Movies: Ivan Balaďa
- 1969

Forest (1969)
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A poetic melodramatic documentary inspired by the death of Jan Palach. The footage from the funeral is accompanied by the words of Maxim Gorky's Old Woman Izergil (On the Flaming Danek's Heart), sung by Kühn's mixed choir, solos by Milada Sýkorová an...
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- 1990

Archa bláznů aneb Vyprávění z konce života (1990)
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The director Ivan Balaďa was not allowed to finish this gloomy, black-and-white parable, inspired by Chekhov's short story Pavilion No. 6 - only after the fall of communism, more than twenty years later, did the film hit the cinema screens, unfortuna...
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- 1960

Smrť sa volá Engelchen (1960)
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The television film based on the novel of the same name by Ladislav Mňaček draws on the period of World War II and the Slovak National Uprising. The film's story is composed of two intertwining time lines. In the images of the present that frame the ...
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- 1967

Dáma (1967)
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It was autumn 1939, shortly after the attack on Poland by the German army. The military component of the Slovak State are allies of the Nazis, and with them came on Polish territory. They're alongside the mighty army of Hitler's occupation force. In ...
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- 1969

Já jsem Osango (1969)
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- 2005

Searching for Ester (2005)
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Ester Krumbachová - a costume designer, screenwriter, director; one of the boldest personalities of the Czech New Wave. She worked in theatre, she was a writer and an illustrator. She co-created films such as O slavnosti a hostech (1966), Sedmikrásky...
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- 1971

Čtyři sváteční dny (1971)
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- 1987

The Water of Life (1987)
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A king was dying. An old man told his sons that only the water of life would save him....
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- 1984

Nevera (1984)
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- 1967

Metrum (1967)
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The primary aim of this short movie was celebration of Moscow’s underground. It was produced by Czechoslovak Army Film, so there were hopings for some kind of propagandistic film. But the director Balada made dark ballad showing crowds of sorrowful p...
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- 1974

Peniaze alebo život (1974)
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- 1964

Man in a Great Hall (1964)
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An artistic documentary based on a report of the same name from Ladislav Mňaček's book Where Dirt Roads End. A psychological reflection on the feelings of an individual who operates like a modern, fully automated control room of a large hydroelectric...
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- 1983

Oči plné snehu (1983)
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- 1966

Tri gaštanové kone (1966)
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Magdaléna, pure-hearted and guided by emotion, attracts Zápotočný, a callous egoist and abuser. Their turbulent relationship, set against a backdrop of social hardship, forces Magdaléna to confront the limits of compassion and the price of innocence ...
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- 1984

Zločin Arthura Savila (1984)
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- 1971

Pařížská komuna (1971)
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