Július Vašek

Július Vašek

Born: December 29, 1926
Died: May 1, 2009
in Nove Zamky, Slovakia
Július Vašek (* December 29, 1926, Nové Zámky - † May 1, 2009, Bratislava) was a Slovak actor.

After finishing acting at the Bratislava Conservatory in 1954, he made his debut with the film Wooden Village, which was an adaptation of František Heček's novel. He has acted in more than fifty films. He mostly portrayed negative characters - nervous or emotional types of men in borderline situations, e.g. as well as the characters of guardsmen, German soldiers and, paradoxically, partisans in films from the Second World War, where his acting skills were most evident. Unforgettable was his performance in the films Captain Dabač, Romance for flugelhorn and Pacho, Hybské zbojník. However, he was most famous for the character of Prašivec in Martin Hollé's film Copper Tower and especially Orlie Feather. In the 1970s, he was at the peak of his acting career. Undoubtedly, one of the most important tasks of his acting career is the portrayal of the mysterious character of Karol Neuman in the Czech film The Case of the Dead Man, in which he played the main role. He was also excellent in the character of Pančuch in the film Red Wine. He got his last chance in the Czech sci-fi film The Last Move.

Movies for Július Vašek...

Obeť
Title: Obeť
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
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Poslední přesun
Title: Poslední přesun
Released: April 27, 1995
Type: Movie
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Vymyslení ľudia
Title: Vymyslení ľudia
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
A comedic speculative story about a screenwriter who one day discovers that he shares the same fate as his characters. He too becomes just a character in a life scenario that someone invents.
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Pavilón číslo 6
Title: Pavilón číslo 6
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
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Koleso osudu
Title: Koleso osudu
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
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Lorenzaccio
Title: Lorenzaccio
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
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Fuente ovejuna
Title: Fuente ovejuna
Character: Alonso
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
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Muž, ktorý skorumpoval Hadleyburg
Title: Muž, ktorý skorumpoval Hadleyburg
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
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Letiace tiene
Title: Letiace tiene
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
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Staroružová dráma
Title: Staroružová dráma
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
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Hody
Title: Hody
Character: Gabrielin otec
Released: May 1, 1988
Type: Movie
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Dirigent
Title: Dirigent
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
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Exemplárny prípad
Title: Exemplárny prípad
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
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The Galoshes of Happiness
Title: The Galoshes of Happiness
Released: April 1, 1987
Type: Movie
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Title: Tá tajovská voda mútna
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: TV
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Gottšalk
Title: Gottšalk
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
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Sudca vo vlastnej pasci
Title: Sudca vo vlastnej pasci
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
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Marka Nalezenka
Title: Marka Nalezenka
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
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Hlupákovo šťastie
Title: Hlupákovo šťastie
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
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Štvrtá hlava draka
Title: Štvrtá hlava draka
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
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Man Is Not Desirable
Title: Man Is Not Desirable
Released: March 1, 1984
Type: Movie
A young teacher grows up in a small Slovak village during the Second World War.
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Title: The Physician of a Dying Time
Released: February 20, 1984
Type: TV
Series about the life of Renaissance anatomist, scholar and politic Johannes Jessenius. Already legendary series today, was produced by Czechoslovak Television Bratislava, directed by Slovak director Miroslav Luther in the first half of 80's in Barrandov Studios in Prague. The story and screenplay of the series wrote Czech writer Vladimír Körner. Five-episodes epic historical narration is a biographical story of distinguished Renaissance scholar, anatomist and politic of Slovak origin, Johannes Jessenius (Ján Jesenský, 1566–1621). It displays his life from the first studies and successes. In 1594 he became professor of surgery and anatomy on Wittenberg University, which he had attended years before. From that moment, his life went through social and personal wins and losses, to the sad end on the Prague Old Town Square gallows, among 27 noblemen, knights and burgenses, after lose Bohemian Revolt in 1621. His destiny was coupled with key events of Czech history in the break of 16th and 17th century, when Renaissance and European humanism slowly fade out.
