Štefan Kvietik
Also Known As: Штефан Квиетик
Biography: He studied acting at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. He began his acting career at the Army Theater in Martin. From 1959 he was a member of the SND Drama. He has presented his acting skills in more than forty films. His domain was robust, psychologically-realistic characters. He also created genre-diverse characters in the classical repertoire. He got his first big film role in 1962 in the film Boxer and Death. On the radio, he created a number of character, heroic and romantic characters in plays by domestic and foreign authors. From 1984 he worked as a teacher at the Academy of Performing Arts. After 1989, he was a member of parliament for two terms (until 1994), first for the CIS and later for the DU. He also served as Vice-Chairman of the SNR Committee on Education, Science, Culture and Sport. In 2004, President Ivan Gašparovič lent him the state award of the Council of Ľudovít Štúr II. classes. In 2010, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame at the 2009 TV Screen Personality Awards.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Dolné Plachtince, Czechoslovakia[now Slovakia]]
Adult: No
Birthday: May 10, 1934
Age: 91 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: March 22, 2025
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Súkromná vojna
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1978-05-05
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Omyl doktora Moresiniho
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Pasodoble pre infarkt
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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Prípad krásnej nerestnice
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1974-04-12
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Šepkajúci fantóm
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1976-05-28
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Sneh pod nohami
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1979-06-15
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Vytriezvenie
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Dvanásť nahnevaných mužov
Overview: Slovak remake of the 1957 Sidney Lumet movie, "12 Angry Men".
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1982-03-20
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Ruy Blas
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Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Kde leží naša bieda
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Zenovo vedomie
Overview: 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 picture of the townspeople of Trieste at the turn of the century sounds like an accurate diagnosis of a social class that is doomed with its entire lifestyle and morality.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1976-11-29
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Rosmersholm
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1974-03-25
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Sen o Krištofovi Kolumbusovi
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1977-01-17
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Choď a nelúč sa
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Genres: Drama War
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1979-08-17
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Poviem mu to sám
Overview: 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 that his son needs not only financial security, but also a friend in his father.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Jeden deň pre starú paniu
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Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1966-12-23
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A Face in the Window
Overview: 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 relation to his patient, who is open about his reactionary opinions. The Judge: it is only after long years that the old judge realizes that his own marriage is in jeopardy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1963-12-25
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Geľo Sebechlebský
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Hernani
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Tereza
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1976-09-13
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Zlodeji
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1971-06-09
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Skaly a ľudia
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1960-03-05
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Deň, ktorý neumrie
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Genres: War
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1974-08-23
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Kto odchádza v daždi...
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1975-03-27
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Ostrov
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Genres: Drama War
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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Parazit
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Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Sedem svedkov
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Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Smrť chodí po horách
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Genres: Drama War
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Smrť sa volá Engelchen
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Genres: Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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Zaujímaví muži
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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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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Rozvedená
Overview: A play about the issue of family relationships, real and calculated partnership.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Kamenný chodníček
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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Šiesta noc v Neapole
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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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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Bačova žena
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1972-12-25
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Man in a Great Hall
Overview: 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 power plant. His subjective ideas intertwine with the environment of the workplace, accompanied by the music of J. S. Bach.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Prefíkaná vdova
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Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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12 mesiačkov
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Genres: Family Fantasy
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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Výnosné miesto
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Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Dialogue 20-40-60
Overview: "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 experiment in the world cinema, which we can call an insight in the relationships of men and women of different age groups, an analysis of love and marriage of those who are at the beginning, in the middle or going towards the end of their life."
