Zdeněk Říha Movies

Contemporary satire denounces careerism, dictatorial ways, sycophancy and servility. An inconspicuous official Javorník pretends to have saved...

A comedy film taking an ironic view of the bourgeois period prior to the First World War.

A dramatic story about two friends - fisherman Richardus and municipal executioner Emil Targo takes place at the river Danube, in places that used to...

A drama about Slovaks who emigrated before WW I. It is focused on the life of Ondrej Muranica. He emigrates to America because of the hard life that...

The film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Peter Jilemnický is a drama about the life of poor Kysuce miners, which takes place in...

This film is one of the most popular pictures of Slovak cinema and relates the story about the legendary folk hero and brigand Juro...

This drama from the times of Slovak National Uprising is situated in a small Slovak village. It is the tragical story of a widow and her four sons...

A tragicomedy about people who are able to make use of the war situation for their own benefit. The Gavora family of four leave their secure village...

Historical satire from the first half of the 19th century, which captures the decay and decline of the landed estate. The impoverished peasants still...

Episodic film consisting of three satirical shorts ('Smutný káder', 'Typický prípad' and 'Vel'korysá kampaň')...

A group of children discover the new continent of the world, uninhabited by adults. Soon, many other children are joining them in that new paradise,...

The story of the great strike of the workers building the Cervena Skala - Mergecany railway line

Little Jerguš's father was killed by gendarmes. To help his mother, the boy is hired as a laborer, then goes to the factory, to the city, but,...

This dramatic story is situated in the town of Trnava of the 18th century. Painter Peter paints an altar-piece of the Martyrdom of St. Juliet and his...

Three friends, Emil, Vrabec and Mišo, spend every Sunday playing the lottery, each nursing a personal dream: Emil wants a Jawa 250 motorcycle,...