

62 minutes of Slovak resistance that'll wreck you more than 3-hour epics.
A TV film based on a short story by Alfonz Bednár. A drama set during the Slovak National Uprising.
Writing
Bednár's short story distilled to pure emotional arsenic.
Acting
Zvaríková-Pappová's face carries an entire nation's grief.
Director
Vido Horňák
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 1944 uprising remains contested in Slovak memory — communist historiography celebrated it, but ethnic complexities (Slovak state collaboration vs. resistance) were buried. This film emerged during a brief thaw.