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1968-11-29
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Niet inej cesty
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Genres: History Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1968-09-20
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Ujo Váňa
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1970-07-06
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Vassa Železnovová
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1970-11-30
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Divá kačka
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1972-10-23
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Blízki cudzí ľudia
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1975-12-25
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Prerušujem pojednávanie
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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Obhajoba sa nekoná
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1977-01-31
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Plukovník Chabert
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1976-12-25
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Článok na prvú stranku
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Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1978-11-20
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Mandarínka a Sokrates
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Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Posledná v abecede
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Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Vianoce na Honte
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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Známost sestry Aleny
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1973-10-05
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Fatamorgána
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Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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A lőcsei fehér asszony
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1976-12-01
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Záchvěv strachu
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1984-04-01
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Martin Ťapák
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 2017-01-01
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Zločin a pokánie
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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10 % nádeje
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1976-09-17
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Mŕtvi učia živých
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1984-05-01
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Žakýlska Veronka
Overview:
Genres: Family Fantasy
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Jankove hračky
Overview:
Genres: Family Fantasy
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Mat na dvadsať ťahov
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Poviem jej to sám
Overview: 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. The first love that brings the euphoria of happiness, but also mutual mistrust and problems - of course, with parents
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Rozhovor s nepriateľom
Overview: 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 prisoner with orders to shoot him. The background of the story is formed by the flashbacks of the partisan soldier being interrogated by a Russian commissar who wants to know all about him being taken prisoner. The German soldier Helmut Kampen escorts the captive partisan who is condemned to death but finally manages to flee. The commissar wants to know why the Germans did not kill him and accuses the partisan soldier of collaboration
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 2007-03-08
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Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1989-10-01
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There is a Dragon Behind Humny
Overview: 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 birthday party. The hunters describe the dragon in terrifying colors, and so the king concludes that the dragon will, according to tradition, want the king's daughter. So he announces a reward for killing the dragon, but no one wants to fight him. The only one who applies is the princess's favorite, the lutenist Marian, but the king does not like him, so he throws him out. Her brother Jan wants to save the princess, but the king doesn't want to allow it...
Genres: Family Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1983-10-01
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The Millennial Bee
Overview: 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 period of socio-political crisis, which ultimately results in the first World War. After originally airing on Czechoslovakian television in 1983 as a four-part 226-minute mini-series, this production received a 163-minute theatrical release in 1984.
Genres: Comedy Drama History
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1983-09-06
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Sokolovo
Overview: 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 for Sokolovo.
Genres: War History Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1975-05-09
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The Copper Tower
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1970-08-28
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Matka
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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Romance for Bugle
Overview: A lyrical story about first love, death and disappointment, based on a poem of the same title.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1967-03-03
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Živý bič
Overview: A film about the dramatic lives ofthe people of 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 husband was drafted to the army. Her defilement and her tragic death cause a rebellion by which the village inhabitants finally stand up against their unbearable situation.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1967-01-19
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Majster kat
Overview: 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 indissoluble friendship to an equally strong hatred. And as it usually goes - after twenty years by a trick of fate Richardus’ daughter Agajka becomes the wife ofthe sun of his sworn enemy.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1966-08-05
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The Boxer and Death
Overview: 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 and co-prisoner leads to open revolt. The film brings a new view of human degradation during fascism by a tragic story of one man whose only chance for survival is to accept the rules of an unequal game.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1963-02-22
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Soccer Fans
Overview: 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 family obligations. However, there is one more obstacle in their way: for some time, their enthusiastic behavior during soccer matches has been monitored by the police. This time, it will not be easy for them to get to the stadium.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1961-03-03
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Dragon's Return
Overview: 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, and his freedom due to false accusations. After years he returns to his native village. Putting his own life to risk, he saves a herd of sheep from a forest fire in the hills. But not even this heroic deed helps him to win back the friendship of the locals.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1968-05-10
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Oasis
Overview: 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 truck is destroyed by a German army plane, which is hit by enemy fire in its turn. One Czech soldier dies in the attack, the driver is badly wounded, and Navara has serious burns on his face. The group has very little water and must reach an oasis that is 60 km away.
Genres: War Drama Adventure
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1972-08-01
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Big Night and Big Day
Overview: Slovakian villagers towards the end of WW II are despairing as German troops fall back to their village.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1975-01-24
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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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Entanglement
Overview: This sour and melancholic film recalls a few days of a forty-year-old woman in a crisis. Teréz is always disciplined but feels depressed and aimless after her divorce.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1977-04-21
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Volanie démonov
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1968-03-14
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When The Little Boy From Chocholov Dies
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Skrytý prameň
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Genres: History
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1974-01-18
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Tábor padlých žien
Overview: 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 prostitutes are transported to work-camps where they are supposed to be converted to loyal citizens.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1997-12-18
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Nie
Overview:
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1978-02-24
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Počúvaj tú melódiu
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1987-01-05
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Návšteva
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Horúci dych
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Varič
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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Exemplárny prípad
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Mali ste mi to povedať
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Tanec nad plačom
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Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Júlia
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Na pochode sa vždy nespieva...
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1961-02-17
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Andersonvillský proces
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1976-11-15
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Raven's Route
Overview: Debut film of Slovakian director Martin Hollý
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1962-12-07
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Hriech Kataríny Padychovej
Overview:
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Dravý prúd
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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Líšky dobrú noc
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1966-11-28
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Čisté vody
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1981-01-06
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