
Birthday:
08-11-1931
Deathday:
03-18-2004 (72 years)
Birthplace:
Košice, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]
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The Copper Tower
event1970 star_border 6.3
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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.
Naši pred bránami
event1970
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A tragicomedy about people who are able to make use of the war situation for their own benefit. The Gavora family of four leave their secure village home blinded by the vision of a big career and easy earning of money in the capital city.
Raven's Route
Director (1 ep.)
event1962
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Debut film of Slovakian director Martin Hollý
Tichá bolest
Director (1 ep.)
event1991 star_border 7.1
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A young man has led his whole life with his grandfather. When he was in school, he was the only one who was refused to join the Youth Brigade, since his father was sentenced to death for spying. When it is time for him to do the compulsory military service, he has to do it in a platoon for "unreliable" persons.
Salt & Gold
Screenplay (1 ep.)
event1983 star_border 6.5
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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.
Eagle Feather
Director (1 ep.)
event1972 star_border 5.8
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The film captures the new events in the lives of the main characters of the film "The Copper Tower". After two years spent in prison because of smuggling they return to the Stratená dolina valley and plan a revenge on police lieutenant Pardek.
The Medal
Director (1 ep.)
event1980 star_border 6.7
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The trenches of World War I provide for a captivating backdrop to the drama of Corporal Hoferik. In his devotion to the Habsburg Monarchy, he fanatically carries out his military orders, but he ultimately suffers the Empire's disfavor.
The Ballad of Seven Hanged Men
Director (1 ep.)
event1968 star_border 5.7
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Seven people waiting for their death. A group of assasins - three men and two women - and Gypsy thief spend their time in prison to be tucked up.
Night Riders
Director (1 ep.)
event1981 star_border 6.3
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Two men of principle face each other. One is backed by a whole, however poor village, the other by the law. It is a conflict that reaches it's climax in the closing shoot-out. Instead of the Wild West, the gunshots go off on the Slovak-Polish border. Michal Docolomansky as the horse smuggler and Radoslav Brzobohaty as the customs officer from Prague meet in Holly's Night Riders in a western-like confrontation set in the insecure years of the newly founded Czechoslovak Republic.
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