Stefan Uher

A tragicomic story about boys who even in times of war remember how to play soldiers, dream of heroic deeds, spy on girls, show off in front of friends, and make up adventures. With the same naive childishness they face the grim events of war and everyday village life. Despite the Communist regime, director Stefan Uher succeeded in turning Milan Ferko's and Elo Havetta's screenplay into a vivid picture with a theme often romanticized and distorted by ideology.

The Sun in a Net is a Lyrical story about the emotions arising among two young people who pretend cynicism and rejection towards society in an attempt to hide their insecurities, lack of experience and fear of adult life. It. is the very first Slovak film in the history of Slovak cinema to take on the theme of the natural differences of values and social life in urban and rural settings. The film is considered the beginning of the New Wave in Slovak and Czech cinema of the 1960s. (surrealmoviez)

A surrealistic tale of the influence of a mysterious stranger upon an intermittently besieged Slovak city. (by LEAVES)

Johanka had a fling with a well-digger she had not met before and who, she was most likely certain, would never be around again. About 18 years later, she is a single woman respected and recognized at the local co-op farm where she works − except that it does not translate to the same compensation for her as for the male workers − who keeps turning down her life-long suitor, friend and neighbor Berty.

A classical ballad motif about an ageing father and his three daughters is quite unusually here set against the bakdrop of Czechoslovakia of the 1950s. After having been expropriated, the former landowner Majda seeks refuge with his three daughters whom he had sent to a convent a long time ago. But only the youngest one is able to forgive him and she is willing to take care of him despite the threat of expulsion from the order. (imdb)

The Organ is a drama set in the times of the wartime Slovak State. A young Polish deserter and gifted organist finds shelter from the fascists in a Slovak Franciscan monastery. He gets into conflict with the local organist and choir leader, a man limited in his world views and spiritual values. The collision of talent and beauty with pettiness and close-mindedness leads to envy and ill will, which draw young Felix away from his temporary hiding place and back to the dangers of war.