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Title: Povstalecká história
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: TV
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Umenie komédie
Title: Umenie komédie
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
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Title: Vzbúrené mesto
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: TV
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Pavilón šeliem
Title: Pavilón šeliem
Released: April 1, 1983
Type: Movie
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Cukor
Title: Cukor
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
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Title: Rozprávky pätnástich sestier
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: TV
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Chlapec a husle
Title: Chlapec a husle
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
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Pražská terčovnica
Title: Pražská terčovnica
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
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Fénix
Title: Fénix
Released: September 18, 1981
Type: Movie
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Title: Na baňu klopajú
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: TV
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Title: Šiel tovariš svetom
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: TV
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Hlúpa rozprávka
Title: Hlúpa rozprávka
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
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Syn človeka
Title: Syn človeka
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
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Prípad Evy Burdovej
Title: Prípad Evy Burdovej
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
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Revenge
Title: Revenge
Released: June 6, 1980
Type: Movie
A teenager gets into a difficult situation due to several causes and tries to hide. His relations to others will decide his further life course.
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Julek
Title: Julek
Released: May 9, 1980
Type: Movie
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Hordubal
Title: Hordubal
Released: April 25, 1980
Type: Movie
After five years of hard work in America Juraj Hordubal (Anatoliy Kuznetsov) returns back home. He is looking forward to his wife Polana (Libuse Geprtová) and his little daughter Hafie. The family and the village welcome him with hesitation. Everybody believed that Juraj died in America because Polana stopped receiving money from him already two years ago. Polana's farm was prospering first of all thanks to the young stable boy Stepán (Sándor Oszter). Men in the pub first indicate and then say to Juraj directly that Polana has been unfaithful to him with Stepán.
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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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Title: Moje kone vrané
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: TV
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Karate-gi
Title: Karate-gi
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
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Najatý klaun
Title: Najatý klaun
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
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Title: Svadba bez nevesty
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: TV
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Rosnička
Title: Rosnička
Released: September 14, 1979
Type: Movie
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Blízke diaľavy
Title: Blízke diaľavy
Released: July 6, 1979
Type: Movie
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Chobotnica
Title: Chobotnica
Character: Dyk
Released: July 2, 1979
Type: Movie
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Pustý dvor
Title: Pustý dvor
Released: February 23, 1979
Type: Movie
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Title: Ve znamení Merkura
Released: January 7, 1979
Type: TV
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Smrť chodí po horách
Title: Smrť chodí po horách
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
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Title: Dobrí ľudia ešte žijú
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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Title: Útek zo zlatej krajiny
Character: Carmac
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: TV
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Moment kritického zaťaženia
Title: Moment kritického zaťaženia
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
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Lvi salónů
Title: Lvi salónů
Released: December 1, 1978
Type: Movie
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Súkromná vojna
Title: Súkromná vojna
Released: May 5, 1978
Type: Movie
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The Lawyer
Title: The Lawyer
Released: March 17, 1978
Type: Movie
The story of a young lawyer who finds herself in a difficult situation when she encounters troubles in her burgeoning career and complications in private her life.
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Nie
Title: Nie
Released: February 24, 1978
Type: Movie
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Príbelská vzbura Janka Kráľa
Title: Príbelská vzbura Janka Kráľa
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
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Druhá láska
Title: Druhá láska
Character: Veghegyi
Released: December 25, 1977
Type: Movie
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Odsúdenie Paganiniho
Title: Odsúdenie Paganiniho
Released: December 19, 1977
Type: Movie
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Chlapi
Title: Chlapi
Released: December 5, 1977
Type: Movie
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Slnko vychádza nad Prašivou
Title: Slnko vychádza nad Prašivou
Released: August 26, 1977
Type: Movie
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Škola klebiet
Title: Škola klebiet
Released: July 8, 1977
Type: Movie
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Title: Americká tragédia
Released: May 16, 1977
Type: TV
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Sen o Krištofovi Kolumbusovi
Title: Sen o Krištofovi Kolumbusovi
Released: January 17, 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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Zelená košeľa
Title: Zelená košeľa
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
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Title: Sváko Ragan
Released: December 24, 1976
Type: TV
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Dni Turbinovcov
Title: Dni Turbinovcov
Released: November 22, 1976
Type: Movie
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Tereza
Title: Tereza
Released: September 13, 1976
Type: Movie
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One Silver Piece
Title: One Silver Piece
Character: Gabor
Released: August 17, 1976
Type: Movie
It is summer 1944. The war is far away from Slovak mountains for the time being. The head of forest management Borodác brings a new employee to complete the eight woodcutters work team of Czechs, Slovaks and one Pole - the young guy is Martin Uher, a former clerk form Prague. The eight tough men do not trust the newcomer at first, but as time is passing, they got used to him. After some time, Martin gets next to Julika, a young wife of the gamekeeper Tkác (Vlado Müller) and they begin to go out secretly. The gamekeeper knows that Martin had promised to cooperate with German Gestapo, after he had experienced a hard interrogation. In avoiding to be a grass, Martin leaves Prague to hide in Slovak mountains. Tkác wants Martin to inform on his colleagues who hide guns in the forest to ready to use them against Nazis.
