Peter Bzdúch

Zlatý hlas (2004)

Piece of land (2000)

Ten short unrelated stories that move chronologically through Slovakia's twentieth-century history as seen from the perspective of life in small towns and villages. ...

Mučivé tajomstvo (1999)

A love story of an aging baron and a married woman who are brought together by chance in a small spa town. A teenage son unexpectedly becomes an obstacle in the love adventure. His jealous outbursts gain momentum. ...

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 ...

Obrus s monogramom (1998)

The original contemporary TV movie is an intimate story of a relationship between a middle-aged man and woman whose perspective is diminished by a different set of moral values. It is also a confrontation of two principles at work in today's world - the ru ...

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". ...

Matúš (1996)

A romantic-adventure set in early 14th-century Slovakia, where the powerful lord Matúš Čák Trenčiansky encounters figures drawn from Hurban, Pauliny-Tóth, Záborský, and Jége. As love and loyalty intertwine with political intrigue, their intertwine ...

O hlúpej žene (1996)

In the books of collectors of Slovak folk tales we can find a considerable number of stories about human stupidity, greed, punished pride or avarice. Today's humorous story about a foolish woman will show us what can befall a man who marries not for the lo ...

...kone na betóne (1995)

The loose sequel to the film "Pásla kone na betóne" returns to the familiar heroes after some time. The communist dictatorship is no longer raging and capitalism is penetrating even the remote corners of Slovakia. As it turns out, however, people don't c ...

Domovníkov syn (1993)

TV transcript of the fairy tale story H. Ch. Andersen's fairytale story about the desire for happiness and the need to forgive in order to find true happiness. Two families lived in one house - a rich general and his daughter Emilia upstairs, and his landl ...

Kmotor Remenár a kmotor Hrebenár (1993)

Trajja's tricksters like to have fun at other people's expense and they always manage to make some crown along the way. They are even so clever that they can outwit even bandits and deprive them of their treasure. However, they neglect their wives and so t ...

Svědek umírajícího času (1991)

At the beginning was the Slovak television series Lekár umierajúceho czasu (Doctor of Dying Time), dedicated to the Rudolphine-era scientist Jan Jesenius. He ended up on the scaffold along with other gentlemen after losing the anti-Habsburg uprising. Whe ...

Lorenzaccio (1991)

The Curator of Outdoor Museum (1989)

The story of a man who decides to leave his job and good position to return to his native region and become the administrator of an open-air museum. This step is primarily his personal rebellion against the abuse of his scientific work. It is only a person ...

Rabaka (1989)

A popular band called Rabaka, portrayed by members of Elán (Jožo Ráž and Jano Baláž), faces internal conflicts leading to their breakup. Set against the backstage of the music scene, the film follows their struggles with fame, personal tensions, and ...

Kamene (1989)

Tanec nad plačom (1989)

Psia zima (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 ...

O Džaudarovi a jeho bratoch (1988)

Sudca vo vlastnej pasci (1988)

Posledná hodina (1988)

Stávka s čertom (1987)

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. ...

Koník z ebenu (1987)

Another Love (1986)

A story of a young student of medicine, who arrives in a small mountain village after being accused for carrying out illegal abortion. The film reflects the moral decline of the society, where stealing in secret and making compromises against one's beliefs ...

King Thrushbeard (1984)

When a selfless king learns of a beautiful princess in a neighboring kingdom who callously turns down every suitor with an insult, he tries his luck to no avail. So, he hatches a plot with her father in which the princess is married to him, in disguise as ...

Zrelá mladosť (1983)

Biographical film about the work of the young Klement Gottwald. The story depicts his stay in Banská Bystrica, where he edited the Slovak communist press and helped organise the communist revolutionary movement. ...

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 ...

Clavijo (1982)

Obyčajný príbeh (1982)

Prípad Evy Burdovej (1981)

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 ...

And I'll Run to the Ends of the Earth (1980)

Majka "Chatterbox" is a girl entering adolescence. She was born with a minor disability. While her mother keeps scolding her for the way she walks, her classmates mock her and call her a "duck". Along an innocent first love affair and a secret friendship, ...

Hĺbka ostrosti (1978)

Sokovia (1977)

Kavka (1977)

Demeterovci (1976)

A television film based on a play by Ján Kákoš with the theme of Slovak National Uprising. ...