Emília Vášáryová

Emília (2023)

Emília Vášáryová. We know her face from newspaper and magazine covers and movie posters, yet we know so little about her. For more than sixty years, she has helped shape modern Czech-Slovak theater, film, and television, but only a few of her colleagu ...

The Truth Is All There Is (2023)

Eduard Grečner. Film director, dramaturge, publicist and poet. A talented fi lmmaker with precise artistic goals which, due to circumstances and the times, he was not always able to realise. Refl ections on the ideological and aesthetic starting points he ...

Happy New Year 2 (2021)

In this romantic comedy sequel, Hana prepares for her perfect wedding in Croatia, but rollicking chaos ensues when her three best friends get involved. ...

Kamera Stanislav Doršic alebo Ze Záhorá cez Kolibu do svjeta (2021)

Happy New Year (2019)

Longtime friends and strangers mingle while spending the holiday on the snowy Slovakian mountains with an ample dose of ridiculousness and romance. ...

Případ dvou básníků (2019)

This time, Captain Vašátko of the criminal police and Horác, a painter, bohemian, and amateur detective, will be searching for the murderer of the author of so-called computer poems. Kristián Vích is a mathematician approaching forty. He is very popul ...

Tátova volha (2018)

Unexpectedly widowed costume designer Eva discovers a child's drawing that sends her and her daughter on a road trip to uncover a family secret. ...

The Line (2017)

Criminal thriller about traffickers and smugglers from Ukrainian border. The feature film about the borders and the life on their edge. ...

A Prominent Patient (2017)

In 1939, Czech diplomat Jan Masaryk flees to the United States to escape his recent past: Germany has invaded Czechoslovakia and he is now a man with no nation; because, as the Czechoslovak ambassador in London, he failed to win the support of the British ...

Martin Ťapák (2017)

Johanka's Secret (2015)

A new man comes into the world and his fate is watched over by three female judges. One of them endows him with exceptional qualities, the second puts many obstacles in his way and the third advises him how he can find his happiness in life in spite of eve ...

Wilson City (2015)

Comedy inspired by paperback crime novels tells the story of an adventurous search for a mysterious murderer who just after the end of the First World War has begun a rampage in Wilson City, a jerkwater town somewhere in Eastern Europe. The investigation i ...

Eva Nová (2015)

Eva would do anything to regain the love of the one she hurt the most - her son. She is a recovered alcoholic but decades ago she was a famous actress. ...

Piknik (2014)

A weekend trip for nine friends to places where they once spent many years of their lives. A contemporary TV movie with a star-studded cast. Nine friends and their families are getting ready for a weekend trip to the countryside. They have tents, meat for ...

Milan Čorba (2014)

Tančiareň (2013)

Dancing through Slovak history of the twentieth century. Based on the Theatre du Campagnol performance "Le Bal" by Jean-Claude Penchenat, written by M. Huba and M. Porubjak. A dance locale - a place where people who are looking for partners come together. ...

Dušičky seniorov (2011)

In a home proudly named Silverville, where natural death is a frequent, if unwelcome, guest, one morning one of the residents is found seriously injured. The director, who sweeps inconveniences and shortcuts in the functioning of the private facility under ...

Archiv (2009)

Josef Brzek is 73 years old when his son Petr takes him to the Pardubice archives of the Ministry of the Interior, where the StB files are kept. He had wanted to go there for a long time, but his wife Věra had talked him out of it. He just wanted to make ...

Shameless (2008)

When Oskar, a self-centred TV weatherman, cheats on his wife Zuzana with their au pair, she kicks him to the curb and enlists her in-laws in the search for a new boyfriend. ...

Vaclav (2007)

Vaclav, the village loser, in his 40's bordering on autism, lives with his widowed mother on the outskirts of the village. He is seen by villagers as the local fool, nothing but a constant pain for them, but there is a skeleton in the village closet concer ...

