Acting

Marián Sotník

Born — Died

1944-04-23 — 1998-09-27

Known for

Acting

Credits

55 titles

Known for

Film credits

1980s · 18 titles

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NR

The film story of an old mountaineer from Zázrivá, takes place on the eve of Christmas Eve. Július Pántik stars in the lead role of the television film based on the short story of the same name by L. Nádaši - Jégé. It is a story about belonging and a deeply rooted sense of responsibility of an ordinary person.

Vianoce Adama Boronču

1988

The Willow Tree poster
9.0

An elderly man lives a solitary and rhythmic life by a dilapidated mill near a river. His days are spent almost entirely in silence, fishing under the shade of a massive, ancient willow tree that seems as old and weathered as he is. One Sunday, while fishing, he witnesses a murder.

The Willow Tree

1984

Frogs and other fish poster
6.0

A contemporary story about the emotional and moral coming-of-age of young people. Martin, 14, overcomes his first disappointment in love and discovers the false actions of his classmates and adults. Through his experiences, he learns to perceive life around him and comes to believe that it's impossible to avoid conflict and live in a permanent dream world.

Frogs and other fish

1986

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NR

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Recesia

1989

The Third Dragon poster
7.3

Schoolboys discover that if sitting in a certain rocky cliff area in the forest, they can memorize anything they read there for exams the following day. Turns out the rocky cliff has a cave in which they make an incredible discovery.

The Third Dragon

1985

I Judge You by Love poster
8.0

A sociological drama with a detective plot taking place in the period of industry and agriculture collectivization of the 1950s. Peter Lánik, a young lawyer, during a trial finds out that whom he thought to be his father is in fact only his stepfather. Little by little he learns about the tragic life of his parents as well as about the dramatical atmosphere of the forced cooperativization of village farms.

I Judge You by Love

1982

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NR

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Dirigent

1988

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NR

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Muž, ktorý sa dotkol Slnka

1980

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9.0

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Tvár v rose

1989

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NR

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Kto ste, Jozef Gabčík

1987

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7.0

Biographical film about the work of the young Klement Gottwald. The story depicts his stay in Banská Bystrica, where he edited the Slovak communist press and helped organise the communist revolutionary movement.

Zrelá mladosť

1983

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NR

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Magma

1984

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NR

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Vláčik do stanice víťazstvo

1985

Kľúče od mesta poster
NR

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Kľúče od mesta

1983

Syn človeka poster
NR

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Syn človeka

1981

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NR

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Najatý klaun

1981

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NR

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Jablonka

1989

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10.0

Premature motherhood causes serious emotional and psychological problems; the young mother, deceived in her first, still naive love, thinks that she has not yet enjoyed anything and already has to take care of the baby. Even finishing high school becomes a big problem, which requires a lot of self-sacrifice.

Predčasné leto

1983

1970s · 24 titles

Poéma o svedomí poster
10.0

Historical reconstruction of the events of the anti-fascist struggle in Slovakia in 1943 and 1944.

Poéma o svedomí

1979

Eden and After poster
6.2

A group of French students are drawn into the psychological and sexual games of a mysterious man called Duchemin. Once they sample his "fear powder" the students experience a series of hallucinations.

Eden and After

1970

Deň, ktorý neumrie poster
10.0

In the story of a partisan armored train crew operating in the rebel territory of Slovakia, the inner drama of Matúš Siroň, who hates war with a passion, unfolds. After managing to escape from the Eastern Front, he falls into German captivity. When he is liberated by partisans during a train transport, he initially refuses to fight. However, the circumstances of the Slovak National Uprising force him to change his mind...

Deň, ktorý neumrie

1974

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9.0

A man who was a communist MP during the First Republic joins the Slovak National Uprising, but is wounded and has to hide in a log cabin with others. However, an attempt to obtain false documents for the partisans almost causes a betrayal...

Horká zima

1974

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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

Krutá ľúbosť poster
10.0

A film based on short stories by K. Przerwu-Tetmajer's Grey Eyes and M. Urban's Melted Heart. The heroines of both stories are young women with the same name - Kristka. They fight for their love, they both love with humility and surrender, but when necessary, they can be decisive and uncompromising. One is cruel in her love, the other fights for it with touching tenderness and kindness. These are not idyllic loves; they are full of life, full of raging blood...

