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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 23, 1963
- Original language
- Slovak
- Spoken languages
- Slovak
- Countries
- Czechoslovakia
- Production
- Štúdio hraných filmov Bratislava
- Cast
- Ernest Kostelník,Štefan Winkler,Vlado Černý,Ondrej Košut,František Kuchta,Eva Jurigová,Ján Klimo,Jaroslav Rozsíval,Karol Skovay,Jozef Kronerand 55 more
- Director
- Paľo Bielik
- Writer
- Paľo Bielik
- Cinematography
- Vladimír Ješina
- Music
- Tibor Andrašovan
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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