I Served the King of England (2007)

Prague, Czechoslovakia, during the inter-war period. Jan Dítě, a young and clever waiter who wants to become a millionaire, comes to the conclusion that to achieve his ambitious goal he must be diligent, listen and observe as much as he can, be always di ...

Beauty in Trouble (2006)

Marcela can't bear Jarda any longer, so she threatens divorce and takes the kids to her mom's, whose husband is a creep. While Marcela is there, Jarda is jailed, because he is part of a gang steeling cars and they get caught in the act. Benes, the urbane m ...

Up and Down (2004)

Milan and Goran are two criminals who smuggle illegal immigrants. One night after they complete a smuggle, they discover that one of the immigrants has left a baby behind. Milan and Goran decide to sell the baby to Lubos and Eman, who are responsible for r ...

Waterloo po česku (2002)

The short stories about marriage that Vít Olmer wrote for Playboy magazine when Arnošt Lustig was its editor-in-chief are witty, often with absurd punchlines, and clearly show that the author is a keen observer of life around us. He selected five of them ...

Andělská tvář (2002)

France, mid-19th century. Church bells ring out in alarm; a monastery is on fire. In the ensuing chaos, a passing rider catches sight of a girl in a first-floor window. The fire has cut off her escape route, so without hesitation she jumps into his outstre ...

Circle (2001)

Fanny is ten year old girl and a very talented gymnast, but suddenly she's getting seriously injured and ends in a wheelchair. ...

Return to Paradise Lost (1999)

A professor reunites with an old friend who inspires him to return to Czechoslovakia for the first time since he emigrated years ago. ...

Cosy Dens (1999)

Two families, Sebkovi and Krausovi, are celebrating Christmas, but not everyone is in a good mood. The teenage kids think that their fathers are totally stupid, and the fathers are sure that their children are nothing more than rebels, hating anything they ...

Klietka (1999)

Based on a radio play by Elena Antalova. The original psychological chamber story, centred on the relationship between a mother and daughter condemned to forced cohabitation, in which the wrongs and traumas of the past gradually emerge in the fate of a fam ...

Modré z neba (1997)

Poetic movie about 3 generations of women. ...

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 ...

Hazard (1995)

A film based on the true story of a twenty year old girl who lives with her mother and her younger, parasitic partner in Bratislava's Petržalka district. Her ideas about life are full of ideals, but reality is completely different. Out of boredom, and la ...

O Jankovi kľúčiarovi (1994)

A philosophical fairy tale based on the themes of Pavel Dobšinský about faith in man, the good in him, which only love can help to win. Princess Jasna also had such faith in goodness and love, which is why she endured with great difficulty the choice of ...

Čas naplnil sa... (1993)

Európa, moja láska (1992)

A loose adaptation of Luigi Pirandello's play "Henry IV. ...

Variácie slávy (1991)

W. A. Mozart's childhood was very busy, connected with constant travelling, full of fame and admiration. His father Leopold, an accomplished musician, led his son purposefully towards the role of child prodigy. However, their travels in Europe were not onl ...

Lorenzaccio (1991)

Jacobowski a plukovník (1990)

Maškarný ples (1989)

Staroružová dráma (1989)

This two-part production follows the lives of three generations of women from the Jablonczay family at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The first part begins in 1882 and focuses on the two older generations. The eldest, Maria (Emília Vášáryová ...

Sudca vo vlastnej pasci (1988)

Šesťkrát žena (1988)

Pávie pierko (1987)

Version of the fairy tale "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs"; unlike this one, the young charcoal-burner's son, who has been prophesied as the hard-hearted king's successor - which he is determined to prevent - has a begrudging foster brother. The kin ...

Dve balady (1986)

O sláve a tráve (1985)

Each of the four short stories, framed by the figure of the photographer, depicts the lives of women and girls whose work has brought them to the limelight, but also marked their relationships with those closest to them. ...

