Broken Promise

Broken Promise 2009

6.00

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.

2009

The Butcher of Prague

The Butcher of Prague 2011

6.66

Czechoslovakia, 1941. As the war continues, Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich arrives in Nazi-occupied Prague and establishes a regime of terror that will force freedom fighters to act. But the price to pay will be too high.

2011

Angel of Mercy

Angel of Mercy 1993

3.80

The love story between a young widow and an austrian-hungarian army officer during the First World War.

1993

Aphrodite

Aphrodite 1993

6.00

A story about life and problems of eleven years old boy Michal.

1993

Cyril and Methodius – The Apostles of the Slavs

Cyril and Methodius – The Apostles of the Slavs 2013

4.60

The series follows Cyril and Methodius, two Byzantine Greek brothers born in the 9th century. They became missionaries of Christianity and influenced the cultural development of the Great Moravian territory.

2013

Konecná stanica

Konecná stanica 2004

2.00

A successful Slovak film adaptation of the eponymous play Radošina Naive Theatre.

2004

The House

The House 2011

4.96

Stone by stone, Imrich is building a small house for his daughter Eva almost entirely on his own. But for Eva, who is about to graduate from school, the prospect of moving into the house is about as appealing as being imprisoned in a jail she herself has helped to build. She has very different plans for her future...

2011

Rochade

Rochade 1992

10.00

At the centre of Peter Patzak's existentialist film noir stands the hopeless struggle against the arms mafia in Czechoslovakia and its connections with Austria after the fall of the iron curtain.

1992

Halt, Or I'll Miss!

Halt, Or I'll Miss! 1998

5.00

It is April 1945, spring begins and ends the war. German transport heading away from Bohemia.

1998

The Apricot Jam

The Apricot Jam 1988

1

Television adaptation of F. Kárinthyho's story about how important it is to have a sense of home. The apricot jam symbolizes the home, family well-being, which the little boy Ferko, living with his parents in a Hungarian town of the 30's of the 20th century, desperately hopes for. A mother with an unfulfilled desire to become a famous pianist and a father with an even more distant dream to be a world-famous and wealthy writer to a son have no time or even a loving word. His loving companion is only Manci, who, however, leaves for misunderstanding with his lords. Ferko remains alone, disappointed and reluctant to accept the friendship of a new maid of Rózy. But he also has his great dream, and Róza will help him meet him.

1988

Tomáš and the Falcon King

Tomáš and the Falcon King 2000

7.00

Tomas, a 14-year-old boy lives beneath the castle of the powerful Lord Balador. The boy is able to communicate with animals, and he tries to obtain the royal falcon – a symbol of freedom and faith. He also falls in love with Balador's daughter Formina, a girl who is to be married off against her will.

2000

Martin Slivka: The Man Who Planted Trees

Martin Slivka: The Man Who Planted Trees 2007

1

A tribute to Martin Slivka, one of the most important personalities of Slovak cinematography and culture. He was the creator of Slovak documentary ethnographic film, director, screenwriter, dramaturgist, film theoretician, pedagogue, author and ethnograph, but mainly – exceptional person. This documentary is not only a remembrance of maestro Slivka through words of his close friends and colleagues, but also an attempt to slightly uncover the secret of his rich life and work.

2007