Oľga Vronská

Rivers of Babylon (1998)

Dark satire about bare-knuckled capitalism in the immediate post-Cold War era. Set just as the Communist government is collapsing, the film focuses on the brutish Racz, the handyman in a Bratislava hotel. Knowing that his job is insured for life, Racz turn ...

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 ...

Hon na čarodejnice (1994)

In a small community around 400 years ago, Esben (Juraj Hrcka) has to flee when his mother is tried and burnt as a witch as a result of the cruel hysteria of the townsfolk. Finding shelter with the hermit Hans (Peter Staník), a friendship grows between th ...

Pod vŕbou (1994)

Two families live in an old house in a small town. Downstairs with his parents, a poor boy and upstairs, the owner's little girl, who sings very well and aspires to become a great singer. The boy adores his little friend and is very proud of her pretty voi ...

Everything I Like (1993)

A film about the uncertainties faced by a man in post-Communist Slovakia, his relationship with a teenage son and English teacher girlfriend who's soon to return home to England. ...

Celý deň obchádzam panelák (1990)

The story is based on the situation in the housing estates, where parties of children who don't know how to spend their free time proliferate. ...

Garsónka (1990)

The Apricot Jam (1989)

Television adaptation of F. Kárinthyho's story about how important it is to have a sense of home. The apricot jam symbolizes the home, family well-being, which the little boy Ferko, living with his parents in a Hungarian town of the 30's of the 20th centu ...

Don't Be Afraid (1989)

Woodcutter Ondra, who for his bold nature is called Nebojsa. He goes into the world to learn fear. During his journey, on which he is accompanied by a cowardly thief Ferka, he can deal with a bunch of bandits, vicious mill, fiery rock and eventually he mus ...

Mali ste mi to povedať (1989)

Rentabilita (1989)

Silent Joy (1986)

This film is a psychological study of a woman who chooses solitude as an escape from the duplicity and emotional barrenness of the men around her. ...

O siedmich rokoch (1986)

Návrat (1985)

Sweet Troubles (1984)

A comedy about Simon, an honest, clever confectioner. In practical life, the humble bachelor becomes an easy prey to his boss, his mother, and hordes of women eager to get married. The story incorporates well-tested methods of nearly all major periods in t ...

Dom pod morušou (1984)

A story about the problems of a contemporary woman in her everyday life. Through the lives of a mother and her two daughters, there is a noticeable effort to capture the fragile world of women, connected with the struggle for independence and self-realizat ...

Drevená krava (1984)

Decko v dome (1984)

Veľká noc (1984)

Down to the Cellar (1983)

A little girl goes down to the basement cellar to fetch some potatoes, and finds all her hidden fears about the cellar depicted in animated form. ...

She Kept Asking for the Moon (1983)

Johanka had a fling with a well digger she had not met before and who, she was most likely certain, would never be around again. Just before his departure, they have sex and she eventually becomes single mother of a baby girl. Now, 18 years later, her daug ...

Chuť vody (1983)

Štvrtý rozmer (1983)

Veľké šťastie (1982)

Člny proti prúdu (1982)

War tests human character severely, because the slightest suspicion of failure is hard to live with. A resistance worker who finds himself in such a situation would rather sacrifice his own life in order to dispel once and for all the doubts of those aroun ...

Špiónka v galérii (1982)

Živý sen (1982)

Posledný svojho rodu (1982)

Zločin a pokánie (1982)

Bičianka z doliny (1981)

A TV adaptation of Zuzka Zguriška's novel of the same name. The story takes place in a characterful Slovak village. It shows a picture of the inhabitants of Myjava in the 1920s, where there is no lack of freshness, brightness, liveliness and cheerfulness. ...

Starý včelár (1981)

The Old Beekeeper brings a suggestive reflection on the pure soul of a brave simple man who strives to live honestly and selflessly. His relationship to the order of the world and nature also reflects his relationship to people, and he achieves harmony in ...

Plesové šaty (1981)

Pohľad do zrkadla (1981)

Stena (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. ...

Cnostný Metod (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 ...

Človek nikdy nevie (1980)

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 ...

S.O.S. (strašne ošemetná situácia) (1980)

Steny (1980)

Great Times (1979)

The drama of the last days of the second world war through the eyes of children in rural areas. ...

Biela stužka v tvojich vlasoch (1978)

Vládca Oidipus (1978)

Horúci dych (1978)

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 ...

Lavína (1977)

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 ...

10 % nádeje (1976)

Krótkie życie (1976)

A thrilling story about the liquidation of a Polish terrorist group in Slovakia in the post-war years. ...

Milosrdný čas (1976)

Prvá nadovšetky (1976)

Tetované časom (1976)

Skrytou kamerou (1976)

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, ...

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 ...

Adam Chvojka vicerichtár (1973)

Letokruhy (1973)

Čierne ovce (1973)

Milionár (1973)

Nepriatelia (1973)

Estates confusion (1973)

The original television production of the play by Jozef Gregor Tajovský. A drama from a Slovak village at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, in which the author shows the senselessness of linking human destinies for the sake of property. In the play ...

Človek na moste (1972)

At the beginning of normalization, stories emphasizing civic awareness once again prevailed. The hero here is a teacher from a small village in the foothills, whose inhabitants help the partisans in their fight against fascism. The hero, the only intellect ...

Žiarlivé ženy (1971)

Diablova pomsta (1971)

Hedda Gablerová (1969)

The Deserter and the Nomads (1968)

An apocalyptic story of three wars in three film tales encompassing the end of the WWI,WWII, as well as a vision of the world destroyed by nuclear weapons. This film was honored at the film festivals in Venice and Sorrento. Immediately after that the copy ...

Čisté ruky (1968)

Volanie démonov (1968)

In Slovakia, they also created a pair of investigators who have appeared in several films. Volanie démonov is the third of them. The police officers, one Maigret-like, thoughtful, the other humorously hasty, this time solve a fire in a furniture factory a ...

Three Daughters (1968)

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 ...

Before Tonight Is Over (1966)

Two female clerks using up their savings to enjoy a few days of carefree life, two plumbers looking for an erotic adventure, a building contractor determined to drink away all wages of his workers and a former major who became an alcoholic due to political ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Vždy možno začať (1962)

A dramatic story from the environment of young actors, students of the Bratislava theatre school. Betka Šimanová, a young acting adept, is a diligent student, but diligence, perseverance and hard work cannot make up for her lack of talent. She comes to t ...

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 ...

Kapitán Dabač (1959)

The drama of a young Slovak army officer who gradually realises the horrors of fascism during the fighting in Ukraine. On his return to Slovakia, he joins the SNP. However, he cannot overcome his loner attitude or his doubts about the meaning of partisan a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

Štyridsaťštyri (1958)

Drama about the rebellion of the Trencín Infantry Regiment against its superior officers in the Serbian city of Kragujevac, at the end of the First World War. It was the biggest and deadliest rebellion in the Austro-Hungarian army. ...

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. ...

Lazy sa pohly (1952)

The life on the poor Slovak hills, the lazy hills, where agriculture is at a primitive stage and where the shelves give a small harvest. Meanwhile, socialist industrialization is reaching an amazing boom in the valleys. Therefore, it is necessary to solve ...

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. ...