Directing
Martin Ťapák
Martin Ťapák (* 13 October 1926, Liesek - † 1 February 2015, Bratislava) was a Slovak film director, actor, dancer and choreographer. Father of actor Marek Ťapák.
He studied at the Bratislava Conservatory. In 1956 he graduated in choreography at the Academy of Performing Arts. In the years 1945 - 1950, an actor and assistant director of the SND drama. In the years 1950 - 1958 choreographer and director of SĽUK, in the years 1959 - 1961 Laterna magika in Prague and since 1961 director of Slovak film in Bratislava.
After acting in theater and film, he became a director. He began directing independently on television with short folklore films. His focus was on folk traditions.
In 1969 he was awarded the title of Merited Artist and in 1988 the title of National Artist.
Filmography
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Kronika
The Sons of Great Bear
As American settlers encroach on the lands of the Lakota people, Tokei-ihto witnesses the murder of his father...
Ikarie XB 1
The year is 2163. Starship Ikaria XB 1 embarks on a mission deep into space in search of alien life. During the...
Jánošík
This film is one of the most popular pictures of Slovak cinema and relates the story about the legendary folk h...
Slingboy
A young Czech boy is freed from a concentration camp and now is working for the army against the Germans.
White Darkness
A young doctor and a group of injured are hiding in an underground shelter and are liberated by Soviet soldiers.
I Survived Certain Death
Telling the prisoners of a death camp. Boxer Tony Majer, who got into a concentration camp for a fight with the...
The Song of the Grey Pigeon
An unusual children's film set during World War II in Czechoslovakia, this compelling drama unfolds five differ...
Kapitán Dabač
The drama of a young Slovak army officer who gradually realises the horrors of fascism during the fighting in U...
Neporažení
As Nazi troops prepare to occupy the already truncated Czechoslovak Republic, a small military garrison made up...
Archimedov zákon
Contemporary satire denounces careerism, dictatorial ways, sycophancy and servility. An inconspicuous official...
The Pilgrimage to the Holy Virgin
Farmers get away from their arguments by embarking on a religious pilgrimage, enjoy a picnic en route, and on t...
Red Poppy
A story set in revolutionary China, whose proletariat suffers and starves, but refuses to be passive and rises...
Zatoulané dělo
A lone military unit carrying a cannon is stopped while moving from the training area by a gamekeeper who is in...
Čertova stena
Two roommates – Ivan Trnovský, a university student from a wealthy family, and Petr Gazdík, a young composer, t...
Drevený chlieb
A balladic story based on the motifs of M. Urban's short story, in which the arduous work of loggers and the ha...
Action B
Film shows the struggle of the Czechoslovak armed forces against groups of Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) under...
Homeland
The first Slovakian colour film. A celebration of traditional Slovakian folklore and creativity expressed throu...
Wolves' Lairs
This drama from the times of Slovak National Uprising is situated in a small Slovak village. It is the tragical...
Deň, ktorý neumrie
In the story of a partisan armored train crew operating in the rebel territory of Slovakia, the inner drama of...
Martin Ťapák
St. Peter's Umbrella
A comedy about a lost inheritance, love and a red umbrella, which, according to a local legend, belonged to St....
Katka
Strong-willed peasant girl Katka disobeys her father and heads to the city to work in a factory, where no one k...
Priehrada
The construction of a large dam in Slovakia is hindered by the influence of small farmers on the landowner Bujn...
Muž ktorý sa nevrátil
Police Lieutenant Vlado Hronec, together with the curious journalist Zvar, first search for the thief of import...