Karol Machata
Also Known As: Кароль Махата, K. Machata
Biography: Karol Machata was born into a working-class family in Malacky. He started on the radio at the age of twelve and devoted himself to amateur theater. In the end, he preferred theater to economics. From 1948 to 1950 he studied acting at the State Conservatory in Bratislava and from 1952 to 1953 he worked at the Army Theater in Martin. Karol Machata is one of the most important representatives of Slovak acting of the post-war generation. He performed his first roles on theater boards in Martin. He appeared in the production of Sládkovičová Marina (1948), in The Assassination (the character of a member of the group of assassins on Heydrich, 1949), he played the character of Fortinbras in Shakespeare's Hamlet (1950). His title characters Geľa Sebechlebský (1952) and Jánošík (1953) enjoyed a penetrating success. For the next forty-five years he was a member of the Drama of the Slovak National Theater in Bratislava, where he worked from 1953 to 1998. He became a versatile actor. He was able to play heroic roles, but he also excelled in comedic or lyrical positions. He made his film debut as a Slovak aviator in the Czech film Vítezná křídla 1950 and has been one of the busiest film and television actors ever since. He has acted in dozens of Slovak films that belong to the golden fund of Slovak cinema: Zemianska honor, St. Peter's Umbrella, Interrupted Song, Song of the Gray Pigeon, Midnight Mass, Miss Bacilpýška's Crime, Sin of Katarína Padychová, Hidden Spring, Gold, Salt or Geľo Sebechlebský and many others. For significant merits in the field of theater, film and radio production, the President awarded him the Pribin Cross II in 2003. classes. In 2005 he received the Tatrabanka Award for Art and in 2008 he won the OTO Award and was inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Malacky, Československo [teraz Slovensko]
Birthday: January 13, 1928
Deathday: May 03, 2016
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Gender: Male
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Čisté ruky
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1968-06-20
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Janko mydlo a voda
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Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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Earthly Honor
Overview: 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 is to buy knightly qualities.
Genres: Comedy Drama History
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1958-04-25
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Shadows of a Hot Summer
Overview: The story of 1947, when Bender's band, after a beating of the Nazis, tried to fight their way through Czechoslovakia to Austria. They come out of the forest to occupy the family's rural estate, kidnap doctors to help heal one of their wounded.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1978-09-15
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Labyrint srdce
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1961-11-21
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Bludička
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1977-11-18
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Pavilón číslo 6
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Angel in the Mountains
Overview: Mr. Angel goes winter sporting and at the same time investigates his son's fiancee.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1955-11-25
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Geľo Sebechlebský
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Gottšalk
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Genres: Adventure History
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Kamaráti
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Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Vdova
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Oneskorené kvety
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Ivan
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Genres: Family
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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Tvár v rose
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Genres: Drama War
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Don't Be Afraid
Overview: 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 must confront the evil wizard who swore a beautiful princess. Will Ondra do all his courage and ingenuity to liberate Princess?
Genres: Adventure Family Fantasy
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1989-08-01
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The Song of the Grey Pigeon
Overview: An unusual children's film set during World War II in Czechoslovakia, this compelling drama unfolds five different segments that present the war through the eyes of three youngsters. The three have a series of adventures which include saving a soldier from being captured by the Germans, helping out the resistance fighters, and meeting up with a young Russian woman trained in guerrilla warfare. As they learn more about life and danger, various circumstances constantly recall the reality of war itself. The title comes from a wounded pigeon under the care of one of the youngsters.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1961-05-01
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Brothers
Overview: A bricklayer, Jozef Haviar, decides to live with his family on the small farm of his father through the difficult years of the economic crisis. But on his return to his father's house he gets into a conflict with his brother. The life-and-death conflict between the two brothers documents the difficult situation of Slovak country life in the 1930s, the time of economic depression.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1962-08-24
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Vždy možno začať
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1962-03-09
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Koniec a začiatok
Overview: Television adaptation of Roman Kaliský's play. Reconstruction of a trial with a journalist from the 1950s.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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Keď chybí trombón
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Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1962-12-31
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Ivanov
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1964-03-06
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Na počiatku bola pieseň
Overview: Martin Slivka's documentary film about Karol Plicka (1894-1987), the founder of Slovak cinematography.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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St. Peter's Umbrella
Overview: A comedy about a lost inheritance, love and a red umbrella, which, according to a local legend, belonged to St. Peter himself.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1958-12-17
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Zojka a Valerija
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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Salt & Gold
Overview: 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 deep her love him is. He misunderstands her and she is made to leave the castle. She faces many dangers on the way to her loved one, the Salt Prince.