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Pacho, the Brigand of Hybe
Title: Pacho, the Brigand of Hybe
Character: Mišo
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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Stroskotanie Danubia
Title: Stroskotanie Danubia
Released: April 30, 1976
Type: Movie
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Title: My sme malí muzikanti
Character: (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: TV
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Strieborný prach
Title: Strieborný prach
Released: December 24, 1975
Type: Movie
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Studené podnebie
Title: Studené podnebie
Released: September 29, 1975
Type: Movie
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Případ mrtvého muže
Title: Případ mrtvého muže
Released: May 30, 1975
Type: Movie
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Do zbrane, kuruci
Title: Do zbrane, kuruci
Released: October 4, 1974
Type: Movie
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Deň, ktorý neumrie
Title: Deň, ktorý neumrie
Released: August 23, 1974
Type: Movie
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People from the Subway
Title: People from the Subway
Released: May 17, 1974
Type: Movie
Three short stories. Prague finally sees the approval of the subway construction. Thousands of individuals took part in preparing, course and finalizing construction of subway and their lives crossed at certain points of this construction.
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Veľké pokušenie
Title: Veľké pokušenie
Released: May 13, 1974
Type: Movie
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Prípad krásnej nerestnice
Title: Prípad krásnej nerestnice
Released: April 12, 1974
Type: Movie
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Skrytý prameň
Title: Skrytý prameň
Released: January 18, 1974
Type: Movie
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Siroty
Title: Siroty
Character: (voice)
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
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The Legend of the Silver Fir
Title: The Legend of the Silver Fir
Character: Lojzek Hojger
Released: December 28, 1973
Type: Movie
According to one Beskydy Mountains legend, if you do a good deed you will see silver trees. Little Ondra knows trees like that. In his family's cottage hangs a picture showing silver firs, a person falling from a height and a watch. In art lessons Ondra paints trees of the same kind. - One day Lojzek Hojgr, a man who climbs fir trees to gather the seeds, comes to see Ondra's parents. Long-ago Ondra's father has had such a job and Lojzek is his long-time friend. Hojgr moves into a half-ruined wood cabin. Ondra's father takes him on a visit to Lojzek and both demonstrate the beautiful but dangerous work of seed-gathering to the boy.
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Maple and Juliana
Title: Maple and Juliana
Character: Soldier
Released: March 2, 1973
Type: Movie
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.
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Dvě věci pro život
Title: Dvě věci pro život
Released: February 23, 1973
Type: Movie
After returning home from the army, Vasek (Ladislav Potmesil) has married Bozka (Eva Trejtnarová) and the couple now live at her parents' house. Vasek is unhappy both with his work and with sharing the house with Bozka's parents. He and his friend Ruda (Oldrich Vlach) decide to take a temporary job in Ostrava for a year. Bozka is against this, but Vasek gets his way. Mining is hard work but Vasek gradually adapts to it. He gets homesick from time to time and wants to go back, but his pride always wins out. Once he really does travel back to see Bozka, but he doesn't find her at home.