Ideálny manžel (1985)

Mŕtvi učia živých (1984)

Bezvýznamná žena (1984)

Epizóda (1984)

Jankove hračky (1984)

Mat na dvadsať ťahov (1984)

Kočka (1983)

Šanca (1983)

Plavčík a Vratko (1982)

The son of a charcoal burner was once prophesied as a child to marry the daughter of a king. The king tries to prevent this by all means. ...

The Turn of the Screw (1982)

Benjamin Britten's opera of the Henry James novel. ...

Doktor Bencúr (1982)

Čudné dievča (1981)

Maškaráda (1981)

A poetic-psychological composition depicting the fate of an elderly man who succumbed to false social information, which drove him to a tragic act. ...

Po deviatich rokoch (1981)

Prefíkaná vdova (1981)

Svadba Arneho Jurgu (1980)

Dnes platí regulačný stupeň č. 6 (1980)

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. ...

Nebezpečné známosti (1980)

The beautiful, bright and intelligent, but perfectly mischievous Marquise de Mertuil and her charming and equally depraved and ruthless friend, the master of seduction Vicomte de Valmont play a cynical game full of intrigue. The marquise is willing to devo ...

Ráno pod mesiacom (1979)

An intimate family story full of dramatic relationships and the desire for eternal values ​​such as love and understanding. A confrontation of two worlds, two lives and a solution to the problem of how mature we are in our interpersonal relationships. ...

Článok na prvú stranku (1978)

Doktor Jorge (1978)

The Lawyer (1978)

The story of a young lawyer who finds herself in a difficult situation when she encounters troubles in her burgeoning career and complications in private her life. ...

Hlas toho tretieho (1977)

Concert for the survivors (1977)

A picture of generational confrontations between children and parents. A young and ambitious violin virtuoso, Peter, lives in long-lasting conflicts with his father. Only after his death Peter realizes how much he had been hurting his father. Still, not ev ...

Zenovo vedomie (1976)

Television adaptation of the novel by the Italian writer Italo Svevo. His hero is Zeno Cosini, the son of a merchant in Trieste. He is a type of useless person, defeated by life and incapable of action. The ironic insight with which the author draws a pict ...

Mário a kúzelník (1976)

Poškolák (1976)

An animal lover, Miloš , brings a small mouse to school, which causes a lot of excitement in the classroom. Miloš remains for punishment after school, however, when the teacher notices that Miloš is bringing lunch to his sick grandmother, she lets him g ...

Kean (1975)

Kto odchádza v daždi... (1975)

A drama from the period of village collectivisation in 1947-1948, it depicts the life of former beggars who, after the war and land reform, acquire land and dream of becoming wealthy landlords. New social conditions, the onset of collectivisation, but also ...

Škriatok (1974)

Deň, ktorý neumrie (1974)

In the story of a partisan armored train crew operating in the rebel territory of Slovakia, the inner drama of Matúš Siroň, who hates war with a passion, unfolds. After managing to escape from the Eastern Front, he falls into German captivity. When he i ...

Prípad krásnej nerestnice (1974)

A crime story about a victim who was not entirely innocent. A fashion show is held on board a Danube steamer, where the star is the model Anna Vlčková, nicknamed "the beautiful harlot" because of her acquaintances with wealthy foreigners. Coincidentally, ...

Piková dáma (1974)

Vodník a Zuzana (1974)

Netrpezlivosť srdca (1974)

A TV adaptation of a novel by Austrian writer Stefan Zweig. The tragic love story of a lame girl and a lieutenant provides a framework for reflection on human compassion. A young officer wants to gain status and is looking for a "good match." He insinuates ...

Putovanie do San Jaga (1973)

A wandering magician, capable of listening to the secrets of a child's soul, is able to create a magical land called San Jago di Campanella even in a secluded mountain hunting lodge. He arrives there just before Christmas and is able to give the children t ...

Známost sestry Aleny (1973)

A psychological drama about a nurse and a seriously ill car racer and factory driver... ...

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 ...

