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Cinka Panna (2008)
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The most famous gypsy prima donna, Cinka Panna, lived and worked in the 18th century at the crossroads of two worlds: the aristocracy she played for and the gypsy community in which she lived her private life. A community that had its own rules of existence. In the spirit of tradition, she was sold into marriage. A young woman's desire is to succeed in a traditionally male profession. To become the first prima donna. But the goal requires sacrifice. Historical, narrative, the story captures a universal theme: the struggle for recognition and a place in the world. It reminds us that times and costumes change, but human problems remain... And these are what make the film's story timeless.
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Prípad na vidieku (1993)
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Today‘s eastern Slovakia. The historian Rimko returns here after many years with his young lover to search for answers to the difficult questions of his own life attitudes, mistakes and moral debts in the land of his childhood. His life seems to be balanced even in the hectic times of political changes of recent years. Having worked for twenty years as an expert on the Middle Ages, he feels himself to be a decent man, moderately successful in his profession, and ultimately attractive in his maturity and discretion to his much younger partner. And yet he is eager to prove to himself and his former friends that it is possible to catch up and pay off old debts. Even the seemingly idyllic setting for a beautiful holiday is marred by the brutality of the times - a military defector with stolen ammunition desperately seeks refuge.
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Jakubov rebrík (1993)
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A nostalgic story about the birth of a movie star and a sad love. A Hollywood dream - the desire of thousands of girls to shine in the movie sky, but also hope and disappointment, the toll of success, the endless waiting for the right one to discover their beauty and talent. This is also the story of Jenny, who found her benefactor in Jacob. This is an intellectual full of doubts about the meaning of his own life and a sad comforter of the lonely, unable to realize his own artistic ambitions except in the fate of others. Alongside him, Jenny comes to know the glitter and glory of "stardom," but also the haunting burden of a debt that is difficult to repay.
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Ráno pod mesiacom (1979)
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An intimate family story full of dramatic relationships and the desire for eternal values such as love and understanding. A confrontation of two worlds, two lives and a solution to the problem of how mature we are in our interpersonal relationships. The fates of Silvia Brežná and her mother, the late Marková, reveal to us the world and problems of the family, the position of women in the household and in society.
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Čierny mních (1993)
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TV adaptation of A. Chekhov's short story. The main character, Professor Kovrin, is a man full of doubts about the meaning of his existence, yearning for perfection and all-round harmony. Dedicated to his work and his pedagogical mission, he is tormented by anxieties over his own mediocrity and routine. At the same time, he fears that any excellence means the beginning of abnormality, exclusion from society. The mysterious aura of the ancient Christian legend of the Black Monk's existence brings a welcome partner into Kovrin's fractured world, a reflection of his secret desires. Eventually Kovrin comes to believe in his unique destiny to be the chosen one and to do good. In a sudden euphoria, he unthinkingly marries Tanya, a simple country girl. However, the "good" deed eventually becomes a burden for Kovrin...
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Zradení (2011)
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Three family members - retired neurology chief Professor Hanko, his daughter Eva, and his son-in-law and current neurology chief Martin Boroš - wait anxiously as seven-year-old Monika undergoes emergency surgery after a hit-and-run. Though united by fear for Monika’s life, marital strife, generational conflicts, and long-held resentments strain their interactions.
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Kráľovská hra (1999)
Character: N/A
Television production based on the short story by S. Zweig. The chess game played by two men is not only the central event, but also a metaphor for a story about human aggression, guilt and liberation.
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Najkrajší kvet (1982)
Character: N/A
There was such a kingdom, there was such a king, who took the advice of stupid and ungrateful people and issued an order that all old people, under threat of death, must be disposed of by his subjects. But in that kingdom there was also one brave man who did not give in to threats and orders and secretly continued to take care of his father with love and respect. And it was his grandfather's advice that saved the kingdom and perhaps all ungrateful and selfish people will come to their senses even today through our fairy tale.
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Čaro múdrosti a lásky (1997)
Character: Král
A fairy tale about two princesses - sisters, one of whom wasbeautiful and superficial and the other less beautiful, but wise and saved the kingdom from famine. Where there was there was a kingdom in which lived two princesses. Pretty Margaret and wise Marietta. As they grew up, the differences between them deepened. Margareta was all finesse and longed for rich courtship all her days, while Marieta learned much from people, but also by observing nature. And so it came to pass that a handsome prince visited the kingdom, and both girls fell in love with him. At first he seemed to be in awe of Margaret's beauty, but in time his enchantment wore off and he began to take more notice of the spirited Margaret. But she put him to the test...
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Zlý žart (1993)
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The tragicomedy of a man who, by inappropriately attending the wedding of his subordinate, wants to demonstrate humanistic thinking in a society that is not ripe for such ideas. However, it turns out that even for him humanism is just a declared empty concept, serving to gain popularity. His whole democratization "mission" results in a farce, for which, out of offended vanity, he takes merciless revenge on his subordinates and on the whole environment...
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Sny podľa Renoira (1995)
Character: N/A
A story of first love, first desire, first renunciation and fulfilment of a dream.
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Cukor (1982)
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A TV film based on Karol Horák's novel. The story takes place in southern Gemer in the spring of 1945. It covers several days in the first months after the war. Matyla, a simple village woman, sets out into the world to get sugar for her daughter and her unborn child. A film about a mother, which is a testimony about people and an era from the perspective of the current middle generation.
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Zlatohláska (1994)
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A TV parody with songs based on well-known fairytale motifs tells the story of Decibella, the daughter of the black priest Ramus, who has only one desire: to perform with her band Pazvuka at the royal castle, to charm Prince Cinderella, whose passion is songwriting, with her music and to become his wife, the future queen. She has no idea that the prince has already been charmed by the song of the poor Goldilocks and takes great offence when the prince banishes her from the palace with her cacophonous music. Out of revenge, she begs her father to curse the whole country out of singing and music. Goldilocks, with the help of the fairy Echoes, finds the enchanted tones and helps Prince Cinderella to get the music back from the Black Prince for the people.
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Nebezpečné známosti (1980)
Character: Prévan
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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Zázračná láska (1996)
Character: Pustovník
A tale of the power of motherly love to break down the nonsensical laws about the worship of beauty as the highest value of human life.
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Obeť (2000)
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A Jewish goldsmith Mordche arrives in besieged medieval Trnava with his wife and granddaughter Golda just as the king’s captain Zenas demands new volunteers to defend the city against Ottoman invasion. The burgomaster’s son, a young painter, falls profoundly in love with Golda and paints her portrait imbued with a magical power to weep and cry for help when Zenas’s persecution of Mordche’s family reaches Golda.
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Mŕtvola musí zomrieť (2011)
Character: prezident
A black comedy set in the lives of two university employees. Its boss and opportunist Alexander Pažicky and his brother-in-law and professor, Kristof Mitrovsky. His poetic ambitions and ideals, however, battle with his instinctive nature, which manifests itself especially in his sex life...
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Nedodržaný sľub (2009)
Character: Rabbi
Slovakia, on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. The family of the young Jewish Martin Friedmann gathers to celebrate his bar mitzvah and make a solemn promise that they will all meet again a year later around the same table; but the storms of war and anti-Semitic fanaticism will lead each of them down very different paths.
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Přání k mání (2017)
Character: Grandfather
Kindly, mischievous and humorous story about the troubles of a lovesick teenager called Albert.
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Tretí šarkan (1985)
Character: Dr. Čerňan
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.
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