Štefan Kvietik

Martin Ťapák (2017)

Vianoce na Honte (2009)

Facing the Enemy (2007)

The heart of this dramatic story based on the novel by Leopold Lahola is the search for the principle of humanism. The story plays in a single day towards the end of World War II in a rough, snow-covered landscape where a German soldier escorts his prisone ...

Camp of Fallen Women (1997)

The story takes place in a reform-camp for the prostitutes of Bratislava. Soon after the political changes in February 1948 a deputy of the Ministry of the Interior decides to clean the city from its subverting elements. After a police raid all the prostit ...

When The Little Boy From Chocholov Dies (1990)

The production is based on the famous novella of the same name by M. Kukučín. The author knew his characters well, their joys, pains and desires, and his knowledge and human message are still valid today. ...

Júlia (1990)

Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself (1989)

Pepe and Prengel, returning from war, meet Ester and both fall in love with the girl and live together in a deserted house. Fanatic communist, Zelmira, wants to turn their world upside-down. ...

Omyl doktora Moresiniho (1989)

Exemplárny prípad (1989)

Mali ste mi to povedať (1989)

Tanec nad plačom (1989)

Parazit (1988)

A television production of F. Schiller's comedy with the eloquently ambiguous subtitle How to Arrange Happiness in Life. A story about a social parasite, schemer and hypocrite who shamelessly abuses human gullibility and good-naturedness for the benefit of ...

Vytriezvenie (1987)

Počúvaj tú melódiu (1986)

Varič (1985)

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. ...

Mŕtvi učia živých (1984)

Záchvěv strachu (1984)

Getting out of prison doesn't mean being free. After the bloody suppression of the Prague Revolution in 1848, one of its participants, the writer František Vinický, spent eight years in prison. Returning to Prague in 1857, he tries to make contact with h ...

Poviem jej to sám (1984)

A free story of a television story I tell him the one in which a bit of a lonely child Ivan has unnaturally found an adoptive mother. This time we find Ivan the age of seeking certainties, right decisions, trust, and above all love. ...

Jankove hračky (1984)

Mat na dvadsať ťahov (1984)

There is a Dragon Behind Humny (1983)

In one royal forest, where coal miner Patočka lives and works, the friendly dragon Mrak settles down. The king's lackeys come across him while hunting and, terrified, go to sell the news to the king. He is currently organizing his daughter Viola's birthda ...

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 ...

Žakýlska Veronka (1983)

Dvanásť nahnevaných mužov (1982)

Slovak remake of the 1957 Sidney Lumet movie, "12 Angry Men". ...

Šiesta noc v Neapole (1982)

Zločin a pokánie (1982)

Čisté vody (1981)

Pasodoble pre infarkt (1981)

Ostrov (1981)

The author attempted to analyze the disintegration of the Slovak Army before the outbreak of the SNP and showed how the conditions grew for the army to join the Uprising. Through the characters of soldiers and officers of a small unit of the Slovak Army, d ...

Zaujímaví muži (1981)

Prefíkaná vdova (1981)

Fatamorgána (1981)

Posledná v abecede (1980)

Choď a nelúč sa (1979)

The dramatic story captures the hard and dangerous life of the partisan group "Čapajev" led by Ľudovít Kukorelli during World War II. It retrospectively presents the course of the Slovak National Uprising in eastern Slovakia. ...

Sneh pod nohami (1979)

A contemporary story from the lives of young people, students of a ski high school, who, in addition to their studies, are preparing for a career as active sports competitors. ...

Ruy Blas (1979)

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. ...

Poviem mu to sám (1979)

An original TV play. The main character is twelve-year-old Ivan. He lives a lonely life under the patronage of a strict aunt who wants him to be an "exceptional person". After the death of Ivan's mother, Ivan's father has withdrawn into himself and forgets ...

Mandarínka a Sokrates (1979)

Článok na prvú stranku (1978)

Súkromná vojna (1978)

Slovak psychological drama from the end of World War II. The plot of the film takes place in a short period of time just before the outbreak of the uprising. It is the story of a man who wages his "private" war against the man who is responsible for the se ...

Nie (1978)

The poverty of Slovak workers during the Great Depression during the Masaryk Republic reached such a level that it led to a well-organized strike. The capitalists and their minions tried by all means to break it. Even the workers who had not yet been elect ...

