Little Jerguš's father was killed by gendarmes. To help his mother, the boy is hired as a laborer, then goes to the factory, to the city, but, unable to withstand the cruel exploitation, hoping to become free and independent, returns to the mountains, where his father once fought for the good of...
The script is based on the ancient legend of Eros, the god of love. He brought happy love when he hit the victim with gold-tipped arrows, or unhappy love if the arrow had a lead tip. Since love is the spice of life, Eros influenced that too. He himself paid the price for his abilities when he met...
A classical ballad motif about an aging father and his three daughters is quite unusually here set against the backdrop of Czechoslovakia of the 1950s. After having been expropriated, the former landowner Majda seeks refuge with his three daughters whom he had sent to a convent a long time ago. But...