Ivan Rajniak

Ivan Rajniak

Born: July 10, 1931
Died: February 23, 1999
in Hybe, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]
Ivan Rajniak was born on July 10, 1931 in the picturesque Liptov village of Hybe. Another important Slovak actor - Ondrej Jariabek - was born here for interest.

Already at the age of 11, Rajniak appeared in the film LETO POD KRIVÁŇOM. The screenplay for this film was written by his native (Jariabek). Ivan Rajniak was terribly drawn to Bratislava, where he began studying at the Academy of Performing Arts. He graduated from this school in 1957.

Košice became the first work of Ivan Rajniak. He was in the State Theater until 1966. It is interesting that he created the characters that are the basis of world theater (HAMLET, RÓMEO). In 1966 he joined the SND in Bratislava. He worked here for 33 years.

Rajniak's theatrical work is full of characters that Ivan Rajniak played wonderfully, we need to remember Bezuchov (War and Peace), Belana (Sonata for the Peacock), Grand Khan Kublai (Millionaire Marko). Rajniak also liked to play in comedies as a Collection Center, and it is a great pity that there were less than serious comedies.

In the 1960s and 1970s, Ivan Rajniak was one of the busiest Slovak actors in television and film. He portrayed the characters of tough guys (partisans, villagers). In television films, let us recall the character of godfather Trnka (Rysavá jalovica), where he excelled together with Jozef Króner. He also had a beautiful role in RED WINE (Oliver).

He played many characters in the films, one of which entered the history of Slovak film. He is the character of "chatter, smuggler, poor man in bear skin" VALÉRA in films by director Martin Hollé (MEDENNA TOWER, ORLIE PIERKO).

After 1989, he fell into oblivion and retreated to privacy. He loved the mountains infinitely and was an avid hunter. He left quietly in the presence of his wife on February 23, 1999 in Bratislava. He is buried in his native village and his natives unveiled a memorial plaque to him on the occasion of the 75th anniversary.

Ivan Rajniak remained in our hearts as VALÉR - a real man.

Movies for Ivan Rajniak...

