Karel Plicka Movies
- 1930
Over Mountains, Over Valleys
Over Mountains, Over Valleys5.11930HD
The Matica slovenská (a mostly government-sponsored cultural, academic, and archival institution) employed Karol Plicka (1894-1987) as its...
- 1933
The Earth Sings
The Earth Sings61933HD
A documentary of peasant life in an isolated village in the Carpathian Mountains of Slovakia, starting in early spring and ending after the harvest.
- 1946
Cesta k barikádám
Cesta k barikádám01946HD
- 1970
National Artist Professor Karol Plicka
National Artist Professor Karol Plicka01970HD
A film portrait about Professor Karol Plicka, focusing on his films, photography and folklore work.
- 1945
Vlast vítá
Vlast vítá01945HD
- 1945
Mr. President in Slovakia
Mr. President in Slovakia01945HD
A short reportage from post-war Slovakia. President Edvard Beneš came to Banská Bystrica to celebrate the first anniversary of the...
- 1970
Na počiatku bola pieseň
Na počiatku bola pieseň01970HD
Martin Slivka's documentary film about Karol Plicka (1894-1987), the founder of Slovak cinematography.
- 1943
Prague Baroque
Prague Baroque01943HD
Kulturfilm about the architecture of the city of Prague.
- 1929
Spring in Carpathian Ruthenia
Spring in Carpathian Ruthenia61929HD
Karel Plicka was also cinematographer of this short movie. Editor in charge was Alexander Hackenschmied. There is an extraordinary emotional charge,...
- 1941
The Eternal Song
The Eternal Song01941HD
Karol Plicka was an important musician and composer. He recorded folk songs immediately after hearing them in musical notation to preserve them for...
- 1983
Vyznanie pútnika
Vyznanie pútnika01983HD
- 1937
Visiting Slovaks from New York through to Mississippi
Visiting Slovaks from New York through to Mississippi9.51937HD
Having finished his film Jánošík (1935), Plicka embarks on the journey of a lifetime. Accompanied by a Slovak-Czech delegation...
- 1931
News Film 0509
News Film 050901931HD
The news film, shot by Karol Plicka, shows the first Czechoslovak President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk on holiday in the Czech countryside....
- 1931
To All the Agricultural People...
To All the Agricultural People...01931HD
This short ethnographic film is the first part of the series Through the Agricultural World intended to promote village life and the work of the...
- 1934
The Spring in Prague
The Spring in Prague01934HD
The original introductory part of Karol Plicka’s film The Earth Sings (1933), which was replaced with a sequence of shots of Bratislava during...
- 1937
The President of the Republic dr. E. Beneš's visit
The President of the Republic dr. E. Beneš's visit01937HD
A record of the trip of the President of the Czechoslovak Republic Edvard Beneš to Slovakia. The footage maps the journey from Bratislava to...
- 1934
The Old Slovak Culture
The Old Slovak Culture01934HD
Slovak folklore presents its beauty not only in celebratory customs and children’s games. The short documentary proves that Plicka perceived...
- 1942
Cheb
Cheb01942HD
A Czech folklorist who received a prize for a visual myth about Slovakia The Earth Sings (1933) at the Venice Biennale, made for Prag-Film a film...
- 1937
Drowning of Marzanna
Drowning of Marzanna01937HD
A perfect marketing film from the 1930s. The short film is an advertisement for Baťa's new products, presented through the traditional...
- 1946
Baroque Prague
Baroque Prague01946HD
Plicka's work is an extreme case of the multilingual version and its war and post-war form recalls many period cultural and political contexts. After...