Directed by:
Štefan UherScreenplay:
Alfonz BednárCinematography:
Stanislav SzomolányiComposer:
Ilja ZeljenkaCast:
Martin Huba, Juraj Kukura, Gustáv Valach, Elena Latečková-Rampáková, Emília Došeková, Margita Mazalová, Mária Markovičová, Zuzana Kocúriková, Július Vašek (more)Plots(1)
A balladic story about three folk musicians wandering around and playing the violins cut out of a cursed maple tree. Instead of joy and happiness it is only hate and death that their music brings to the listeners. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Martin Huba](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/060/165060282_0f1300.png)
Martin Huba
Slovak state
Best movies:
Burning Bush (2013) (TV movie)
Divided We Fall (2000)
Adolf Eichmann (1988) (TV movie)
![Juraj Kukura](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268619_89d0f6.jpg)
Juraj Kukura
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Shadows of a Hot Summer (1977)
Kukura (2014) (theatrical recording)
Demeterovci (1976) (TV movie)
![Gustáv Valach](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270825_d80898.jpg)
Gustáv Valach
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Pštrosí večierok (1969) (TV movie)
Shadows of a Hot Summer (1977)
Henrich IV. (1987) (theatrical recording)
![Elena Latečková-Rampáková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/371/160371776_44e0fa.jpg)
Elena Latečková-Rampáková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Rok na dedine (1967) (TV movie)
Midnight Mass (1962)
Jánošík I., II. (1963)
![Emília Došeková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/422/162422496_ef958b.jpg)
Emília Došeková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Nepokojná láska (1975) (series)
Tiene v raji (1986) (TV movie)
Bičianka z doliny (1981) (TV movie)
Margita Mazalová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Zuzanka Hraškovie (1991) (TV movie)
Pomocník (1980) (TV movie)
Gendúrovci (1994) (TV movie)
![Mária Markovičová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/400/160400770_5802e6.jpg)
Mária Markovičová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Midnight Mass (1962)
Demeterovci (1976) (TV movie)
Ženský zákon (1967) (TV movie)
![Zuzana Kocúriková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268382_754ab6.jpg)
Zuzana Kocúriková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Red Wine (1976) (TV movie)
Sluha dvoch pánov (1976) (theatrical recording)
Beauty and the Beast (1978)
![Július Vašek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268732_1a42c0.jpg)
Július Vašek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sváko Ragan (1976) (TV movie)
The Copper Tower (1970)
The Ballad on the Seven Hanged (1968) (TV movie)
![Ivan Palúch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/444/444283_b2f869.jpg)
Ivan Palúch
Slovak state
Best movies:
Sváko Ragan (1976) (TV movie)
The Ear (1970)
Signum Laudis (1980)
Elena Volková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Stávka s čertom (1987) (TV movie)
Javor a Juliana (1972)
Penelope (1977)
Peter Gažo
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Študent (1990) (TV movie)
Javor a Juliana (1972)
Muž nie je žiadúci (1983)
![Brigita Hausnerová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/396/396091_b0e141.jpg)
Brigita Hausnerová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Red Wine (1976) (TV movie)
Naši synovia (1975) (series)
Red Wine (1972) (TV movie)
![Hana Kováčiková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/061/166061164_848bef.jpg)
Hana Kováčiková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Ballad on the Seven Hanged (1968) (TV movie)
Portrét Doriana Graya (1969) (TV movie)
Raz, dva, tri (1985) (TV movie)
![Beata Znaková-Drotárová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/949/157949022_182965.jpg)
Beata Znaková-Drotárová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Kráľovská hra (1999) (TV movie)
Miliónový chlap (1987) (TV movie)
Dies irae (1984) (TV movie)
Anna Blažková
Best movies:
Javor a Juliana (1972)
![Jaroslav Rozsíval](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276076_13f542.jpg)
Jaroslav Rozsíval
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Riders in the Sky (1968)
Red Wine (1976) (TV movie)
Jánošík I., II. (1963)
Míla Beran
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Forty-Four Mutineers (1957)
Rose Tinted Dreams (1976)
Wolves' Lairs (1948)