Jozef Kroner

...ani smrt nebere! (1996)

The story of two urban intellectuals who experience a series of grotesque and comical situations caused by the clash of two worlds: rural and urban. ...

Vášnivý bozk (1995)

Thirty-year-old Hana is entering a life crisis. She discovers her husband Igor's infidelity and her life, subordinate to her husband, is suddenly called into question. Hana goes through a chain of strange and unexpected encounters and experiences that lead ...

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 ...

Albert, Albert (1994)

The fates of famous slovak individuals in history bring strong dramatic stories and a witness to the age in which they lived. ...

Spoveď (1994)

The Inheritance or Fuckoffguysgoodday (1992)

Bohus is indolent and spends his days drinking brandy. One day he finds he has inherited a brickworks, several shops and a five-star hotel. Bohus sets out to tour his new empire, insulting everyone on the way. ...

Shadow on the Snow (1992)

A man who leads a lonely existence with his young daughter accidentally gets involved with a robbery before a manhunt ensues. ...

Najdúch (1992)

Pavilón číslo 6 (1992)

O psíčkovi a mačičke (1992)

Thou Who Art in Heaven (1990)

А dying man reveals to his young friend, a child of 8, the fairy world of music. ...

Rýchlik (1990)

Lovec senzací (1989)

Journalist E. E. Kisch tells crime stories from old Prague, which he himself experienced in the years before World War I and recorded in his reports and stories: he participated in the discovery of the real murderer of a rich innkeeper, attended the weddin ...

Commuters (1988)

Occupied by family problems, a 13 year old Vojto takes every responsibility around the house. One day while on a train to school, he sees this girl, Kajka, and falls madly in love with her. Despite his busy life, he decides to win her heart by any means po ...

Jubileum (1988)

Not Far From Heaven (1987)

A folk musical about a musician named Šimaľ, who goes to heaven after death. He gradually discovers that the other world is actually just a mirror image of the earthly world and that he can only find true paradise in his native land. ...

The Last Manuscript (1987)

This sarcastic drama is taken from the popular Hungarian novel by Tibor Dery. A terminally ill writer (Jozef Kroner) of national prominence watches as family and friends gather like vultures for his imminent demise. Relli (Alexander Bardini) smiles and pre ...

Trate života Jozefa Kronera (1987)

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. ...

Vláčik do stanice víťazstvo (1985)

Mariša (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 ...

Salt & Gold (1983)

A fairy-tale about the power of love. The old king Pravoslav feels it is time to entrust the rule over his kingdom to one of his three daughters - the one that loves him the most. The youngest, Maruška, fails her father's expectations about proving how de ...

Popolvar, Biggest in the World (1982)

A fairy-tale about knight honour, punished evil and tender love. Three royal brothers are put to the test in the fight with the king of the underworld in order to save captured princess, Láskykvet. ...

The Balad of Mamelouk (1982)

Mamluk is an unassuming, handsome young peasant who happens to have come along just in time to save the king from a fatal trap, and as a reward, the king offers him the amount of land he can mark off by walking around in one day but he must return to the s ...

Time Stands Still (1982)

A Budapest high school in the beginning of the 1960s. Dini suffers the torments of adolescence. His father had to leave Hungary after the uprise in 1956, and since then Dini's mother has had to take care of her two sons on her own. A friend of Dini's fathe ...

Deadly Game (1982)

A hunting party arrives at a lodge in the Tatra mountains in Slovakia, where one woman in the party had "accidentally" shot and killed her first husband some time ago. ...

Another Way (1982)

Political and sexual repression in Hungary, just after the revolution of 1956. Passionate and determined, Eva gets a job as a journalist. There, she meets Livia and is attracted to her. Livia feels much the same, but as a married woman, has doubts and hesi ...

Kosenie Jastrabej lúky (1982)

Old farmer Martin Hudec summons his three estranged sons back to their native village to mow a family meadow. ...

