Directing
Martin Hollý
Born August 11, 1931 · Košice, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]
Died March 18, 2004 · aged 72
No biography available.
Known For
Salt & Gold · 1983Salt & Gold
★ 6.01983
MovieFantasyFamily
A fairy-tale about the power of love. The old king Pravoslav feels it is time to entrust the rule over his kingdom to one of his three daughters - the one that loves him the most. The youngest, Maruška, fails her father's expectations about proving how deep her love him is. He misunderstands her and she is made to leave the castle. She faces many dangers on the way to her loved one, the Salt Prince.
The Copper Tower · 1970The Copper Tower
★ 6.21970
MovieDrama
A dramatic story of three friends happily spending time on their own in a mountain cottage in the High Tatras. On the arrival of the wife of one of them their perfect friendship is put to a test.
The Medal · 1980The Medal
★ 7.01980
MovieDramaWar
The trenches of World War I provide for a captivating backdrop to the drama of Corporal Hoferik. In his devotion to the Habsburg Monarchy, he fanatically carries out his military orders, but he ultimately suffers the Empire's disfavor.
Súkromná vojna · 1978Súkromná vojna
★ 8.01978
MovieDrama
Slovak psychological drama from the end of World War II. The plot of the film takes place in a short period of time just before the outbreak of the uprising. It is the story of a man who wages his "private" war against the man who is responsible for the serious injury of his brother. The upcoming Slovak National Uprising becomes the backdrop for a model-built story that touches on stubborn personal revenge in a situation of war conflict, when human life loses all value. The actions of the main character thus sound like increasingly absurd actions, his motives and the impact of his actions are relativized, the very legitimacy of such a belief appears shaky.
Smrť šitá na mieru · 1980Smrť šitá na mieru
★ 9.01980
MovieDrama
Bratislava, 1930s. The owner of a luxury tailoring salon, Alfréd Blum, has always relied on a classy clientele, thanks to which he rose to the top of society. But times change, the world is in an economic crisis, and Blum discovers that in reality he only has debts. He has completely lost his assets in shares, and his clients have to deny themselves luxury goods. The only hope to save his family from poverty is Blum's life insurance policy for 300,000 crowns. Therefore, the businessman turns to his old acquaintance, unemployed tailor Ján Kepeš, with an unusual offer. He gives him five thousand crowns and arranges a job for him in a Viennese salon. The condition is that Kepeš kills Blum...
The Castle in Bohemia · 1993The Castle in Bohemia
★ 8.01993
MovieDrama
The countess celebrates her sixtieth birthday at the moment when she is about to leave her castle. The new workers' government wants to mercilessly destroy the nobility. But because Elizabeth Anna Marie, Countess of Lansdorf and Scheinberg, and later domestic worker Lansdorfová, realizes that "one must keep one's customs and promises, even if they are ridiculous and pointless," she wants to carry out a foolish plan to celebrate her 70th birthday at the family estate, despite the regime and her opponents in the city...
Two Syllables Behind · 2005Two Syllables Behind
★ 6.52005
MovieDramaRomance
Zuzana is an attractive and likable art student who works alongside her studies because she would like to start a life of her own. Like many young people, she is trying to find what would fulfill her, what she would like to do, find out who she would like to live with. She runs away from one lover in Bratislava to another in Paris, she is at work when she should be at school, she sleeps when she should be at home, she travels the world. She simply often feels two syllables behind. And not just literally when working in dubbing, but figuratively in his own life.
Hriech Kataríny Padychovej · 1973Hriech Kataríny Padychovej
★ 8.01973
MovieDramaHistory
Štefan Padych loses a lawsuit against Šulgan, a local innkeeper to whom he owes money. Not wanting his wife and three-year-old daughter to starve, he decides to leave for France. However, after his departure, his wife Katarína Padych commits infidelity and becomes pregnant...