Dúhová cesta
Title: Dúhová cesta
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
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Zuzanka Hraškovie
Title: Zuzanka Hraškovie
Character: Vojak
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
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Staroružová dráma
Title: Staroružová dráma
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
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Holič Britva a duch Vydriduch
Title: Holič Britva a duch Vydriduch
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
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Dulcinea z Tobosa
Title: Dulcinea z Tobosa
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
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Posledná hodina
Title: Posledná hodina
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
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Hriech
Title: Hriech
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Dramatization of four classic one-act plays by J. G. Tajovský: "Hriech" (Sin, 1911), "Tma" (Darkness, 1912), "V službe" (In the Service, 1911) and "Matka" (Mother, 1906), which capture the image of social changes and changes in people's thinking prior to the First World War.
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O všetečnom zvedavcovi
Title: O všetečnom zvedavcovi
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
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Title: To je váš prípad, Šetaffy
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: TV
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Zbohom, sladké driemoty
Title: Zbohom, sladké driemoty
Released: April 1, 1984
Type: Movie
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Drahý strýčko
Title: Drahý strýčko
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
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Title: Vzbúrené mesto
Character: Zvončiar
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: TV
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Dedova truhlica
Title: Dedova truhlica
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
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Predčasné leto
Title: Predčasné leto
Released: June 1, 1983
Type: Movie
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Husiarka a kráľ
Title: Husiarka a kráľ
Character: Gazda
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
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Title: Reťazenie
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: TV
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Trieda plná pýchy
Title: Trieda plná pýchy
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
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Dozrievanie
Title: Dozrievanie
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
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Hodiny
Title: Hodiny
Released: January 23, 1981
Type: Movie
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Maškaráda
Title: Maškaráda
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
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Fatamorgána
Title: Fatamorgána
Character: Jasper
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
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Title: Na baňu klopajú
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: TV
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Ostrov
Title: Ostrov
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
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Zaujímaví muži
Title: Zaujímaví muži
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
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Svadba Arneho Jurgu
Title: Svadba Arneho Jurgu
Character: Arne Jurga
Released: May 26, 1980
Type: Movie
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Dnes platí regulačný stupeň č. 6
Title: Dnes platí regulačný stupeň č. 6
Released: February 26, 1980
Type: Movie
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Jennie Gerhardtová
Title: Jennie Gerhardtová
Released: January 7, 1980
Type: Movie
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Zimozel
Title: Zimozel
Character: Krúpa
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
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Falošný peniaz
Title: Falošný peniaz
Character: Jefimov
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
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Aký požičaj – taký vráť
Title: Aký požičaj – taký vráť
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
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Title: Svadba bez nevesty
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: TV
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Nebezpečné známosti
Title: Nebezpečné známosti
Character: Gercourt
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
The beautiful, bright and intelligent, but perfectly mischievous Marquise de Mertuil and her charming and equally depraved and ruthless friend, the master of seduction Vicomte de Valmont play a cynical game full of intrigue. The marquise is willing to devote one night full of passion to the viscount. However, on the condition that the viscount first deflowers the innocent Cecile de Volanges, who is to marry her former lover. In the end, they themselves become victims of their own dangerous game.
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Pustý dvor
Title: Pustý dvor
Released: February 23, 1979
Type: Movie
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Title: Barbora Rösselová
Character: Ficko
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: TV
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Uzlíky nádeje
Title: Uzlíky nádeje
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
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.
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Zlodej známok
Title: Zlodej známok
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
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Smrť chodí po horách
Title: Smrť chodí po horách
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
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Sonatína pre páva
Title: Sonatína pre páva
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
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Nie
Title: Nie
Released: February 24, 1978
Type: Movie
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Krutá ľúbosť
Title: Krutá ľúbosť
Character: Paľo Badáň (voice)
Released: February 17, 1978
Type: Movie
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Zlatý dážď
Title: Zlatý dážď
Released: January 9, 1978
Type: Movie
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Horúci dych
Title: Horúci dych
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
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Elektra
Title: Elektra
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
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Title: Sesternica Beta
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: TV