Vendéglátás (1982)

The hero of the film, János Kiss, a Kossuth Prize-winning cylindersmith, is about to be visited by an old Italian friend. Comrade Kubik from the Ministry of Heavy Industry, having assessed the Kisses' impossible living conditions, tries to transform them ...

„Omladnutie“ (1982)

Nápadníci (1981)

Dve frašky (1979)

In Gack's house, someone is constantly robbing him of bread and pastries. The main suspect, according to Lopušný, is his companion Belák. The farce ends with Gacek being punished, Lopušný and Belák being compensated and reconciled with the rich thief ...

Mišo (1979)

The author has endowed the main character of the humorous story, Miša, with a human weakness - a love for a drink. He struggles between the word of honor he gave to the priest Drozdík that he would not drink and the temptations of the surrounding world a ...

Vládca Oidipus (1978)

Vietor v starých stromoch (1978)

O nosatom kuchárovi a nohatom drotárovi (1978)

Christmas Wafer (1977)

Lovely overview of traditional Slovak Christmas. ...

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 ...

Rose Tinted Dreams (1977)

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 commun ...

Pacho, the Brigand of Hybe (1976)

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. ...

Sváko Ragan (1976)

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 ...

Veľká poľovačka (1975)

Pomsta (1975)

Krista Bendová's original television comedy set in a village setting, Revenge, directed by Ján Roháč, is the story of the secretary of the Local National Committee and his energetic octogenarian grandmother, who is actually hiding behind everything tha ...

Škriatok (1974)

Hviezdy na zemi (1974)

Veľké pokušenie (1974)

Végül (1974)

Siroty (1974)

Sťopka a Šidielko (1974)

Očovské pastorále (1973)

The story of a peasant whose harshness and bluntness only provoke disputes and anger, and his honesty and sense of truth and honor in conjunction with the previous qualities only exacerbate these disputes. The Slovak village with its collective farming, co ...

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 ...

Adam Chvojka vicerichtár (1973)

Mumu (1973)

A story set in Tsarist Russia, set in a manor house. The main character is the mute Gerasim, who lives in a touching friendship with his dog Mumu. The dramatic plot is based on the petty intrigues of people from his environment. ...

Vymenená princezná (1973)

Impoverished King Bonifác wants to marry his only daughter Miluška off to fill the royal treasury. Miluška, with the help of Katka, a kind and wise maid, refuses all offers because her heart belongs to Ľubomír - a prince without property. The king bec ...

Škoda lásky (1973)

Žiarlivosť (1972)

Stávka o Leokádiu (1972)

Television movie based upon motives of novel "Dávid Šťúbrik" by G. K. Zechenter - Laskomerský. Supposed natural healer Dávid is infamously known to worsen the health of people he heals. His daughter and town notary make him face a serious problem. ...

Tomorrow Will Be Too Late (1972)

1943. Captain Ian Nalepke, Chief of Staff of the Slovak regiment, bearing protection of military facilities in the small town of Belarus contacts the partisansand passes to them the obtained information about upcoming operations of the German forces. ...

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 ...

Portrét (1972)

Susedia (1972)

Zázrak v Alžbetkove (1971)

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. ...

Women Offside (1971)

Kastl is a hairdresser but his real passion is his second job as football referee. This job takes all his free time and makes his wife very nervous. ...

Zlodeji (1971)

Adrift (1971)

A fisherman saves Anada, a woman adrift, from drowning. He takes her to his home, and protects her. Eventually, she occupies a larger place than was to be expected. He commits adultery with her, but his own wife seems to be in love with the strange young w ...

Pán si neželal nič (1971)

Mr. Ctibor once worked as a hotel valet, and although he is retired, he is still eager to prove that he is needed. He thinks he has once again been given the opportunity to intervene in the interests of both the guest and the hotel's reputation, as he want ...

