Adam Matejka

Acting

Adam Matejka

Born November 21, 1905

Died April 21, 1988 · aged 82

No biography available.

Known For

The Shop on Main StreetThe Shop on Main Street · 1965
The Shop on Main Street
★ 7.11965
MovieDramaWar
In a small town in Nazi-occupied Slovakia during World War II, decent but timid carpenter Tono is named "Aryan comptroller" of a button store owned by an old Jewish widow, Rozalie. Since the post comes with a salary and standing in the town's corrupt hierarchy, Tono wrestles with greed and guilt as he and Rozalie gradually befriend each other. When the authorities order all Jews in town to be rounded up, Tono faces a moral dilemma unlike any he's known before.
Dom na rázcestíDom na rázcestí · 1959
Dom na rázcestí
★ 9.01959
MovieDrama
Because abortions required complicated approvals, an enterprising doctor secretly set up a sort of private practice where she offered this "service" illegally. However, the sympathetic doctor who was supposed to become a valuable helper in this business flatly refuses.
JánošíkJánošík · 1963
Jánošík
★ 7.81963
MovieHistoryDrama
This film is one of the most popular pictures of Slovak cinema and relates the story about the legendary folk hero and brigand Juro Jánošík [1688-1713] and the social situation in Slovakia of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The first part talks about Jánošík's childhood, studies and return to his native village. In the second part Jánošík leaves for the hills, where he organizes his band of brigands and starts an anti-feudal resistance. The film concludes with Jánošík's execution.
The Song of the Grey PigeonThe Song of the Grey Pigeon · 1961
The Song of the Grey Pigeon
★ 6.71961
MovieDramaWar
An unusual children's film set during World War II in Czechoslovakia, this compelling drama unfolds five different segments that present the war through the eyes of three youngsters. The three have a series of adventures which include saving a soldier from being captured by the Germans, helping out the resistance fighters, and meeting up with a young Russian woman trained in guerrilla warfare. As they learn more about life and danger, various circumstances constantly recall the reality of war itself. The title comes from a wounded pigeon under the care of one of the youngsters.
Naši pred br�ánamiNaši pred bránami · 1970
Naši pred bránami
★ 10.01970
MovieComedyHistory
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 home blinded by the vision of a big career and easy earning of money in the capital city.
HordubalHordubal · 1980
Hordubal
★ 2.51980
MovieDrama
After five years of hard work in America Juraj Hordubal (Anatoliy Kuznetsov) returns back home. He is looking forward to his wife Polana (Libuse Geprtová) and his little daughter Hafie. The family and the village welcome him with hesitation. Everybody believed that Juraj died in America because Polana stopped receiving money from him already two years ago. Polana's farm was prospering first of all thanks to the young stable boy Stepán (Sándor Oszter). Men in the pub first indicate and then say to Juraj directly that Polana has been unfaithful to him with Stepán.
There behind the forestThere behind the forest · 1962
There behind the forest
★ 7.71962
MovieWarDrama
The brave soldiers, including a young Romani man determined to become a machine driver after the war, are preparing to fight for the Dukla Pass, and they must fight hard for every inch of land. They will redeem their success with their own blood.
I Wouldn't Leave Tereza for Any Other GirlI Wouldn't Leave Tereza for Any Other Girl · 1976
I Wouldn't Leave Tereza for Any Other Girl
★ 6.51976
MovieFamily
An animal lover father brings home a cuddlesome female chimp named Tereza from his latest around the world and adopts her as a pet...

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Sváko RaganSváko Ragan · 1976
Sváko Ragan
★ 8.21976
MovieComedy
Who could forget the Favorites figure Svákov Ragan in acting creations neopakovatel'ného Jozef Kroner? Three-part television film Sváko Ragan, created according to stories Ela Sándor already at its first introduction many years ago, soon won favor with audiences. Brought not only good fun, but also an attractive view of a world Myjavská site with many rustic Alpine traditions and characters and witty dialect used, especially Myjavský and Brezovský. Above all this, however, it is dominated by the ability to invent Svákov Ragan was even in the most uncomfortable situations ... Brezovskí tanners have been known not only to the quality of its products, but ischopnosťou their products at fairs successfully foreground. Highly after the fairs and markets in the near and distant surroundings Birch Nachod and Sváko Ragan and no wonder that their business has seen wandering the lot but cheerful and made many hilarious but also less hilarious "deal" ...