František Desset Movies

Slovakian villagers towards the end of WW II are despairing as German troops fall back to their village.

A film based on short stories by K. Przerwu-Tetmajer's Grey Eyes and M. Urban's Melted Heart. The heroines of both stories are young women with the...

A funny outlaw tale inspired by traditional folk humour. Pacho is no ordinary outlaw. He detests injustice and feudal oppression and he copes with...

Lovely overview of traditional Slovak Christmas.

A satirical story about a young teacher, Josefína, who resolutely embarks on a fight against a group of bricklayers who demand exorbitant...

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...

This is the story of last years of Leo Tolstoy's life at his mansion in Yasnaya Polyana. He is surrounded by his family, friends, acquaintances and...

Vlado has just passed his high school diploma and is starting a job as a home tutor in the family of a big businessman. He finds himself in a very...

A melodramatic story of a young woman Kristina, who briefly manages to survive the illusion of a rich happy life, but cannot bear to return to the...

A Slovak detective story set in contemporary Bratislava and featuring ordinary people with their own everyday problems. The violent death of Olga...

A drama from the period of village collectivisation in 1947-1948, it depicts the life of former beggars who, after the war and land reform, acquire...

The television dramatization of Pavel Országh Hviezdoslav's epic addresses the issue of the relations between nobles and squires towards the...