Rozsudok (1971)

Rendez-vous pri Dunaji (1970)

The Ginger Cow (1970)

Adam Krt, a village farmer and shoemaker, lives in a happy marriage with his wife Eva. He is only afraid of her when he gets drunk and does something stupid. One day Adam successfully sells all the shoes he has made at a fair and uses the money to buy a he ...

Smutný lord (1970)

A film about a little boy's desire to befriend an old abandoned dog. ...

Der ewige Gatte (1969)

Traja svedkovia (1969)

A historical drama set in the revolutionary times of 1848. ...

Stopy na Sitne (1969)

Slovak partisans, bravely fighting against Nazi superiority, would never have succeeded to such an extent if they had not been supported by the villagers. Despite the threat of repression, it is the villagers who care for the wounded, hide them, and behave ...

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 ...

A Man Who Rose in Price (1968)

Mr. Benda, a married father of two children, works for a company that liquidates old banknotes. After one drunken party, he is visited by a painter who tattooed his back in drunkenness the previous night. The image tattooed on Benda's back is considered th ...

The Man Who Lies (1968)

A man may or may not have betrayed a resistance fighter during World War II. He has supposedly been shot down by the Nazis and wanders into town. Mourning the death of an unseen comrade, he is taken in by the family of the dead rebel. He engages in a super ...

Koniec a začiatok (1968)

Television adaptation of Roman Kaliský's play. Reconstruction of a trial with a journalist from the 1950s. ...

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 ...

Líšky dobrú noc (1966)

Husári (1966)

Muž, ktorý vedel lietať (1966)

The Shop on Main Street (1965)

In a small town in Nazi-occupied Slovakia during World War II, decent but timid carpenter Tono is named "Aryan comptroller" of a button store owned by an old Jewish widow, Rozalie. Since the post comes with a salary and standing in the town's corrupt hiera ...

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 ...

Stratený list (1965)

Kde leží naša bieda (1965)

Noc v internáte (1965)

Slnečný kúpeľ (1964)

Charleyho teta (1964)

Jánošík (1963)

This film is one of the most popular pictures of Slovak cinema and relates the story about the legendary folk hero and brigand Juro Jánošík [1688-1713] and the social situation in Slovakia of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The first part talks ...

Geľo Sebechlebský (1963)

Bájka o psíčkovi, mačičke a mesiačiku (1963)

Vráťte mi školné (1963)

Keď chybí trombón (1962)

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 ...

Pokorené rieky (1962)

Polnoc bude o päť minút (1962)

Trasorítka (1962)

Jerguš Lapin (1960)

Little Jerguš's father was killed by gendarmes. To help his mother, the boy is hired as a laborer, then goes to the factory, to the city, but, unable to withstand the cruel exploitation, hoping to become free and independent, returns to the mountains, whe ...

Strieborný Favorit (1960)

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 ...

Náš školník (1959)

An Honest Thief (1958)

Set in Bratislava in the 1930s, about a clerk at a humanitarian foundation who is unjustly accused of embezzling a large sum of money. ...

Earthly Honor (1958)

Historical satire from the first half of the 19th century, which captures the decay and decline of the landed estate. The impoverished peasants still seem to adhere to the old principles of peasant honor and glory, but the elections will show how easy it i ...

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 ...

Štvorylka (1956)

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

The Wooden Village (1955)

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 ...

Unploughed Field (1954)

The film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Peter Jilemnický is a drama about the life of poor Kysuce miners, which takes place in the thirties during the economic crisis. During the peak wave of emigration, the dream of a better life drives thou ...

Action B (1952)

Film shows the struggle of the Czechoslovak armed forces against groups of Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) under command Burlak, who tried to pass through the territory of Slovakia. ...

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. ...

Jubileum (1988)

Mišo (1979)

The author has endowed the main character of the humorous story, Miša, with a human weakness - a love for a drink. He struggles between the word of honor he gave to the priest Drozdík that he would not drink and the temptations of the surrounding world a ...