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
Slovak state
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Divided We Fall (2000)
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Juraj Kukura
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Shadows of a Hot Summer (1977)
Kukura (2014) (theatrical recording)
Demeterovci (1976) (TV movie)
Gustáv Valach
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Pštrosí večierok (1969) (TV movie)
Shadows of a Hot Summer (1977)
Henrich IV. (1987) (theatrical recording)
Elena Latečková-Rampáková
Czechoslovakia
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Rok na dedine (1967) (TV movie)
Midnight Mass (1962)
Jánošík I., II. (1963)
Emília Došeková
Czechoslovakia
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Margita Mazalová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Zuzanka Hraškovie (1991) (TV movie)
Pomocník (1980) (TV movie)
Gendúrovci (1994) (TV movie)
Mária Markovičová
Austria-Hungary
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Midnight Mass (1962)
Demeterovci (1976) (TV movie)
Ženský zákon (1967) (TV movie)
Zuzana Kocúriková
Czechoslovakia
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Július Vašek
Czechoslovakia
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The Copper Tower (1970)
The Ballad on the Seven Hanged (1968) (TV movie)
Ivan Palúch
Slovak state
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Elena Volková
Czechoslovakia
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Peter Gažo
Czechoslovakia
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Brigita Hausnerová
Czechoslovakia
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Naši synovia (1975) (series)
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Hana Kováčiková
Czechoslovakia
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The Ballad on the Seven Hanged (1968) (TV movie)
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Beata Znaková-Drotárová
Czechoslovakia
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Anna Blažková
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Javor a Juliana (1972)
Jaroslav Rozsíval
Czechoslovakia
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Red Wine (1976) (TV movie)
Jánošík I., II. (1963)
Míla Beran
Austria-Hungary
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