Slovenská televízia Bratislava

Martin Slivka's documentary film about Karol Plicka (1894-1987), the founder of Slovak cinematography.

The fates of famous slovak individuals in history bring strong dramatic stories and a witness to the age in which they lived. Tragic and complicated life of the physician Albert Škarvan, who was a friend and admirer of the great russian writer Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, is also a noteworthy confrontation of worldview of two individuals in times, whe pacifist ideas sharply colided with the reality

The documentary follows the footsteps of the first Slovak expedition to Brazil.