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Letokruhy
Title: Letokruhy
Released: January 5, 1973
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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Mŕtve oči
Title: Mŕtve oči
Released: September 29, 1972
Type: Movie
Television film, based on Rudolf Jašík's novel of the same name, tells the story of a blind boy rejected by his own family.
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Eagle Feather
Title: Eagle Feather
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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And Give My Love to the Swallows
Title: And Give My Love to the Swallows
Character: Father
Released: May 26, 1972
Type: Movie
This film, chronicling the last days of Czech resistance fighter Maruska Kuderikova (played by Magda Vasaryova), is based on her diaries. Though she was tortured and eventually executed by the Nazis, her diaries indicate that she was optimistic for the humanity of her captors and did not by any means hate them. Told with simple dignity, this film makes clear why Maruska became a national hero.
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Title: Bakaláři
Released: February 19, 1972
Type: TV
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Anglická blcha v cárskom Rusku
Title: Anglická blcha v cárskom Rusku
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
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Igor a výmyselníci
Title: Igor a výmyselníci
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
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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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Zlozor
Title: Zlozor
Released: May 21, 1971
Type: Movie
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Adrift
Title: Adrift
Character: Jánoš Gabay (voice)
Released: February 12, 1971
Type: Movie
A fisherman saves Anada, a woman adrift, from drowning. He takes her to his home, and protects her. Eventually, she occupies a larger place than was to be expected. He commits adultery with her, but his own wife seems to be in love with the strange young woman.
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Čarodejný nápoj
Title: Čarodejný nápoj
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
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The Copper Tower
Title: The Copper Tower
Character: Prasivec
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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Title: Bašta
Released: April 27, 1970
Type: TV
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Judgement
Title: Judgement
Released: April 16, 1970
Type: Movie
The film is a historic parable about the topicality of revolution. 1514. The peasants' uprising is over, Dózsa has been arrested. Werbőczy tries to get the imprisoned peasant leader deny the revolution and offers him the lives of his people in exchange.
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Title: Prípad jasnovidca Hanussena
Released: February 2, 1970
Type: TV
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Title: Generácia
Released: August 25, 1969
Type: TV
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Stopy na Sitne
Title: Stopy na Sitne
Character: Hübschmann (voice)
Released: January 30, 1969
Type: Movie
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Symetrála
Title: Symetrála
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
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Title: Portrét Doriana Graya
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: TV
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The Deserter and the Nomads
Title: The Deserter and the Nomads
Character: Bergman (segment "Zbehovia") (voice)
Released: December 6, 1968
Type: Movie
An apocalyptic story of three wars in three film tales encompassing the end of the WWI,WWII, as well as a vision of the world destroyed by nuclear weapons. This film was honored at the film festivals in Venice and Sorrento. Immediately after that the copy with Italian subtitles was locked in a safe as evidence of the anti-communist activities of the director, who used real footage of the Soviet invasion.
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Niet inej cesty
Title: Niet inej cesty
Released: September 20, 1968
Type: Movie
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The Man Who Lies
Title: The Man Who Lies
Character: Vladimir
Released: March 27, 1968
Type: Movie
A man may or may not have betrayed a resistance fighter during World War II. He has supposedly been shot down by the Nazis and wanders into town. Mourning the death of an unseen comrade, he is taken in by the family of the dead rebel. He engages in a superfluous affair and witnesses the lesbian relationship between the man's sister and a female servant. When passions subside, the family has doubts about the reliability of the man's story.
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Smrť Márie Jankovskej
Title: Smrť Márie Jankovskej
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
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The Ballad of Seven Hanged Men
Title: The Ballad of Seven Hanged Men
Character: Commander of executions
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
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.
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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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Romance for Bugle
Title: Romance for Bugle
Released: March 3, 1967
Type: Movie
A lyrical story about first love, death and disappointment, based on a poem of the same title.
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Majster kat
Title: Majster kat
Released: August 5, 1966
Type: Movie
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.
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Námestie svätej Alžbety
Title: Námestie svätej Alžbety
Character: Ján Flórik
Released: January 21, 1966
Type: Movie
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Na brehu priezračnej rieky
Title: Na brehu priezračnej rieky
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
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Kubo
Title: Kubo
Released: January 1, 1965
Type: Movie
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Prípad pre obhajcu
Title: Prípad pre obhajcu
Released: December 25, 1964
Type: Movie
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Kto si bez viny...
