Gustáv Valach

Television adaptation of Ivan Bukovčan's tragicomedy. The story of people who meet at a post-graduation party and discuss their lives. The meeting...

A drama from the period of village collectivisation in 1947-1948, it depicts the life of former beggars who, after the war and land reform, acquire...

Based on the short story of the same name by Dobroslav Chrobák, which deals with the return of Ondrej Baláž from the war after 17 years.

A documentary about the restoration of Saint George's altar in Spišská Sobota.

The drama of a man driven to crime by the mechanism of violence in an American prison. It is an indictment of American justice and the barbarically...

The gamekeeper Straka lives by himself in the Bohemian forest hill. He has quarreled with his only son. He cannot come to terms with the fact that...

Second part of the trilogy. Vasek is expected to go to Bulgaria for a holiday with his parents during the summer vacation, but the boy finds the...

Third part of the trilogy. Vaska again is visiting his grandfather living in Bohemian Forest and understands the importance of guarding nature.

A young Czech boy is freed from a concentration camp and now is working for the army against the Germans.

A dark fable set in an early 1950s Czech village, a time of Soviet-style socialism which saw the implementation of collectivized agriculture and the...

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...

A satirical look at today's times.

A poetically themed animated story by Ruda Mórica, with commentary by Gustáv Valach, about a duck named Modropierko who, despite many obstacles...

This is a ballad about love, hate, and a search for a way out of loneliness. It is a dramatic story about the strange potter, Martin Leaps, nicknamed...

A dramatic story of the emotional, moral and political maturation of two young people during the Slovak National Uprising.

Albrechtice near Jablonec. Sixteen-year-old Pavlínka Linková lives with her grandmother Barbara, a local midwife who raised her after the death of...

The first Slovakian colour film. A celebration of traditional Slovakian folklore and creativity expressed through a story of young love .

Documentary film about the life of people almost completely secluded from the world living in Liptovska Teplicka.

Ondrej lives on a farm outside a small town with his family. One day a group of men arrive at the family's house and the harmonious life they've led...

Oldrich is the runt of his village, beaten by his father, bullied by the other boys. But he has imagination on his side, and a wiry toughness they...

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...

A television production of the novel by French writer Victor Hugo. The story of the Pope's daughter Lucrezia Borgia, who was known for her cruelty...

The love story of Anička and Miška. Their pure emotion is put in the way of their parents' property interests.

The story of the great strike of the workers building the Cervena Skala - Mergecany railway line

The construction of a large dam in Slovakia is hindered by the influence of small farmers on the landowner Bujna, on whom they depend for help with...

Based on book by Svatopluk Turek.

In the middle of the eighteenth century, at the time of the Prusso-Austrian War, a cuirassier, a hussar and an infantryman meet by chance and hide...

An emancipated restorer restores rare castle frescoes in an ancient village with figures of ancient heroines - and one of them, Penelope, resembles...

The unfortunate 1930s also befell the student Standa Půlpán. For existential reasons, he had to abandon his studies and entered the mines. However,...

A young doctor and a group of injured are hiding in an underground shelter and are liberated by Soviet soldiers.

Peter and Lena had a daughter, Zuzka, soon after their wedding. Lena graduated from drama school and wanted to act, but there were no vacancies in...

A psychological story of a young printing house leader and his subordinates and a "dangerous contract from the West".

A TV adaptation of a novel by Austrian writer Stefan Zweig. The tragic love story of a lame girl and a lieutenant provides a framework for reflection...

The life on the poor Slovak hills, the lazy hills, where agriculture is at a primitive stage and where the shelves give a small harvest. Meanwhile,...

The film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Peter Jilemnický is a drama about the life of poor Kysuce miners, which takes place in the...

A dramatic story of a young woman, Mária Kedrová, who gradually breaks free from her humiliating position in her family and society in the post-war...

Ivan Renč's poetically themed animated story, narrated by Gustáv Valach, tells the tale of a little cuckoo named Adelka searching for her mother,...

Version of the fairy tale "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs"; unlike this one, the young charcoal-burner's son, who has been prophesied as the...