Personal Info
Birth date
1905-11-21 (119 Years)
Day of death
1988-04-21
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
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Also known as
-Adam Matejka
Biography
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Filmography
Štyridsaťštyri
5.8
Overview:
Drama about the rebellion of the Trencín Infantry Regiment against its superior officers in the Serbian city of Kragujevac, at the end of the First World War. It was the biggest and deadliest rebellion in the Austro-Hungarian army.Nudity
4
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Young prisoner Jan, nicknamed Roughboy (Petr Cepek), tries to commit suicide. He was imprisoned for a fight in which he injured a functionary of the National Committee and for stealing material but actually by the blame for this crime was pinned on him by the road-builders in whose group he worked. The prison doctor knows that Jan is an emotionally deprived person who never knew his parents and spent all his childhood - except one year with foster-parents - in orphanages, homes for youth and reform schools. He arranges a five-day holiday for Jan, who wants to find his mother's grave.Uzlíky nádeje
NYR
Overview:
Social ballad. Three short stories – "Uzlík tepla", "Chlapec a pánboh" and "Rubári" – depict three different human stories, the common denominator of which is suffering and existential threat.Neprebudený
NYR
Overview:
The tragic story of a village fool - hussar Ondráš Machuľa, who became a victim of a fabled love for a pretty farm girl, Zuzka Bezanova.Živý bič
6.3
Overview:
A film about the dramatic lives ofthe people of the village of Ráztoka during WW I. Women are left without husbands, families fall apart, finding themselves on the verge of poverty. Eva, the main heroine, is going through difficulties after her husband was drafted to the army. Her defilement and her tragic death cause a rebellion by which the village inhabitants finally stand up against their unbearable situation.Ako sa Vinco zaťal
7
Overview:
An unconventionally seen story from the period of the Slovak National Uprising will especially interest you with the character of the village lad and brawler Vince Kucek, played by Ivan Romančík. Hours and hours spent in the pub, riots with friends, scenes of jealousy towards his old rival Petr Chuťek, now a partisan commander, hostile memories of the strict teacher Machoň – all this fills the seemingly carefree days of the self-confident farmer, father of two small children, husband of the faithful, devoted Eva. However, the situation in the village is getting worse. Some of the men go to fight in the mountains, but the stubborn Kucek refuses to go with them.Mišo
NYR
Overview:
The author has endowed the main character of the humorous story, Miša, with a human weakness - a love for a drink. He struggles between the word of honor he gave to the priest Drozdík that he would not drink and the temptations of the surrounding world and the opportunities in the vineyards and at the fair, where everyone lets a tear fall down their throats.Great Solitude
7
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In southern Moravia, in the native village of Velka Samota, a ministry official returns from Prague to lift the declining JZD he helped establish.The Nun's Night
7.2
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A dark fable set in an early 1950s Czech village, a time of Soviet-style socialism which saw the implementation of collectivized agriculture and the mass closure of monasteries and convents.Deň, ktorý neumrie
NYR
Overview:
In the story of a partisan armored train crew operating in the rebel territory of Slovakia, the inner drama of Matúš Siroň, who hates war with a passion, unfolds. After managing to escape from the Eastern Front, he falls into German captivity. When he is liberated by partisans during a train transport, he initially refuses to fight. However, the circumstances of the Slovak National Uprising force him to change his mind...Tam za lesem
NYR
Overview:
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.Krutá ľúbosť
NYR
Overview:
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 same name - Kristka. They fight for their love, they both love with humility and surrender, but when necessary, they can be decisive and uncompromising. One is cruel in her love, the other fights for it with touching tenderness and kindness. These are not idyllic loves; they are full of life, full of raging blood...Človek na moste
NYR
Overview:
At the beginning of normalization, stories emphasizing civic awareness once again prevailed. The hero here is a teacher from a small village in the foothills, whose inhabitants help the partisans in their fight against fascism. The hero, the only intellectual among them, agrees with them and educates not only his students in this spirit, but is also prepared to lay down his life for his ideals. When German soldiers occupy the village and force the teacher to cooperate, the model situation escalates.Maple and Juliana
NYR
Overview:
A girl is transformed into a maple tree by her impulsive and angry mother. Three poor wandering musicians come by the tree and create instruments from it. Walking around the country instead of happiness they bring death everywhere with their cursed instruments. However they cannot get rid of them, unless they bury the wooden instruments at the place of the tree. The three are anything but harmonious, each taking in their disputes various stances.Stretnutie
5
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A dramatic tale of a man's life marked by two world wars. The story is divided into two parts. The first part focuses on the life of the Dobrik couple after the outbreak of World War I, the second part develops the life events of their son Peter, who fought in the Red Army during World War II.Jánošík