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Zbojnícky tanec
Title: Zbojnícky tanec
Character: bača Stieranka
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
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Vysoká cena
Title: Vysoká cena
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
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Stôl pre štrnástich
Title: Stôl pre štrnástich
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
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Vraj cholera!
Title: Vraj cholera!
Character: Báťa Martin Maliar
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
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Einsteinov úsmev
Title: Einsteinov úsmev
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
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Title: Nech žije deduško
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: TV
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Title: Červený muškát
Released: July 25, 1977
Type: TV
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Vacations at Grandma's
Title: Vacations at Grandma's
Released: July 5, 1977
Type: Movie
An original television film about a city who goes to the village for vacations and finds real friends there.
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Poslední parlamentári
Title: Poslední parlamentári
Released: May 8, 1977
Type: Movie
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Rose Tinted Dreams
Title: Rose Tinted Dreams
Character: Dežo Daniel
Released: April 8, 1977
Type: Movie
Jakub, a dreamer and budding magician, juggles between parcels and services rendered to the villagers. His eyes cross that of the beautiful gypsy Jolanka. Together, they will try to live a first and big love, despite the pressure of their respective communities.
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Skrat
Title: Skrat
Released: April 4, 1977
Type: Movie
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Obhajoba sa nekoná
Title: Obhajoba sa nekoná
Released: January 31, 1977
Type: Movie
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Rozdelení
Title: Rozdelení
Released: January 21, 1977
Type: Movie
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Title: Jedenáste prikázanie
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: TV
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Title: Louis Pasteur
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: TV
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Andersonvillský proces
Title: Andersonvillský proces
Released: November 15, 1976
Type: Movie
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Title: Tridsaťdeväť stupňov v tieni
Released: October 23, 1976
Type: TV
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Do posledného dychu
Title: Do posledného dychu
Released: August 20, 1976
Type: Movie
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Pacho, the Brigand of Hybe
Title: Pacho, the Brigand of Hybe
Released: July 2, 1976
Type: Movie
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.
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Šepkajúci fantóm
Title: Šepkajúci fantóm
Released: May 28, 1976
Type: Movie
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Prvá nadovšetky
Title: Prvá nadovšetky
Released: April 19, 1976
Type: Movie
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Demižón
Title: Demižón
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
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Serenáda pre Martinu
Title: Serenáda pre Martinu
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
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Blízki cudzí ľudia
Title: Blízki cudzí ľudia
Released: December 25, 1975
Type: Movie
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Title: Vivat Beňovský!
Character: Mallandre
Released: October 6, 1975
Type: TV
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Title: Ľudia z kanálovej štvrte
Released: February 17, 1975
Type: TV
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Title: Buddenbrookovci
Released: January 13, 1975
Type: TV
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Ex libris
Title: Ex libris
Released: January 1, 1975
Type: Movie
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Title: Kamarátka pre nás dvoch
Released: January 1, 1975
Type: TV
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Trasovisko
Title: Trasovisko
Released: September 30, 1974
Type: Movie
Television adaptation of Štefan Králik's play. A psychological drama from the interwar period, it depicts the story of a village married couple who live together for seven years, but the desired child does not come. Into this situation comes the husband's younger brother, a world traveler who wants half of the property. He threatens the woman that he will reveal to her the lapse from her youth, because of which she cannot have a child. A husband finds a dropped child. He decides to take him in and raise him, and after his brother's departure, to live in understanding with his wife again, despite the disappointment she has prepared for him.
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Title: Kronika
Released: August 28, 1974
Type: TV
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Deň, ktorý neumrie
Title: Deň, ktorý neumrie
Released: August 23, 1974
Type: Movie
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Trofej neznámeho strelca
Title: Trofej neznámeho strelca
Released: July 5, 1974
Type: Movie
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Drotárova svadba
Title: Drotárova svadba
Released: June 3, 1974
Type: Movie
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V tieni šedivých lúk
Title: V tieni šedivých lúk
Released: June 3, 1974
Type: Movie
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Piková dáma
Title: Piková dáma
Released: January 7, 1974
Type: Movie
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Jaríkovský kostol
Title: Jaríkovský kostol
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
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Šuster, drž sa kopyta!
Title: Šuster, drž sa kopyta!
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
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Putovanie do San Jaga
Title: Putovanie do San Jaga
Released: November 16, 1973
Type: Movie
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Víťazný pád
Title: Víťazný pád
Released: October 29, 1973
Type: Movie
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Srdce na lane
Title: Srdce na lane
Released: September 7, 1973
Type: Movie
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Adam Chvojka vicerichtár
Title: Adam Chvojka vicerichtár
Released: March 1, 1973
Type: Movie
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Ďaleko je do neba
Title: Ďaleko je do neba
Released: February 26, 1973
Type: Movie
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Kamaráti
Title: Kamaráti
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
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Návšteva
Title: Návšteva
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