Title: Kto si bez viny...
Released: January 17, 1964
Type: Movie
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Lucie
Title: Lucie
Released: January 10, 1964
Type: Movie
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Title: Sám vojak v poli
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: TV
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Šesť postáv hľadá autora
Title: Šesť postáv hľadá autora
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
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Title: Mŕtvi nespievajú
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: TV
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Marína Havranová
Title: Marína Havranová
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
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Tam za lesem
Title: Tam za lesem
Released: November 23, 1962
Type: Movie
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Bílá oblaka
Title: Bílá oblaka
Released: October 26, 1962
Type: Movie
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Brothers
Title: Brothers
Released: August 24, 1962
Type: Movie
A bricklayer, Jozef Haviar, decides to live with his family on the small farm of his father through the difficult years of the economic crisis. But on his return to his father's house he gets into a conflict with his brother. The life-and-death conflict between the two brothers documents the difficult situation of Slovak country life in the 1930s, the time of economic depression.
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Pokorené rieky
Title: Pokorené rieky
Character: Korba (voice)
Released: March 9, 1962
Type: Movie
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The Song of the Grey Pigeon
Title: The Song of the Grey Pigeon
Released: May 1, 1961
Type: Movie
An unusual children's film set during World War II in Czechoslovakia, this compelling drama unfolds five different segments that present the war through the eyes of three youngsters. The three have a series of adventures which include saving a soldier from being captured by the Germans, helping out the resistance fighters, and meeting up with a young Russian woman trained in guerrilla warfare. As they learn more about life and danger, various circumstances constantly recall the reality of war itself. The title comes from a wounded pigeon under the care of one of the youngsters.
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Interrupted Song
Title: Interrupted Song
Released: May 13, 1960
Type: Movie
Young couple separated by World War 2, dream of being reunited years later.
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Skaly a ľudia
Title: Skaly a ľudia
Released: March 5, 1960
Type: Movie
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Smrť sa volá Engelchen
Title: Smrť sa volá Engelchen
Released: January 1, 1960
Type: Movie
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Kapitán Dabač
Title: Kapitán Dabač
Released: November 6, 1959
Type: Movie
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V hodine dvanástej
Title: V hodine dvanástej
Character: Officer
Released: August 28, 1959
Type: Movie
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Štyridsaťštyri
Title: Štyridsaťštyri
Character: Matej Frujak
Released: February 14, 1958
Type: Movie
Drama about the rebellion of the Trencín Infantry Regiment against its superior officers in the Serbian city of Kragujevac, at the end of the First World War. It was the biggest and deadliest rebellion in the Austro-Hungarian army.
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The Devil Does Not Sleep
Title: The Devil Does Not Sleep
Released: May 17, 1957
Type: Movie
Episodic film consisting of three satirical shorts ('Smutný káder', 'Typický prípad' and 'Vel'korysá kampaň') comically exposing the shortcomings of society. In the interval between each short, a committee recognising themselves in the characters on screen, voice their approval or disapproval of each film.
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Mišo sebepán
Title: Mišo sebepán
Released: February 17, 1956
Type: Movie
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The Wooden Village
Title: The Wooden Village
Released: February 18, 1955
Type: Movie
Slovak movie is based on the novel by the prominent representative of Slovak prose František Hečka, who was in 1952 awarded the State Prize. The novel and the movie successfully capture the development of Slovak village after the liberation in 1945. The narrative is centred around the characters of the old Púplava, who after the liberation begins to organise a new village life, and his struggle for the construction of settlements Mrzáčky, burnt by the fascists. It is centred around the conflict, greatly reflecting the situation of the countryside at this time: the conflict between the rural poor and the rural rich. In the movie, a rich personal and emotional life of other heroes pulsate besides the main storyline. The movie ends with the final defeat of the reactionary forces by Communists in February 1948, taking over all power in the state of workers and peasants. - "The Wooden Village" is released in celebration of the 7th anniversary of the Communist February Victory.