Paľo Bielik (1919 - 1983)

Director, screenwriter, and actor. He studied at the Drama Department of the State Conservatory in Bratislava [1939-41] and was a member of the ensemble at the Slovak National Theatre. In 1942 – 1945 he worked as a screenwriter and director at the NÁSTUP film company. In 1945-79 he worked as a director and screenwriter at the Studio of Feature Films in Bratislava. He made his directing debut in 1948 with Wolves‘ Liars, a feature film set in the times of the Slovak National Uprising. In the late 1950s Bielik made an anti-war drama set in WW I, Forty-Four Mutineers [1957], and a drama about a man who is alone in his fight against fascism, Captain Dabač [1959]. In the 1960s, he made two popular historical productions – Jánošík I-II [1962-63] and Master Executioner [1966]. His historical drama Three Witnesses [1968] was followed by a break in his directing activities.

Majster kat | Master Executioner
Paľo Bielik >< 1966 ><CS ><105 min.

Director: Paľo Bielik
Screenplay: Paľo Bielik
DOP: Vladimír Ješina
Music: Tibor Andrašovan
Editor: Maximilián Remeň
Cast: Vlado Müller, Štefan Kvietik, Emília Vášáryová, Peter Debnár, Jozef Budský

A historical drama about the friendship of fisherman Richardus and the town executioner Emil Targa and their love for the same woman.

Contact:
Slovenský filmový ústav
sfu@sfu.sk
+421 2 5710 1501
www.sfu.sk

Screenings:

• 5. 7. 2010 14:00 Karlovy Vary Theatre
  A presentation of the new monograph ”Paľo Bielik and Slovak film culture“ by Petra Hanáková takes place before the screening.
• 7. 7. 2010 16:30 Lázně III Cinema

More film info available at 1. Slovak Movie Database

JURAJ HERZ (*1934)

Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema

He debuted with the medium-length film Junk Shop, 1965, based on a story by Bohumil Hrabal. In subsequent years he became one of the most innovative Czechoslovak filmmakers [The Cremator, 1969, Oil Lamps, 1971; Morgiana, 1972; The Beauty and the Beast, 1979]. In Slovakia, he made e. g. Sweet Amusements of Past Summer [TV, 1969] and Sweet Troubles [1984]. He emigrated to Germany in 1987. He has been filming both in the Czech Republic and abroad. His Czech-Slovak co-production T.M.A. [2009] was screened at the Karlovy Vary IFF 2009. 

Petrolejové lampy | Oil Lamps
Juraj Herz >< 1971><CS ><101 min.

Director: Juraj Herz
Screenplay: Lubor Dohnal, Václav Šašek, Juraj Herz
DOP: Dodo Šimončič
Music: Luboš Fišer
Editor: Jaromír Janáček
Cast: Iva Janžurová, Petr Čepek, Marie Rosůlková, Ota Sklenčka, Vladimír Jedenáctík, Karel Chromík

The courage of young Štěpa to live differently from other people is perceived as inadmissible, and her harsh fate as a just punishment which fails to incite pity.

Contact:
Ateliéry Bonton Zlín
vera.vicenikova@bonton.cz
+420 224 814 445
www.ateliery.cz

Screenings:

• 9. 7. 2010 17:00 Karlovy Vary Theatre
• 10. 7. 2010 10:30 Lázně III Cinema

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updated: 21.04.2014