Karol L. Zachar
Acting
Biography
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Born: January 12, 1918
Place of Birth: Antol, Austria-Hungary
Known For
Jánošík
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.
Homeland
The first Slovakian colour film. A celebration of traditional Slovakian folklore and creativity expressed through a story of young love .
Pacho, the Brigand of Hybe
A funny outlaw tale inspired by traditional folk humour. Pacho is no ordinary outlaw. He detests injustice and feudal oppression and he copes with each troublesome situation with the help of his cleverness and wit.
St. Peter's Umbrella
A comedy about a lost inheritance, love and a red umbrella, which, according to a local legend, belonged to St. Peter himself.
Plavčík a Vratko
The son of a charcoal burner was once prophesied as a child to marry the daughter of a king. The king tries to prevent this by all means.
Wolves' Lairs
This drama from the times of Slovak National Uprising is situated in a small Slovak village. It is the tragical story of a widow and her four sons who fight alongside the partisans against the German occupants.
Čertova stena
Two roommates – Ivan Trnovský, a university student from a wealthy family, and Petr Gazdík, a young composer, try to win the affections of a young teacher, Hanka. She teaches schoolchildren to ski, and Ivan arranges a Christmas stay with her in the Tatra Mountains, in a cottage under the Devil's Wall...
Der Ochsenkrieg
Miniseries based on a 1914 historical novel by the German writer Ludwig Ganghofer - The War of the Oxen - set against the backdrop of the War of the Oxen in the 1420s.
Racha, My Love
Visiting Slovakian Racha to get antiquated with Slovakian wine-making techniques, Rachvelian from Georgia, Zauri, falls in love with Slovak Darina. Consequentially, when Darina visits Georgia, Zauri does his best to make her also love him.
Priehrada
The construction of a large dam in Slovakia is hindered by the influence of small farmers on the landowner Bujna, on whom they depend for help with the harvest and for monetary loans.
Filmography
as Vratko
as Anton
as Tutura
as Grandfather
as Drozdik
as Karol