7.7
Overview:
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.Infidelity the Slovak Way
10
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Jakubisko’s comedy about infidelity inside the community of lumberjacks in three chapters. First, a group of men gets to know that there comes a group of female brigadiers to a near village and tries to seduce them, which won’t come out as precisely as they wanted. In the next chapter, one girl got pregnant and lumberjacks tries to solve this by a wedding to a man called Domino. In the final phase, they’re struggling for the successful wedding and are afraid of possible punishment from their wives.The Shop on Main Street
7
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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.Žena z Vrchov
4
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A dramatic story of a young woman, Mária Kedrová, who gradually breaks free from her humiliating position in her family and society in the post-war years. Tired of the inhumane work and tyranny on behalf of her husband's kulak family, after endless humiliation, she leaves the Kedrová house with her son Martin to start living her own life.Field Lilies
8.3
Overview:
Two repatriated soldiers search for stability and love when they return home after the First World War.The Song of the Grey Pigeon
5.9
Overview:
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.Pole neorané
4
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The film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Peter Jilemnický is a drama about the life of poor Kysuce miners, which takes place in the thirties during the economic crisis. During the peak wave of emigration, the dream of a better life drives thousands of people to America for work. Others, in order to support their families, leave for the surrounding towns. Produced by the Bratislava Art Film Studio, studios and laboratories Bratislava - Koliba.The Devil Does Not Sleep
4.8
Overview:
Episodic film consisting of three satirical shorts ('Smutný káder', 'Typický prípad' and 'Vel'korysá kampaň') comically exposing the shortcomings of society. In the interval between each short, a committee recognising themselves in the characters on screen, voice their approval or disapproval of each film.Toni, You're Crazy
7
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In the village cemetery, the funeral of a married couple - victims of a car crash - is ending. The relatives unscrupulously take away the facilities of the dead people's little cottage, totally ignorant of the fate of eight-year old Ruda, whom the childless couple took from a children's home and adopted. Fortunately, an elderly lonesome uncle named Tony remains in the empty cottage and decides to take care of the boy, nicknamed Münchie after Baron Münchhausen for his wild imagination.Acting
1990Nudity as Unknown
1988The Southern Mail as Pavol
1981Infidelity the Slovak Way as Unknown
1981Infidelity, Slovak Style (3, 3 Episode) as Unknown, Stázkyn starý otec
1981Night Riders as Unknown
1981Živá voda as Unknown
1981Katera as Unknown
1980Otec ma zderie tak, či tak... as Unknown
1980Hordubal as Unknown
1979Pustý dvor as Unknown
1979Uzlíky nádeje as (uncredited)
1979Mišo as Unknown
1978Krutá ľúbosť as Unknown
1978Zbojnícky tanec as Divočiak
1978Nech žije deduško (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1977Christmas Wafer as Unknown
1977Ako sa Vinco zaťal as Unknown
1976Sváko Ragan (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1976Slovácko sa nesúdí (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1976I Wouldn't Leave Tereza for Any Other Girl as Vrabec
1976Pacho, the Brigand of Hybe as Unknown
1976Majster zlodejského cechu as Unknown
1975Stretnutie as Unknown
1975Naši synovia (4 Episodes) as Unknown
1975Summer with Kate (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1975Nepokojná láska (1 Episode) as Unknown
1974Do zbrane, kuruci as Unknown
1974Deň, ktorý neumrie as Unknown
1973Príbeh potulného scholasta as Unknown
1973Tie malé výlety as Unknown
1973Maple and Juliana as Unknown
1973Adam Chvojka vicerichtár as Unknown
1973Ďaleko je do neba as Unknown
1973Field Lilies as Market Inspector
1973Javorová fujarka as Unknown
1973Čierne ovce as Unknown
1972The Bride of the Mountains as Unknown
1972Človek na moste as Unknown
1972Eagle Feather as Unknown
1972Igor a výmyselníci as Unknown
1972Tuba plná peny as Unknown
1972Nikto nie je doma (1 Episode) as Unknown
1971Zlozor as Ďuro
1971Zločin slečny Bacilpýšky as Unknown
1970Naši pred bránami as Unknown
1970Rajský plyn as Unknown
1970Zaprášené histórie Ema Bohúňa (1 Episode) as Unknown
1969The Royal Chase as Hujak
1969Toni, You're Crazy as Unknown
1969Maroško (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1968Čisté ruky as Unknown
1968Rok na dedine as Trúbel'ka
1968Stud as Unknown
1968Lúčka, na ktorej spáva vietor as Unknown
1968Výšiny as Unknown
1967A Pact with the Devil as Unknown
1967The Nun's Night as Gustav
1967Živý bič as Komár
1965The Shop on Main Street as Piti Báci
1965Neprebudený as Unknown
1964Bez svatozáře as Unknown
1964Slnečný kúpeľ as Unknown
1963Jánošík as Unknown
1962Tam za lesem as Unknown
1962Tri razy svitá ráno as Godfather (voice)
1962The Coward as Unknown
1962Pokorené rieky as Unknown
1961The Song of the Grey Pigeon as Unknown
1960Great Solitude as Houfek
1959Dom na rázcestí as Unknown
1959Šťastie príde v nedeľu as Unknown
1958St. Peter's Umbrella as Unknown
1958An Honest Thief as Adam
1958Earthly Honor as Unknown
1958Štyridsaťštyri as Julčin otec
1957The Last Witch as Unknown
1957The Devil Does Not Sleep as Unknown
1956Žena z Vrchov as Unknown
1954Pole neorané as Unknown