Krutá ľúbosť

1978

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NR

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Ďaleko je do neba

1973

Súkromná vojna poster
8.0

Slovak psychological drama from the end of World War II. The plot of the film takes place in a short period of time just before the outbreak of the uprising. It is the story of a man who wages his "private" war against the man who is responsible for the serious injury of his brother. The upcoming Slovak National Uprising becomes the backdrop for a model-built story that touches on stubborn personal revenge in a situation of war conflict, when human life loses all value. The actions of the main character thus sound like increasingly absurd actions, his motives and the impact of his actions are relativized, the very legitimacy of such a belief appears shaky.

Súkromná vojna

1978

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NR

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Zbojnícky tanec

1978

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7.0

A balladic story situated in a Slovak mountain region before the 2nd World War. A young man returns to his native village after many years. There he meets Zuna, a mysterious girl of the forest, who opens his eyes to the charming nature to perceive hidden corners of the world and of his own soul.

The Bride of the Mountains

1972

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At the beginning of normalization, stories emphasizing civic awareness once again prevailed. The hero here is a teacher from a small village in the foothills, whose inhabitants help the partisans in their fight against fascism. The hero, the only intellectual among them, agrees with them and educates not only his students in this spirit, but is also prepared to lay down his life for his ideals. When German soldiers occupy the village and force the teacher to cooperate, the model situation escalates.

Človek na moste

1972

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NR

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Zem nezasľúbená

1978

Skrytý prameň poster
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Levoča, first half of the 16th century. Master Paul creates his most famous work - a late Gothic altar in the Church of St. James. He has just recruited the carving companion Kristof into his service.

Skrytý prameň

1974

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NR

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Magduška

1979

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8.0

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Pustý dvor

1979

Tomorrow Will Be Too Late poster
10.0

1943. Captain Ian Nalepke, Chief of Staff of the Slovak regiment, bearing protection of military facilities in the small town of Belarus contacts the partisansand passes to them the obtained information about upcoming operations of the German forces.

Tomorrow Will Be Too Late

1972

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7.0

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Trofej neznámeho strelca

1974

Hriech Kataríny Padychovej poster
8.0

Štefan Padych loses a lawsuit against Šulgan, a local innkeeper to whom he owes money. Not wanting his wife and three-year-old daughter to starve, he decides to leave for France. However, after his departure, his wife Katarína Padych commits infidelity and becomes pregnant...

Hriech Kataríny Padychovej

1973

Maple and Juliana poster
7.0

A girl is transformed into a maple tree by her impulsive and angry mother. Three poor wandering musicians come by the tree and create instruments from it. Walking around the country instead of happiness they bring death everywhere with their cursed instruments. However they cannot get rid of them, unless they bury the wooden instruments at the place of the tree. The three are anything but harmonious, each taking in their disputes various stances.

Maple and Juliana

1973

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7.0

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Krčmársky kráľ

1971

Kamarátky poster
10.0

A psychological film about a young woman, mother of two, who is abandoned by her husband for her lover. The woman desperately seeks understanding and help from her two best friends. But they have neither the will nor the time to share her problems.

Kamarátky

1979

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NR

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Ring voľný

1970

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8.0

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.

Uzlíky nádeje

1979

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NR

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Kastelán

1977

1960s · 6 titles

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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 Seventh Continent poster
6.7

A group of children discover the new continent of the world, uninhabited by adults. Soon, many other children are joining them in that new paradise, leaving their parents and other adults baffled on all remaining continents.

The Seventh Continent

1966

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8.0

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Jeden deň pre starú paniu

1966

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7.2

A film about the dramatic lives of the people living in 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.

Living Whip

1967

Cradle poster
NR

A TV film based on a short story by Alfonz Bednár. A drama set during the Slovak National Uprising.

Cradle

1964

Master Executioner poster
5.2

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.

Master Executioner

1966

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