Magda Vášáryová
Also Known As: Magdaléna Vášáryová, Magda Vasaryova, Magda Vásáryová
Biography: Magda (Magdaléna) Vášáryová (* August 26, 1948, Banská Štiavnica) is a Slovak politician and former actress and diplomat. Since 2006, she has been a member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic for SDKÚ-DS. On 12 December 2013, she resigned from the party and until the start of the so-called The third government of Robert Fico (2016) worked in the National Council of the Slovak Republic as a non-attached member of parliament. She began her successful acting career as a 15-year-old in the film Senzi Mama (1964). From 1966 to 1971 she studied sociology at the Faculty of Arts of Comenius University in Bratislava. Since 1970 she has worked as an actress in the Korze Theater, the New Stage (1971 - 1983) and in the Slovak National Theater (1983 - 1990). She is the author of book memoirs about Banská Štiavnica Short Letters to a Town (1988). In 1988 she was awarded the title of Merited Artist. From 1990 to 1993, she served as the Czech-Slovak ambassador to Austria. During the diplomatic mission, she lived with her daughters in Vienna while her husband stayed in Bratislava. While they provide wife support for diplomats, Vášáryová, as a diplomat, did not receive compensation for the diplomat's non-working wife. Václav Havel and Jiří Dienstbier enforced her compensation payment. On May 3, 1993, she organized a meeting at home, where the Slovak Society for Foreign Policy (SFPA) began to form. From 1993 to 2000, she was its director. In 2020, she is the Honorary Chair of the SFPA Board. In 1998, she founded Občianske oko. In the 1999 elections, she ran as an independent candidate for the post of President of Slovakia. She won 194,635 votes, 6.6%, in the election. She did not make it to the second round. She announced her candidacy in February 1999 in Banská Bystrica. She wanted to confirm the changes in 1989 and 1998. She was the first woman in Slovakia to run for president. From 2000 to 2005, she served as Slovakia's ambassador to Poland. Its predecessor was Ondrej Nemčok and his successor was František Ružička. Since February 21, 2005, she has held the position of State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic in the second government of Mikuláš Dzurinda. In the summer of 2005, she joined the SDKÚ. On 12 December 2013, together with Lucia Žitňanská and Miroslav Beblavý, she resigned from SDKÚ-DS. Since November 15, 2013, she has been the president of the Živena association. Her goals after the election were “I still have three goals within Živena. One of them is, in particular, the modernization of communication, the addition of a membership base, and I would also like to raise more money in more modern ways, for example in the form of grants. " Her predecessor was Zora Breier. In 2016, she did not run for parliament again. In addition to Živena, she also led the Institute for Cultural Policy. He also teaches at the CEVRO INSTITUTE in the Czech Republic. In 2016, The Prague Society for International Cooperation awarded her the Hanno R. Ellenbogen Prize for Civil Service and the Lifelong Fight against Corruption. Sister of the actress Emilie Vášáryová. The first husband was the actor Dušan Jamrich. The second husband is Milan Lasica. He has two daughters.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Banská Štiavnica, Czechoslovakia, Slovakia
Adult: No
Birthday: August 26, 1948
Age: 76 years old
Gender: Female
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Concert for the survivors
Overview: A picture of generational confrontations between children and parents. A young and ambitious violin virtuoso, Peter, lives in long-lasting conflicts with his father. Only after his death Peter realizes how much he had been hurting his father. Still, not even the tragedy can make a change in his shallow life in stereotype.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1977-02-25
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Biela stužka v tvojich vlasoch
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1978-04-28
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Doktor
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Šesťkrát žena
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Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Pani Berta Garlanová
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Marketa Lazarová
Overview: Mikolás and his brother Adam end up with a young German hostage of noble blood during a robbery. While their clan prepares for the wrath of the German king, Mikolás is sent to pressure his neighbor Lazar into a defense pact. Persuasion fails and he abducts Lazar's daughter Marketa on the eve of her initiation as a nun in an act of vengeance.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1967-11-24
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Parížsky život
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Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Pustý dvor
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1979-02-23
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Uzlíky nádeje
Overview: Social ballad. Three short stories – "Uzlík tepla", "Chlapec a pánboh" and "Rubári" – depict three different human stories, the common denominator of which is suffering and existential threat.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Staroružová dráma
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Úklady a láska
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1971-12-25
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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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Dnes platí regulačný stupeň č. 6
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1980-02-26
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Cesta na krvavé pole
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Dni Turbinovcov
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1976-11-22
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Ťaví zadok
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Taký obyčajný deň
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Genres: Drama War
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1971-08-29
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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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Apollón z Bellacu
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1972-10-17
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Senzi mama
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1965-03-19
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Za frontom
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Genres: Drama War
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1973-08-29
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Ako ostrihať manžela
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Noc smaragdového měsíce
Overview: This downbeat, grim drama about three brothers who are reunited at their mother's funeral is actually visually as dark as its story, making it difficult at times to clearly distinguish a scene. These brothers are not particularly exceptional as people go, but at least they have branched out into separate vocations in their lives. One brother is a doctor, another is a criminal, and the third is a bus driver. Like others in Europe, they suffered through World War II, yet no matter what their backgrounds and experiences, their interpersonal relationships are not exactly gripping drama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1985-08-01
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Rok na dedine
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Genres: Documentary Music TV Movie
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1968-05-21
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Môj vienok zelený
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Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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Die Nacht aus Blei
Overview: A surreal movie by peter Weigl starring Michael Biehn and Lubomir Kafka.
