Ilja Zeljenka Movies

Vlado, an intelligent boy living in a small village, has fantasies that take him away from his humdrum life. But as the Nazi occupation begins to...

The story of Pavel Duchaj, who starts walking with a cane, which is a sign for the village community that he will soon pass away. Not only the...

Ethnographic documentary about customs and ceremonies connected with death in a Bulgarian village.

Oldrich "Fajolo" Fajták (Marián Bielik), a student who directs quasi-existentialist verbal abuse at his girlfriend Bela...

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 metaphorical story about the conflict of human reason and ideals with the dehumanizing mechanism of social institutions. A satire criticizing the...

A film adaptation of the novelette of the same title written by Dominik Tatarka depicts the life of a young generation of artists that was formed in...

A classical ballad motif about an aging father and his three daughters is quite unusually here set against the backdrop of Czechoslovakia of the...

A tribute to Martin Slivka, one of the most important personalities of Slovak cinematography and culture. He was the creator of Slovak documentary...

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

The boys find a Turkish chess machine in the museum's storerooms and win a magic crystal with which they can subdue objects to their will. A doll, a...

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...

The sweet story of the Bratislava architect Andrej and the beautiful Vanda, with whom Andrej, who has been cynical about women, falls in love for the...

A documentary picture of the coexistence of man and nature. Footage of one year in the life of Ľudovít Čonka and his wife, who are...