Acting

Jaroslav Vrzala

Born — Died

1927-01-30 — 1992-02-29

Known for

Acting

Credits

42 titles

Known for

Film credits

1980s · 10 titles

1970s · 15 titles

Dolina poster
7.0

A dramatic story of the emotional, moral and political maturation of two young people during the Slovak National Uprising.

Dolina

1973

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NR

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Bývalí ľudia

1970

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NR

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Pozdná láska

1971

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NR

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Kristína

1978

No artwork available
8.2

A television film, an adaptation of Vladimír Mináč's first novel. The dramatic story of two brothers during the Slovak National Uprising provides artistic testimony to authentic events from the Slovak mountains in 1944.

Smrť chodí po horách

1979

No artwork available
9.0

Slovakian villagers towards the end of WW II are despairing as German troops fall back to their village.

Big Night and Big Day

1975

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NR

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Sen o Krištofovi Kolumbusovi

1977

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NR

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Nový život

1973

Leť, ptáku leť! poster
6.8

Even a strict and not very popular teacher can achieve extraordinary popularity with his pupils. When their favourite teacher breaks his leg just before a bicycle trip, he is replaced by his strict colleague. Although his involuntary charges are not enthusiastic at first, they eventually become convinced that it is not good to immediately reject a person just because one does not get along with him at first...

Leť, ptáku leť!

1979

Penelopa poster
8.0

An emancipated restorer restores rare castle frescoes in an ancient village with figures of ancient heroines - and one of them, Penelope, resembles an old woman who has been waiting for the return of her husband and son for forty years, who have supposedly gone to work in America.

Penelopa

1978

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NR

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Pätnásť životov

1974

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6.0

A dramatic tale of a man's life marked by two world wars. The story is divided into two parts. The first part focuses on the life of the Dobrik couple after the outbreak of World War I, the second part develops the life events of their son Peter, who fought in the Red Army during World War II.

Stretnutie

1975

Dvere dokorán poster
NR

The story of a young college student who loses his parents and well-off family background in a car accident. He gradually finds inner balance with the help of a group of young workers whose friendship helps him overcome difficult life problems.

Dvere dokorán

1978

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NR

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Zlatá runa

1976

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10.0

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Hľadači svetla

1971

1960s · 8 titles

Interrupted Song poster
5.1

Young couple separated by World War 2, dream of being reunited years later.

Interrupted Song

1960

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NR

The freshly graduated engineer gradually sobers up from his student ideals and encounters a different reality than he had expected. Few people understand his resistance to the established conditions in a prosperous company, and the hero's personal conflicts with his superiors deepen. He recognises hypocrisy: people say something different from what they really think. He encounters sycophancy and calculation whether he stays in the country or moves to the big city.

Pre mňa nehrá blues

1965

The Barnabáš Kos Case poster
7.0

Barnabáš Kos, a meek and modest triangle-player in a state orchestra finds himself unfathomably promoted to musical director. Now drunk with power, the once timid musician turns into a poised, commanding peacock and seeks to transform the orchestra to suit his own agenda and inflated vision.

The Barnabáš Kos Case

1965

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8.0

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Čisté ruky

1968

Trip on the Danube poster
5.5

A group of Slovak tourists travels to Budapest on a luxury liner with a trio of eternal fortune-tellers, the former customs officer Hraško, the flirtatious Irena Domastová, who is divorcing her husband, the Petráš family, the old Mr. Garbiarik and the elegant Mr. Belan. Each of them, however, is pursuing other, their own interests on this voyage...

Trip on the Danube

1963

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NR

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Človek, ktorého zbili

1965

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NR

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Kôň v senáte

1967

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NR

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Akcia Strasser

1966

1950s · 2 titles

Series credits

No artwork available
9.0

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Povstalecká história

1984

Infidelity, Slovak Style poster
8.5

A comedy about three flirtatious woodcutters realistically capturing Slovak village life and criticizing insincerity, hypocrisy and male pride.

Infidelity, Slovak Style

1981

Red Wine poster
NR

An epic saga of the Habdza family of vineyard keepers set in western Slovakian countryside at the beginning of the 20th century. Director Andrej Lettrich's novel adaptation talks of plotting, forbidden love. family discord, and struggle for heritage and power. The story is engaging thanks to the impressive performances of popular actors, dramatic situations, and sensitive music. Red Wine is not so much inventive in terms of auteurship as it is a work of excellent craftsmanship. The resulting picture is a costume production neatly adapted to the character of Slovak rural life in the past.

Red Wine

1972

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NR

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Matej Bel z Očovej

1987

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NR

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Najkrajšie roky života

1977

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NR

A two-part TV drama about the life and work of Jozef Murgaš, a world-renowned inventor, talented painter, and Slovak patriot. The first part focuses mainly on his life in Slovakia and describes Murgaš's student years. He leaves the picturesque surroundings of his native Tajov to attend high school in Banská Bystrica and later, at his mother's request, continues his studies in theology at the Esztergom Seminary. However, his studies did not end with graduation from this faculty. His love of painting was stronger and led him first to a one-year art preparatory course in Budapest and then to the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. However, he was unable to complete his studies due to brutal intervention by the authorities. The second part depicts Murgaš's life in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in the United States. He worked there as a priest in the local church, which he built together with other Slovaks. He also contributed to the establishment of a school for Slovak children in Wilkes-Barre.

Reverend

1989