Genres: Music Fantasy TV Movie Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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Andrea
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1973-01-18
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Záveje
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1972-03-09
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Statky zmätky
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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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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The Great Movie Robbery
Overview: The film is essentially a feature-length commercial for an exhibition to mark the 40th anniversary of the nationalisation of the Czechoslovak film industry, to be held at the Prague U Hybernu venue. The protagonists of the piece are comedians Oldrich Kaiser and Jirí Lábus, who are set to accept an award from Japanese television representatives at the exhibition. At the same time, five gangsters plot to seize a revolutionary invention devised by professor Suzuki - a super holograph, which enables any figure from television to be transported in the flesh into the real world, and vice-versa.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Posledný pohárik
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1976-08-16
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The Elective Affinities
Overview: Eduard and Charlotte live an isolated and idyllic life together. But soon Eduard feels that something is missing and he invites his friend Otto to come stay. Charlotte, meanwhile, decides that her foster daughter Ottilie should come live with them. Complex and passionate relationships between the four people begin. Based on Goethe's novel of the same title.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1974-08-27
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Elektra
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Malvína z Bretónska
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Demeterovci
Overview: A television film based on a play by Ján Kákoš with the theme of Slovak National Uprising.
Genres: Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1976-05-17
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Záhradníkov pes
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Horacius
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Nečakaná návšteva
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Second Love
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1977-12-25
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Prince Bajaja
Overview: The hero of this popular fairy tale is a young prince who, after the death of his parents, goes out into the world. During his travels he meets a magical talking horse and falls in love with the beautiful princess Slavna. On the advice of his horse, he binds one eye and pretends to be dumb and enters into service as the castle gardener.
Genres: Family Fantasy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1971-12-17
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Dark Sun
Overview: A remake of Vávra's 1948 atomic age thriller Krakatit.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1980-09-19
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Silent Joy
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1986-03-01
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On the Comet
Overview: When a comet passes the Earth very closely, it pulls a small part of North Africa, and a small swathe of humanity, along with it.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1970-10-09
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The Southern Mail
Overview: Based on the eponymous novel by Ladislav Ballek.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1988-04-07
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Cutting It Short
Overview: Francin, manager of a small-town brewery, has a charming wife whose abundant blonde locks are an adornment to the town. Maryska looks ethereal but loves meat and beer, while Francin is an ascetic. The strict members of the brewery board of directors come to audit the accounts, but are diverted from concentrating on Francin's detailed reports by Maryska, who has organized a pig-killing feast and is ably assisting the butcher. When she invites the old curmudgeons on the board to enjoy the fresh pork, they are too happy to agree. Francin doesn't know whether he is going to get a permanent contract. To make things worse his brother Pepin - eccentric, noisy and garrulous - turns up on an indefinite visit.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1981-02-06
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And Give My Love to the Swallows
Overview: This film, chronicling the last days of Czech resistance fighter Maruska Kuderikova (played by Magda Vasaryova), is based on her diaries. Though she was tortured and eventually executed by the Nazis, her diaries indicate that she was optimistic for the humanity of her captors and did not by any means hate them. Told with simple dignity, this film makes clear why Maruska became a national hero.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1972-05-26
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Tetované časom
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1976-04-16
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Košatý strom plný pozorných očí
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Zuzana Vojířová
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Genres: Music TV Movie
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Rusalka
Overview: Three arias from Antonín Dvořák´s fairytale opera Rusalka turned in to a movie, sung by Gabriela Beňačková (Rusalka), Libuše Márová (Witch), René Tuček (Hunter).
