Karol L. Zachar

The first Slovakian colour film. A celebration of traditional Slovakian folklore and creativity expressed through a story of young love .

This film is one of the most popular pictures of Slovak cinema and relates the story about the legendary folk hero and brigand Juro Jánošík [1688-1713] and the social situation in Slovakia of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The first part talks about Jánošík's childhood, studies and return to his native village. In the second part Jánošík leaves for the hills, where he organizes his band of brigands and starts an anti-feudal resistance. The film concludes with Jánošík's execution.

A comedy drawing on classical antiquity. In the play, the author mocks stupidity and arrogance, and also metes out just retribution.

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A funny outlaw tale inspired by traditional folk humour. Pacho is no ordinary outlaw. He detests injustice and feudal oppression and he copes with each troublesome situation with the help of his cleverness and wit.

This drama from the times of Slovak National Uprising is situated in a small Slovak village. It is the tragical story of a widow and her four sons who fight alongside the partisans against the German occupants.

A comedy about a lost inheritance, love and a red umbrella, which, according to a local legend, belonged to St. Peter himself.

A young doctor and a group of injured are hiding in an underground shelter and are liberated by Soviet soldiers.

Visiting Slovakian Racha to get antiquated with Slovakian wine-making techniques, Rachvelian from Georgia, Zauri, falls in love with Slovak Darina. Consequentially, when Darina visits Georgia, Zauri does his best to make her also love him.

The film presents a parade of customs, music, songs and dances of the Slovak people in four seasons, based on a theatre play by I. Teren and K.L. Zachar from the first years after the liberation.

A story in which the author mocks the Slovak petty bourgeoisie and denounces the denationalization of the gentry in the nineteenth century. Some problems such as patronage, bribery, and imitation of foreign models sound surprisingly simultaneous.

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A tragedy of great and bloody conflicts, turbulent emotions and clashes, centred on a couple torn by passion – Macbeth and his wife, who persuades him to seize the throne. Macbeth murders the king, but must fight for power against the king's descendants.

"The Rally" is based on a communist writer Vaclav Řezáč's well-written novel of the same name

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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.

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The son of a charcoal burner was once prophesied as a child to marry the daughter of a king. The king tries to prevent this by all means.

The construction of a large dam in Slovakia is hindered by the influence of small farmers on the landowner Bujna, on whom they depend for help with the harvest and for monetary loans.

The border must be guarded against insidious intruders, of that the brave border guard has no doubt. He takes in a shot dog, gains its trust, and eventually, thanks to it, catches an enemy agent who wanted to disrupt the peaceful life of our progressive people.

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 elected soon recognized their place and supported the initiative of the communists, who selflessly led the strike movement. The poster-like, purely ideological story succumbs to paper-like dialogues and plots, and the narrative portrayal hardly convinces of the credibility of the whole story.

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.

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The film presents a parade of customs, music, songs and dances of the Slovak people in four seasons, based on a theatre play by I. Teren and K.L. Zachar from the first years after the liberation.

No synopsis available yet.

A story in which the author mocks the Slovak petty bourgeoisie and denounces the denationalization of the gentry in the nineteenth century. Some problems such as patronage, bribery, and imitation of foreign models sound surprisingly simultaneous.

No synopsis available yet.

No synopsis available yet.

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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.

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.

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.

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Sir John Falstaff, a bon vivant and womanizer, courts Mrs. Ford one day and Mrs. Page the next. They are cheerful but respectable ladies, so they devise a plan to punish the old rogue and teach him a lesson about his immoral advances and womanizing.

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A television production of a play by Ján Palárik. A comedy directed against nationalism, national indifference and stupid arrogance. A classic plot built on a mix-up of characters.

A television production of a play by Ján Palárik. A comedy directed against nationalism, national indifference and stupid arrogance. A classic plot built on a mix-up of characters.

A television production of the musical by Ernest Bryll and Katarzyna Gartnerová with a Jánošík theme. This play, staged by director Karol Zachar and choreographer Štefan Nosáľ, was an extraordinary success at the Slovak National Theatre.