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Slovak film summaries and clips
The University of Pittsburgh has the largest collection of Slovak films outside of Central Europe. Pittfilm Travel to Collection Grants are periodically available for research. |
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| 2009 | Jánošík. The True Story. (Jánošík. Pravdivá história, dir. Agnieszka Holland) 200-year-old myth fixed up for the 21st century |
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| 2008 | Bathory (Báthory, dir. Juraj Jakubisko) From folk to filmic legend |
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| 2008 | Bathory (Báthory, dir. Juraj Jakubisko) Concentrated ingredients |
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| 2007 | Half-Life of Decay (Polčas rozpadu, dir. Vlado Fischer) Dialogue on the generation gap closed |
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| 1995 | The Garden (Záhrada, dir. Martin Šulík) Content-driven tradition |
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| 1986 | Fountain for Suzanne (Fontána pre Zuzanu, dir. Dušan Rapoš) Glossed-over veneer |
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| 1982 | A Thousand-year-old Bee (Tisícročná včela, dir. Juraj Jakubisko) Cupidity, class, and whim |
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| 1982 | A Thousand-year-old Bee (Tisícročná včela, dir. Juraj Jakubisko) Honeybee effect |
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| 1982 | A Thousand-year-old Bee (Tisícročná včela, dir. Juraj Jakubisko) The red at the end of the tunnel |
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| 1982 | She Grazed Horses on Concrete (Pásla kone na betóne, dir. Štefan Uher) Crosscutting of love interests |
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| 1982 | She Grazed Horses on Concrete (Pásla kone na betóne, dir. Štefan Uher) Off-screen fighting |
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| 1976 | Rosy Dreams (Ružové sny, dir. Dušan Hanák) Slovak–Romani (Gypsy) courtship |
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| 1975 | Pacho, the Highwayman of Hybe (Pacho, hybský zbojník, dir. Martin Ťapák) Spoofing the Jánošík myth |
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| 1972 | Pictures of the Old World (Obrazy starého sveta, dir. Dušan Hanák) A documentary point of view |
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| 1970 | See You in Hell, Friends (Dovidenia v pekle, priatelia, dir. Juraj Jakubisko) A diffuse post-invasion mix |
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| Relaxed 1960s | ||
| 1969 | 322 (code for cancer in medical records, dir. Dušan Hanák) Quasi-documentary slaughterhouse |
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| 1969 | Birds, Orphans, and Fools (Vtáčkovia, siroty a blázni, dir. Juraj Jakubisko) Innovative for afficionados |
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| 1965 | The Shop on Main Street (Obchod na korze, dir. Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos) Sunday strollers imprisoned by World War II |
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| 1963 | The Sun in a Net (Slnko v sieti, dir. Štefan Uher) A solar eclipse and lies scared the authorities |
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| 1963 | The Sun in a Net (Slnko v sieti, dir. Štefan Uher) Filmic transition and titillation |
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| Socialist Realism | ||
| 1953 | Native Country (Rodná zem, dir. Josef Mach) Tractor driver welcomes farm technology |
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| 1952 | Young Hearts (Mladé srdcia, dir. Václav Kubásek) A working courtship |
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| 1952 | Young Hearts (Mladé srdcia, dir. Václav Kubásek) Disciplined enthusiasm |
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| 1950 | The Dam (Priehrada, dir. Paľo Bielik) Parting finale |
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| 1949 | Cathy (Katka, dir. Ján Kadár) Wanting humor and progress |
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| Democracy | ||
| 1948 | Wolves' Lairs (Vlčie diery, dir. Paľo Bielik) Context-dependent insurgency |
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| 1946 | Beware... ! (Varuj... !, dir. Martin Frič) From mountains to mines |
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| 1946 | Beware... ! (Varuj... !, dir. Martin Frič) Son and country |
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| 1937 | Tracing Slovaks from New York to the Mississippi (Za Slovákmi od New Yorku po Mississippi, dir. Karol Plicka) Workaday Pittsburgh |
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| 1935 | Jánošík (dir. Martin Frič) Symbolic Tatras |
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| 1933 | The Earth Sings (Zem spieva, dir. Karol Plicka) Introducing spring and the film |
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| 1933 | The Earth Sings (Zem spieva, dir. Karol Plicka) Dressed-up labor |
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| 1922 | [ Nosferatu (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens, dir. F. W. Murnau) ] Slovak locations in the German film classic |
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| 1921 | Jánošík (dir. Jaroslav Jerry Siakeľ) Mountain lads rob the rich |
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