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Timon Aténsky
Title: Timon Aténsky
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
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Žiarlivosť
Title: Žiarlivosť
Released: December 26, 1972
Type: Movie
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Title: Red Wine
Released: December 22, 1972
Type: TV
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.
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Zajtra bude neskoro
Title: Zajtra bude neskoro
Released: December 14, 1972
Type: Movie
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.
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Eagle Feather
Title: Eagle Feather
Character: Starec
Released: August 25, 1972
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: V tieni vlkov
Released: August 24, 1972
Type: TV
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Title: Bakaláři
Released: February 19, 1972
Type: TV
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Hájnikova žena
Title: Hájnikova žena
Released: December 25, 1971
Type: Movie
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Title: Mŕtve duše
Released: October 11, 1971
Type: TV
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Hľadači svetla
Title: Hľadači svetla
Released: August 27, 1971
Type: Movie
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Kráľ sa zabáva
Title: Kráľ sa zabáva
Released: June 21, 1971
Type: Movie
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Rysavá jalovica
Title: Rysavá jalovica
Character: Trnka
Released: April 12, 1971
Type: Movie
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Klinko a Kompit kráľ
Title: Klinko a Kompit kráľ
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
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The Copper Tower
Title: The Copper Tower
Character: Valier
Released: August 28, 1970
Type: Movie
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.
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Ako dvaja našli šťastie
Title: Ako dvaja našli šťastie
Released: January 1, 1970
Type: Movie
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Ring voľný
Title: Ring voľný
Released: January 1, 1970
Type: Movie
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Strieborný Neptún
Title: Strieborný Neptún
Released: January 1, 1970
Type: Movie
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Title: Generácia
Released: August 25, 1969
Type: TV
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„Od štvrtka do zmŕtvychvstania...“
Title: „Od štvrtka do zmŕtvychvstania...“
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
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Niet inej cesty
Title: Niet inej cesty
Released: September 20, 1968
Type: Movie
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Rok na dedine
Title: Rok na dedine
Character: Smrčina
Released: May 21, 1968
Type: Movie
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Three Daughters
Title: Three Daughters
Character: Demko
Released: February 2, 1968
Type: Movie
A classical ballad motif about an aging father and his three daughters is quite unusually here set against the backdrop of Czechoslovakia of the 1950s. After having been expropriated, the former landowner Majda seeks refuge with his three daughters whom he had sent to a convent a long time ago. But only the youngest one is able to forgive him and she is willing to take care of him despite the threat of expulsion from the order.
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Malka
Title: Malka
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
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Lúčka, na ktorej spáva vietor
Title: Lúčka, na ktorej spáva vietor
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
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Matka
Title: Matka
Character: Jano
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
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The Pickpockets
Title: The Pickpockets
Released: November 16, 1967
Type: Movie
As unbelievable as it sounds, a stint in prison can really fix things. The old seasoned pickpocket will serve many years before he is released, but he comes out a changed man. He even dares to refuse the lures and threats of an all-powerful criminal gang to cooperate with him.
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Tango pre medveďa
Title: Tango pre medveďa
Released: March 31, 1967
Type: Movie
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Miraculous Virgin
Title: Miraculous Virgin
Character: Raven (voice)
Released: January 20, 1967
Type: Movie
A film adaptation of the novelette of the same title written by Dominik Tatarka depicts the life of a young generation of artists that was formed in Slovakia during the war. Anabella, a young and beautiful girl meets a group of artists. She awakens their erotic desires but also pure feelings of love; she becomes the object of their secret fantasies as well as their artistic inspiration. And it seems that the boundaries between reality and fantasy suddenly cease to exist.
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Sedem svedkov
Title: Sedem svedkov
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
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Rázcestie
Title: Rázcestie
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
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Tri gaštanové kone
Title: Tri gaštanové kone
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
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Zlaté jabĺčko
Title: Zlaté jabĺčko
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
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Česť
Title: Česť
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
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The Bells Toll for the Barefooted
Title: The Bells Toll for the Barefooted
Character: Stašek
Released: September 4, 1965
Type: Movie
A dramatic story from the end of WW II and a remarkable contemplation of the value of true friendship, meaning and purpose oflife or the possibility to be humane even in inhuma ne conditions. In a frosty mountain setting a cruel struggle for life takes place. After a fight, two partisans return to their brigade carrying along a young German soldier as a captive. But suddenly, amidst the hopelessness of barren mountains. all protagonists find themselves in a liminal existential situation.
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Úplně vyřízený chlap
Title: Úplně vyřízený chlap
Released: May 21, 1965
Type: Movie
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Výhybka
Title: Výhybka
Released: November 14, 1963
Type: Movie
A story of two old friends, who after ten years - one as the deputy director and the other as the chairman of the party organization - meet on a large construction site.
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Pokorené rieky
Title: Pokorené rieky
Released: March 9, 1962
Type: Movie
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Most na tú stranu
Title: Most na tú stranu
Released: January 26, 1962
Type: Movie