Genres: Fantasy Family
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1983-02-27
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Trip on the Danube
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1963-04-05
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Pomsta starej dámy alebo Na každého raz dôjde
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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„Od štvrtka do zmŕtvychvstania...“
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Dvaja
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1971-09-20
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Čierny gróf
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Genres: Family Adventure
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Dobrý skutok
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Genres: Family Adventure
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Igor a výmyselníci
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Genres: Family Adventure
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Telefón Agafón
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Genres: Animation
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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Pieseň o bardejovskom Egídiovi
Overview: Documentary film about one of the most important monuments in Slovakia - the Basilica of St Giles in Bardejov.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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National Artist Professor Karol Plicka
Overview: A film portrait about Professor Karol Plicka, focusing on his films, photography and folklore work.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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Zločin slečny Bacilpýšky
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Genres: Family Fantasy
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1971-04-23
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Spomienky na lúčenie
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Genres: Music
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Hľadači svetla
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1971-08-27
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Páni sa zabávajú
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1972-12-24
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Koníček Hrbáčik
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Genres: Family Fantasy
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Vejár
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Veselé panie z Windsoru
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Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Trofej neznámeho strelca
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1974-07-05
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Dobrá novina, šťastná hodina...
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Neďaleko do neba
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Genres: Music
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1987-10-16
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Náš pán doktor
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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The Last Witch
Overview: 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 is saved from being burnt at a stake by the students of the Trnava University.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1957-11-01
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Vyznavač snov
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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Mariša
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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The False Prince
Overview: The Sultan awaits the arrival of his son, Prince Omar, who has brought up in a distant land. The master tailor and his assistances are making clothes for the prince. Labakan, the most gifted of his assistances, craves to be a Sovereign's heir so he steals the princely garments snd poses as the Sultan's son.
Genres: Family Fantasy
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1985-06-01
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The Wooden Village
Overview: 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 narrative is centred around the characters of the old Púplava, who after the liberation begins to organise a new village life, and his struggle for the construction of settlements Mrzáčky, burnt by the fascists. It is centred around the conflict, greatly reflecting the situation of the countryside at this time: the conflict between the rural poor and the rural rich. In the movie, a rich personal and emotional life of other heroes pulsate besides the main storyline. The movie ends with the final defeat of the reactionary forces by Communists in February 1948, taking over all power in the state of workers and peasants. - "The Wooden Village" is released in celebration of the 7th anniversary of the Communist February Victory.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1955-02-18
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Ľahučký dych
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1971-04-11
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Midnight Mass
Overview: 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 escalates when their younger son, Juraj, a former partisan fighter, returns home wounded. As Germans search homes for escapees, Juraj hides in the attic, while an unsettling Christmas dinner unfolds below with Major Brecker present.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1962-08-24
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Prípad pre obhajcu
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1964-12-25
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Srdce na lane
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1973-09-07
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Skrytý prameň
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Genres: History
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1974-01-18
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Tri poviedky s Karolom Machatom
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Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Interrupted Song
Overview: Young couple separated by World War 2, dream of being reunited years later.
Genres: War Romance
Original Language: ka
Release Date: 1960-05-13
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Stretnutie
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1975-06-19
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Koník z ebenu
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Genres: Fantasy Family
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1987-01-29
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Predjarie
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Genres: Drama War
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1961-10-27
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Drotár
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1966-10-15
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Cid
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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Horoucí srdce
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1963-03-08
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Tri poviedky so Zdenou Gruberovou
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Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Lorenzaccio
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Victorious Wings
Overview: Many of the young workers at an aircraft factory near Prague are members of an aviation club. On the one hand, there is the responsible Franta, who is highly regarded by his colleagues due to his understanding nature. Opposite him is the talented aircraft designer Ruda, who is also an excellent pilot, but also hotheaded, undisciplined and condescending towards his colleagues. He starts flirting with the glass grinder Lída, although he knows that she is Franta's girl friend. A conflict is not long in coming. When Franta's glider crashes due to a suspected mistake by Ruda, Ruda is banned for a certain period of time. This is fatal, because both young men were actually supposed to represent Czechoslovakia at the upcoming international gliding championships in Poland.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1951-01-01
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Najdúch
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Genres: Family
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Hriech Kataríny Padychovej
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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The Struggle Will End Tomorrow
Overview: The story of the great strike of the workers building the Cervena Skala - Mergecany railway line
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1951-05-19
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Dosť dobrí chlapi
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1972-02-25
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Muž ktorý sa nevrátil
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1959-10-02
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Dúha nad Slovenskom
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1952-01-01
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Lazy sa pohly
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1952-05-01
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Mladé srdcia
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1952-01-01
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Pole neorané
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1954-02-12
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Hody
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1988-05-01
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Konečne bude mier!
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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