Niet inej cesty

Niet inej cesty 1968

1

A biographical film about the Slovak nationalist Ľudovít Štúr. It captures the revolutionary events of 1848 in Austria-Hungary, when Štúr, as a member of the Diet, led the fight for the national rights of the Slovak people.

1968

Vrah zo záhrobia

Vrah zo záhrobia 1967

1

The detective case of Captain Jakubec and his colleague Lieutenant Michalek takes place in a small town where the auditor Burian dies after drinking a health syrup. The doctor concludes that it was a heart attack. However, the exhumation of the corpse confirms the suspicion that Burian was poisoned. The auditor's young wife and her lover are the primary suspects. Other candidates for the role of the perpetrator include the manager of the café Orlovský, who asked Burian to destroy the falsified statements in exchange for a bribe, and the managers of two stores where the shortage was discovered. However, the network of suspects continues to expand...

1967

Smrť prichádza v daždi

Smrť prichádza v daždi 1966

6.50

A Slovak detective story set in contemporary Bratislava and featuring ordinary people with their own everyday problems. The violent death of Olga Holešová places them under heavy suspicion of murder. A series of strange coincidences and circumstances complicate the investigators' work. Her husband's infidelity, the loss of a large sum of money that the treasurer Fiala is supposed to replace, a lawyer earning extra money by doing various odd jobs - all these are confusing clues, among which investigator Jakubec eventually finds a thread that will lead him to the correct solution to the case.

1966

Nylon Moon

Nylon Moon 1966

7.00

The sweet story of the Bratislava architect Andrej and the beautiful Vanda, with whom Andrej, who has been cynical about women, falls in love for the first time.

1966

The Seventh Continent

The Seventh Continent 1966

6.40

A group of children discover the new continent of the world, uninhabited by adults. Soon, many other children are joining them in that new paradise, leaving their parents and other adults baffled on all remaining continents.

1966

The Bells Toll for the Barefooted

The Bells Toll for the Barefooted 1965

6.40

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.

1965

Rom

Rom 1969

1

1969

Keeping a Distance

Keeping a Distance 1966

6.00

Documentary illustrating the classic principles of Byzantine iconography on the examples of sixteen icons from a museum of ancient Greek art.

1966

A Ballad in Wood

A Ballad in Wood 1966

5.00

Film study of Slovak folk sculpture, composed in ballad form.

1966

The Last Supper

The Last Supper 1968

1

The film shows the process of restoration of a Slovak Gothic wood-carving artwork of The Last Supper from Spisska Sobota, made by Master Paul of Levoca.

1968

The Man Leaves

The Man Leaves 1968

6.10

Ethnographic documentary about customs and ceremonies connected with death in a Bulgarian village.

1968

Black Days

Black Days 1968

1

A compilation of archival footage telling the events of August 1968 from a distinctly Slovak perspective. Opening with reportage of a meeting of the Warsaw Letter signatories in Bratislava in July 1968, the film portrays the Soviet invasion and people’s responses to the arrest of Alexander Dubček, the reformist Slovak First Secretary of the Czechoslovakian Communist Party and principal architect of the Prague Spring.

1968

Dita at the Front

Dita at the Front 1969

1

An animated anti-war short. Between explosions and submachine guns, Dita lands and kindly calms the senseless aggression.

1969