Horúci dych (1978)

Rozvedená (1978)

A play about the issue of family relationships, real and calculated partnership. ...

Entanglement (1977)

After her divorce leaves her feeling depressed and aimless, a disciplined forty-year-old woman named Teréz wanders through Budapest while grappling with a profound sense of isolation. She visits former lovers and estranged acquaintances in a desperate att ...

Obhajoba sa nekoná (1977)

Sen o Krištofovi Kolumbusovi (1977)

Dravý prúd (1977)

Plukovník Chabert (1976)

A lőcsei fehér asszony (1976)

During the Rákóczi War of Independence, noblewoman Julianna Géczy becomes caught between warring factions as the city of Lőcse falls under siege. ...

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 ...

Andersonvillský proces (1976)

10 % nádeje (1976)

Tereza (1976)

Šepkajúci fantóm (1976)

A dangerous maniac is on the loose in the city, targeting women... The last episode of the free Slovak crime series depicts the fight between law enforcement officers and a maniac who threatens women. An unknown young man cuts several girls with a razor on ...

Blízki cudzí ľudia (1975)

Sokolovo (1975)

The plot begins in the Soviet Union showing first efforts to establish the Czechoslovak legion in 1942. The film also shows the assassination of Heydrich and the subsequent annihilation of Lidice. The main topis of the film is battles with German troops fo ...

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 ...

Big Night and Big Day (1975)

Slovakian villagers towards the end of WW II are despairing as German troops fall back to their village. ...

Prerušujem pojednávanie (1975)

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, ...

Rosmersholm (1974)

Skrytý prameň (1974)

Levoča, first half of the 16th century. Master Paul creates his most famous work - a late Gothic altar in the Church of St. James. He has just recruited the carving companion Kristof into his service. ...

Známost sestry Aleny (1973)

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

Návšteva (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 ...

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. ...

Divá kačka (1972)

Oasis (1972)

The year is 1943. The war is raging between the Germans and the Allies in North Africa. A truck with a Czech crew, Lieutenant Navara and six soldiers, escapes from the Foreign Legion fortress. Their aim is to reach the Allies and fight against Nazism. The ...

Zlodeji (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. ...

Ujo Váňa (1970)

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mother (1968)

A TV film from a mining environment shows the tragic outcome of hatred between brothers. The mother, a simple woman, has an uncanny ability to foresee events ahead. All her life she passively accepts her fate. Despite knowing what awaits her loved ones and ...

Romance for Bugle (1967)

A lyrical story about first love, death and disappointment, based on a poem of the same title. ...

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 ...

Sedem svedkov (1967)

Two criminal investigators try to reconstruct a crime that happened in broad daylight, almost in front of the public, during a nighttime investigation. But the author does not only follow the criminal storyline. The witnesses the investigators call in each ...

Hernani (1967)

Jeden deň pre starú paniu (1966)

Líšky dobrú noc (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 ...

Kde leží naša bieda (1965)

Výnosné miesto (1965)

Prípad pre obhajcu (1964)

A psychological drama from the judiciary. Lawyer Kolár handles the case of the rape and murder of a fourteen-year-old girl and tries to remove the fifteen-year-old boy from suspicion and subsequent conviction based on discrepancies in the case file. ...

Man in a Great Hall (1964)

An artistic documentary based on a report of the same name from Ladislav Mňaček's book Where Dirt Roads End. A psychological reflection on the feelings of an individual who operates like a modern, fully automated control room of a large hydroelectric pow ...

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 ...

The Boxer and Death (1963)

Concentration camp commander Kraft finds out that prisoner Kominek is a former professional boxer. Overnight, the prisoner is made Kraft's exercise partner and unwillingly rises to a privileged position at the camp. His anger over the death of his friend a ...

Geľo Sebechlebský (1963)

Raven's Route (1962)

The story, set in the context of the construction of long-distance power lines, captures the life and work of a group of fitters who come to a mountain village to electrify the local cooperative. After being transferred to a lower-paid and "demeaning" job, ...

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 ...

12 mesiačkov (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 ...

Na pochode sa vždy nespieva... (1961)

Skaly a ľudia (1960)

Smrť sa volá Engelchen (1960)

The television film based on the novel of the same name by Ladislav Mňaček draws on the period of World War II and the Slovak National Uprising. The film's story is composed of two intertwining time lines. In the images of the present that frame the enti ...