Directed by:
Marek ŤapákScreenplay:
Marek ŤapákComposer:
Anton PopovičCast:
Martin Ťapák (a.f.), Marek Ťapák, Dušan Szabó (narrator), Milan Lasica, Viliam Meško, Zoro Laurinc st., Milan Kňažko, Heda Melicherová, Peter Jaroš (more)Plots(1)
This documentary portrait acquaints viewers with the familiar and less familiar world of Slovak film director Martin Ťapák, exploring both his varied oeuvre and the human-interest story of his personal life, unseen by the public till now. Ťapák is shown as an artist, director, actor, dancer and choreographer, as well as a human being and a citizen, including both the positive and negative sides of his personality and actions. The filmmakers' goal was to view Ťapák from every angle, including a critical one, and thus paint a unified, full-blooded portrait of the man and artist. A substantial part of the documentary is made up of archival footage and various statements from people who knew him, worked with him, lived with him or whose recollections and observations otherwise complement the mosaic of facts and opinions about Martin Ťapák. This featurelength documentary portrait was created by his son, actor and director Marek Ťapák. (Art Film Fest)
(more)Cast
Martin Ťapák (a.f.)
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jánošík I., II. (1963)
Ikarie XB 1 (1963)
Wolves' Lairs (1948)
Marek Ťapák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Rok na dedine (1967) (TV movie)
Balada o Vojtovej Marine (1964) (TV movie)
Vianočné oblátky (1977) (TV movie)
Dušan Szabó (narrator)
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Omyl doktora Moresiniho (1988) (TV movie)
Konto (1991) (TV movie)
Landscape (2000)
Milan Lasica
Slovak state
Best movies:
Lasica & Satinský a hostia: Soirée (1968) (TV movie)
Půldruhé hodiny zpoždění (2009) (theatrical recording)
The Three Veterans (1983)
Viliam Meško
Best movies:
Sváko Ragan (1976) (TV movie)
Pacho, the Thief of Hybe (1975)
Sebechlebskí hudci (1975)
Zoro Laurinc st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sváko Ragan (1976) (TV movie)
Romulus Veľký (1992) (TV movie)
Viťúzi (1978) (theatrical recording)
Milan Kňažko
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Picasso (2008) (theatrical recording)
Rok na dedine (1967) (TV movie)
Adolf Eichmann (1988) (TV movie)
Heda Melicherová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sváko Ragan (1976) (TV movie)
Balada o Vojtovej Marine (1964) (TV movie)
Vianočné oblátky (1977) (TV movie)
Peter Jaroš
Slovak state
Asňa Ťapáková
Best movies:
Ežo Vlkolinský (1978) (TV movie)
Vojtech Brázdovič
Best movies:
Jánošík I., II. (1963)
Živý bič (1966) (TV movie)
Captain Dabac (1959)
Viliam Gruska
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Rok na dedine (1967) (TV movie)
Emil Bartko
Best movies:
Pustý dvor (1978)
Hĺbkový rekord (1985) (TV movie)
Emília Vášáryová
Best movies:
Cosy Dens (1999)
Na skle maľované (1980) (TV movie)
The Copper Tower (1970)
Mária Breinerová-Mačáková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Seven Ravens (2015)
Mišo (1979) (TV movie)
Profesor Raat (1989) (TV movie)
Štefan Kvietik
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dvanásť nahnevaných mužov (1979) (TV movie)
The Copper Tower (1970)
The Boxer and Death (1962)
Katarína Ťapáková
Best movies:
Dancing On Broken Glass (2012)
Eva Kristínová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Rysavá jalovica (1970) (TV movie)
Midnight Mass (1962)
Forty-Four Mutineers (1957)