Pacho, the Highwayman of Hybe
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| The sequence downgrades the mythologized honor of Jánošík's election as the leader of a beneficient highwayman band. Rather than through strength and prowess, the farmer Pacho becomes a reluctant captain of highwayman dorks through a series of coincidences, as his sneeze and thunder here. Traditional filmmaking, images familiar from the Jánošík movies, and slow pace with elemental humor made the film absorbable by wide audiences. One of the few domestic blockbusters in the repressive 1970s, it remained in popular awareness through the 21st century. Compare Jánošík (1921), Jánošík (1935), and Jánošík (2009). |
Slovak cinema after World War II.
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