Genres: Music
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1978-09-29
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The Deserter and the Nomads
Overview: 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 with Italian subtitles was locked in a safe as evidence of the anti-communist activities of the director, who used real footage of the Soviet invasion.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1968-12-06
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A Gentle Spirit
Overview: Krotká is a 1967 Slovak black-and-white produced by TV a psychological drama directed by Stanislav Barabas on based a short story A Gentle Creature by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Birds, Orphans and Fools
Overview: In the aftermath of war, two men and a woman begin acting more like children than adults, leading to tragedy.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1969-09-27
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Film Adventurer Karel Zeman
Overview: A look at the life, work and importance of Czech filmmaker Karel Zeman (1910-89), a genius of world cinema, a wizard of special effects, revealing his sources of inspiration and his revolutionary filming techniques.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2015-03-31
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Fair Play
Overview: Tereza lives and works in Prague. She meets a handsome man, Tommie, speaking in a language incomprehensible to her. It seems that he is the manager of the Finnish ice hockey team. A love story starts to blossom. When the coach of the Czech ice hockey team tries to use Tereza to retrieve information about the strategy of the Finnish team, Tommie leaves Tereza. Will Tereza be able to clear up this misunderstanding?
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1987-08-01
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Granny
Overview: A tale based on novel by Czech writer Bozena Nemcova.
Genres: Family
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1971-10-08
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Radúz a Mahulena
Overview: Radúz, the son of a Magurian king, has lost his way hunting in the territory of the Tatra King Stojmír. He learns from his loyal servant Radovid the reason behind the two countries' conflict. When Radúz's mother Nyola married his father, the rejected wooer Stojmír married the evil Princess Runa. Runa out of jealousy continually incites hatred for Maguria. Radúz and Radovid have only just crossed the border when an army commanded by Runa detains them. The white deer that Radúz has killed belongs to the youngest of Stojmír's three daughters, the beautiful and delicate Mahulena.
Genres: Romance Fantasy Family TV Movie
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1971-05-14
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Ľahučký dych
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1971-04-11
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Lion with a White Mane
Overview: The film tells the exciting life of the great Czech composer Leos Janácek (1854-1928), also known by the thick silver hair that crowned his head and his strong character, which could overcome the adversities of fate.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1987-12-01
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The World Knows Nothing
Overview: The story takes place in the Czech-German border region in 1938. The hero Tomás Jakl marries but the marriage is not very lucky and falls apart. His German friend forced him to enter the Nazi party.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1988-09-01
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Krutá ľúbosť
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1978-02-17
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Werther
Overview: Jules Massanet's lyrical opera is transformed into a superb film production by Petr Weigl, shot on location in Prague, with music conducted by Libor Pesek. First produced by the Vienna Opera in February 1892, "Werther" rapidly confirmed Massanet's position on the French opera scene and achieved enormous popularity outside France, notably in Italy, America and England. The tragic story tells of Werther's intense passion for Charlotte, who has married his best friend, Albert, fulfilling a pledge to her now deceased mother. But Werther's letters of love bring Charlotte to his side when he promises to take his own life.
Genres: Music TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1985-06-06
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Hry lásky šálivé
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Genres: History Comedy Romance
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1971-10-22
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The Royal Chase
Overview: Two friends, who go hunting meet a woman who questions their practice.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-12-26
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The Sweet Time of Kalimagdora
Overview: A man changes his behavior according to the term of the year.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1968-05-24
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Private Lives
Overview: In Bratislava at the end of the 1980s, two estranged sisters try to make up with each other while balancing their private lives and careers.
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Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1991-09-05
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Skrytý prameň
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Genres: History
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1974-01-18
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Listy Juliane
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Varič
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
Overview: Documentary feature about Czech director Jiří Menzel, featuring Menzel himself as well as Miloš Forman, Emir Kusturica, István Szabó and others.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-05
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Čudný človek
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1976-12-24
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Deň slnovratu
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1974-06-20
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Hodina úsvitu
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1975-04-04
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Jennie Gerhardtová
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1980-01-07
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Netrpezlivosť srdca
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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Faidra
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Eugene Onegin
Overview: A filmed version of Tchaikovsky's opera. Onegin visits a friend, his fiancee and her sister Tatiana, who believes Onegin is her fated love. She writes a note telling him so, but he rejects her. Years later he returns, finding her married, but now he's smitten with her.
Genres: Music
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1988-07-21
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The Turn of the Screw
Overview: Benjamin Britten’s opera of the Henry James novel. An inexperienced governess is sent to a country house to care for two children, whom she is gradually convinced have been corrupted by the ghosts of a previous manservant and governess…
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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