Monna Vanna (1973)

Sheperds Wife (1972)

Television film based on the classic Slovak drama by Ivan Stodola. The theme of the play is the return of a supposedly dead man. The Ondrej-Eva-Mišo relationship triangle will only be solved by the death of one of them. ...

Kocúrkovo (1971)

A story in which the author mocks the Slovak petty bourgeoisie and denounces the denationalization of the gentry in the nineteenth century. Some problems such as patronage, bribery, and imitation of foreign models sound surprisingly simultaneous. ...

Dvaja (1971)

Vassa Železnovová (1970)

The Copper Tower (1970)

A dramatic story of three friends happily spending time on their own in a mountain cottage in the High Tatras. On the arrival of the wife of one of them their perfect friendship is put to a test. ...

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. ...

Rok na dedine (1968)

The film presents a parade of customs, music, songs and dances of the Slovak people in four seasons, based on a theatre play by I. Teren and K.L. Zachar from the first years after the liberation. ...

Dragon's Return (1968)

This is a ballad about love, hate, and a search for a way out of loneliness. It is a dramatic story about the strange potter, Martin Leaps, nicknamed Dragon, who is suspected by the villagers as the cause of natural disasters. He lost his wife, his home, a ...

The Ballad of Seven Hanged Men (1968)

Seven people waiting for their death. A group of assasins - three men and two women - and Gypsy thief spend their time in prison to be tucked up. ...

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. ...

Peter And Lucy (1968)

Television production about love killed by the rampage of war. It depicts two months of a fragile relationship between a student, Peter, and an amateur painter, Lucie. In Easter week, the young couple's love was supposed to reach its climax, but the lovers ...

Living Whip (1967)

A film about the dramatic lives of the people living in 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 hu ...

Ženský zákon (1967)

The love story of Anička and Miška. Their pure emotion is put in the way of their parents' property interests. ...

People From Caravans (1966)

Story about the people around the circus and the unfortunate love of a young man an acrobat. Before the dispute escalates so much that, according to the old clown, Vincek ends up with a noose on his back and Lotyš in a bass, fate intervenes and the young ...

Drotár (1966)

Master Executioner (1966)

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 indis ...

Saint Elizabeth Square (1966)

Film adaptation of Rudolf Jašík's novel of the same name. The plot of the film is situated in the forties of our century, in the first years of the Second World War. It captures the political and social atmosphere of one of the Slovak towns that lives se ...

Odhalenie Alžbety Báthoryčky (1965)

Kubo (1965)

Charming country girl Anička Košáriková and the handsome Paľo share a tender, mutual affection, until Anička's recently widowed mother forbids the match. Paľo is the son of the former steward who once fell on hard times while serving the Košárik f ...

Oko za oko (1965)

The story of two families – the county governor Gedeon and the deputy county governor Török, whose lifestyle ultimately resulted in them exchanging their life partners. ...

The Jester's Tale (1964)

An anti-war black comedy set during the Thirty Years' War. It follows ploughman Petr, recruiter Matěj and country girl Lenka who get caught up in both sides of the war and experience many adventures before they find happiness. The film combines live actio ...

Charleyho teta (1964)

A Face in the Window (1963)

A movie built up of three stories about life in a small Slovak town. The Prosecutor: the district attorney is a jazz orchestra soloist at the same time and that is much disliked by the local provincial society. The Defender: is about a young doctor's relat ...

When the Cat Comes (1963)

While old Oliva tells a group of children about his life as a sailor and how he met Diana and her cat with sunglasses, a strange circus arrives in town. ...

Midnight Mass (1962)

On Christmas Eve, 1944, in Nazi-occupied Slovakia, the Kubiš family grapples with survival amidst brutal reprisals. Marián collaborates as a fascist guard leader, while his sister Angela has an affair with their Nazi lodger, Major Brecker. The situation ...

Mladé letá (1962)

Na pochode sa vždy nespieva... (1961)

St. Peter's Umbrella (1958)

A comedy about a lost inheritance, love and a red umbrella, which, according to a local legend, belonged to St. Peter himself. ...