Movies

  • 1930
    Over Mountains, Over Valleys

    Over Mountains, Over Valleys

    Over Mountains, Over Valleys

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    The Matica slovenská (a mostly government-sponsored cultural, academic, and archival institution) employed Karol Plicka (1894-1987) as its...

    Over Mountains, Over Valleys
  • 1943
    Prague Baroque

    Prague Baroque

    Prague Baroque

    01943HD

    Kulturfilm about the architecture of the city of Prague.

    Prague Baroque
  • 1945
    Vlast vítá

    Vlast vítá

    Vlast vítá

    01945HD

    Vlast vítá
  • 1970
    National Artist Professor Karol Plicka

    National Artist Professor Karol Plicka

    National Artist Professor Karol Plicka

    01970HD

    A film portrait about Professor Karol Plicka, focusing on his films, photography and folklore work.

    National Artist Professor Karol Plicka
  • 1933
    The Earth Sings

    The Earth Sings

    The Earth Sings

    61933HD

    A documentary of peasant life in an isolated village in the Carpathian Mountains of Slovakia, starting in early spring and ending after the harvest.

    The Earth Sings
  • 1941
    The Eternal Song

    The Eternal Song

    The Eternal Song

    01941HD

    Karol Plicka was an important musician and composer. He recorded folk songs immediately after hearing them in musical notation to preserve them for...

    The Eternal Song
  • 1946
    Cesta k barikádám

    Cesta k barikádám

    Cesta k barikádám

    01946HD

    Cesta k barikádám
  • 1945
    Mr. President in Slovakia

    Mr. President in Slovakia

    Mr. President in Slovakia

    01945HD

    A short reportage from post-war Slovakia. President Edvard Beneš came to Banská Bystrica to celebrate the first anniversary of the...

    Mr. President in Slovakia
  • 1931
    News Film 0509

    News Film 0509

    News Film 0509

    01931HD

    The news film, shot by Karol Plicka, shows the first Czechoslovak President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk on holiday in the Czech countryside....

    News Film 0509
  • 1929
    Spring in Carpathian Ruthenia

    Spring in Carpathian Ruthenia

    Spring in Carpathian Ruthenia

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    Karel Plicka was also cinematographer of this short movie. Editor in charge was Alexander Hackenschmied. There is an extraordinary emotional charge,...

    Spring in Carpathian Ruthenia
  • 1983
    Vyznanie pútnika

    Vyznanie pútnika

    Vyznanie pútnika

    01983HD

    Vyznanie pútnika
  • 1937
    Visiting Slovaks from New York through to Mississippi

    Visiting Slovaks from New York through to Mississippi

    Visiting Slovaks from New York through to Mississippi

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    Having finished his film Jánošík (1935), Plicka embarks on the journey of a lifetime. Accompanied by a Slovak-Czech delegation...

    Visiting Slovaks from New York through to Mississippi
  • 1946
    Baroque Prague

    Baroque Prague

    Baroque Prague

    01946HD

    Plicka's work is an extreme case of the multilingual version and its war and post-war form recalls many period cultural and political contexts. After...

    Baroque Prague
  • 1937
    Drowning of Marzanna

    Drowning of Marzanna

    Drowning of Marzanna

    01937HD

    A perfect marketing film from the 1930s. The short film is an advertisement for Baťa's new products, presented through the traditional...

    Drowning of Marzanna
  • 1942
    Cheb

    Cheb

    Cheb

    01942HD

    A Czech folklorist who received a prize for a visual myth about Slovakia The Earth Sings (1933) at the Venice Biennale, made for Prag-Film a film...

    Cheb
  • 1970
    Na počiatku bola pieseň

    Na počiatku bola pieseň

    Na počiatku bola pieseň

    01970HD

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

    Na počiatku bola pieseň
  • 1931
    To All the Agricultural People...

    To All the Agricultural People...

    To All the Agricultural People...

    01931HD

    This short ethnographic film is the first part of the series Through the Agricultural World intended to promote village life and the work of the...

    To All the Agricultural People...
  • 1934
    The Spring in Prague

    The Spring in Prague

    The Spring in Prague

    01934HD

    The original introductory part of Karol Plicka’s film The Earth Sings (1933), which was replaced with a sequence of shots of Bratislava during...

    The Spring in Prague
  • 1937
    The President of the Republic dr. E. Beneš's visit

    The President of the Republic dr. E. Beneš's visit

    The President of the Republic dr. E. Beneš's visit

    01937HD

    A record of the trip of the President of the Czechoslovak Republic Edvard Beneš to Slovakia. The footage maps the journey from Bratislava to...

    The President of the Republic dr. E. Beneš's visit
  • 1934
    The Old Slovak Culture

    The Old Slovak Culture

    The Old Slovak Culture

    01934HD

    Slovak folklore presents its beauty not only in celebratory customs and children’s games. The short documentary proves that Plicka perceived...

    The Old Slovak Culture