy-tale about an old lady who takes care of snow and Jakub who does not fear death. It reflects the idea of people's longing for happiness, love and understanding, their effort to overcome troubles and win over death. It criticizes greed and evil desi ...

Zlatná krajina (1985)

Marka Nalezenka (1985)

Stříbrný smrček (1984)

The Millennial Bee (1983)

A family saga taking place mostly in a small Slovak village over a period of thirty years (1887–1917). The first part captures the life of Martin Pichandu in the development of his craft, masonry; in the second part, his son is center stage living in a p ...

Kozubovci (1983)

Žakýlska Veronka (1983)

Najkrajší kvet (1982)

There was such a kingdom, there was such a king, who took the advice of stupid and ungrateful people and issued an order that all old people, under threat of death, must be disposed of by his subjects. But in that kingdom there was also one brave man who d ...

Živý sen (1982)

Toto leto doma (1981)

A čo láska? (1981)

Železný človek (1981)

Orechový koláč (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. ...

Hordubal (1980)

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 bel ...

O dievčine Rozprávočke (1980)

Little Peter goes to his grandparents' house for the holidays, but he forgets to take his storybook with him. ...

Dvadsať tisíc v koši (1980)

Leť, ptáku leť! (1979)

Even a strict and not very popular teacher can achieve extraordinary popularity with his pupils. When their favourite teacher breaks his leg just before a bicycle trip, he is replaced by his strict colleague. Although his involuntary charges are not enthus ...

Smrť chodí po horách (1979)

A television film, an adaptation of Vladimír Mináč's first novel. The dramatic story of two brothers during the Slovak National Uprising provides artistic testimony to authentic events from the Slovak mountains in 1944. ...

Zem (1978)

Meštiaci (1978)

Dnešný príbeh (1978)

Príbelská vzbura Janka Kráľa (1978)

The plot takes place in the revolutionary year of 1848. It takes us to Príbelice, where Janko Kráľ returns from Pest after the March Revolution, to acquaint the Slovak people with the famous Twelve Points, together with his friend, teacher Ján Rotaride ...

Stratená dolina (1977)

The story of two friends and managers of a mountain hut. The central theme of the film is nature conservation and environmental protection. Friends Mišo and Dušan, who love the Tatras, try to preserve "their" valley as one of the last corners of nature u ...

Vacations at Grandma's (1977)

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

If I Had a Girl (1976)

Vlado has just passed his high school diploma and is starting a job as a home tutor in the family of a big businessman. He finds himself in a very difficult turning point in 1947-48. He does not understand much of what is happening around him. He constantl ...

10 % nádeje (1976)

Tetované časom (1976)

Koža (1976)

An original television play set in a village setting about an honest young man, Miš, who is credited with punishing his greedy neighbors - the village herald and his wife, who find a cauldron with gold ducats in an abandoned log cabin in the forest. ...

Zlatá runa (1976)

Mína z Barnhelmu (1974)

Trofej neznámeho strelca (1974)

Deň slnovratu (1974)

Two newly qualified civil engineers, with very different personalities, soon discover that they know very little about their future work and the people they will be dealing with. In addition to difficulties at work, they also have personal problems to cont ...

Pírko (1974)

Horká zima (1974)

A man who was a communist MP during the First Republic joins the Slovak National Uprising, but is wounded and has to hide in a log cabin with others. However, an attempt to obtain false documents for the partisans almost causes a betrayal... ...

Roztancované kráľovstvo (1974)

Once upon a time there was a king who had only one daughter. However, his kingdom was sad because the old king was always grumpy. Moreover, he liked to eat boiled duck, of course. There was no one left in the kingdom, so he decided that whoever brought him ...

Nový život (1973)

Hriech Kataríny Padychovej (1973)

Štefan Padych loses a lawsuit against Šulgan, a local innkeeper to whom he owes money. Not wanting his wife and three-year-old daughter to starve, he decides to leave for France. However, after his departure, his wife Katarína Padych commits infidelity ...

Dobrý skutok (1972)

Igor a výmyselníci (1972)

Inšpektorov veľký prípad (1972)

Švédska zápalka (1971)

322 (1970)

A story of a man threatened by a fatal illness evaluating his life (the number 322 in the film title stands for the diagnosis of one kind of cancer). He understands his illness as a form of punishment for his cruel deeds in the 1950s. In the face of realit ...

Bývalí ľudia (1970)

Štyri svadby na jednom pohrebe (1969)

Niet inej cesty (1968)

A biographical film about the Slovak nationalist Ľudovít Štúr. It captures the revolutionary events of 1848 in Austria-Hungary, when Štúr, as a member of the Diet, led the fight for the national rights of the Slovak people. ...

Tango pre medveďa (1967)

The unhappy and desperate director of the Šúpala Zoo tries to sell a sick bear to a foreign tourist for shooting, because the purchase of other animals for the ZOO is only possible with anti-socialist currency, i.e. hard currency, and so the administrato ...

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 ...

Odhalenie Alžbety Báthoryčky (1965)

Žltý dostavník (1965)

Človek, ktorého zbili (1965)

Archimedov zákon (1964)

Contemporary satire denounces careerism, dictatorial ways, sycophancy and servility. An inconspicuous official Javorník pretends to have saved the director of the company from drowning, thanks to his qualities he gains his favor and rises in positions. He ...

Slnečný kúpeľ (1964)

Cradle (1964)

A TV film based on a short story by Alfonz Bednár. A drama set during the Slovak National Uprising. ...

Trip on the Danube (1963)

A group of Slovak tourists travels to Budapest on a luxury liner with a trio of eternal fortune-tellers, the former customs officer Hraško, the flirtatious Irena Domastová, who is divorcing her husband, the Petráš family, the old Mr. Garbiarik and the ...

There behind the forest (1962)

The brave soldiers, including a young Romani man determined to become a machine driver after the war, are preparing to fight for the Dukla Pass, and they must fight hard for every inch of land. They will redeem their success with their own blood. ...

Tri razy svitá ráno (1962)

The Coward (1962)

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 a ...

Pokorené rieky (1962)

Soccer Fans (1961)

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 ...

Muž ktorý sa nevrátil (1959)

Police Lieutenant Vlado Hronec, together with the curious journalist Zvar, first search for the thief of important production documents, which they might be interested in even behind the Iron Curtain. At first, they think that engineer Kovalský stole them ...

V hodine dvanástej (1959)

Nazi soldiers committed atrocities even when sober – and if they got drunk, they did even worse. The inhabitants of a Slovak village during the national uprising learn this when they have to accept an arrogant Hitlerite guard. When two soldiers go missin ...

Šťastie príde v nedeľu (1959)

Three friends, Emil, Vrabec and Mišo, spend every Sunday playing the lottery, each nursing a personal dream: Emil wants a Jawa 250 motorcycle, Vrabec hopes for a Pionier scooter and Mišo imagines funding a world tour. Frustrated by constant losses, they ...

The Last Witch (1957)

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 ...

The Devil Does Not Sleep (1957)

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 ...

Previerka lásky (1956)

Štvorylka (1956)

A comedy film taking an ironic view of the bourgeois period prior to the First World War. ...

Katka (1950)

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. ...