The second, and unfortunately, the last feature film made by a unique talent among Slovak filmmakers, Elo Havetta, is one of the most original pictures of Slovak cinematography. The film was conceived as a paraphrase of Vincent Šikula´s prose, the tragicomic episodes of which screenwriter Lubor Dohnal and Havetta composed into a dramatic story. The main characters are veterans coming home from the First World War. And while they feel a need to find a home and settle down, they are also driven by a passion for a vagrant´s free life. 

This is a tragicomic story about boys who even in times of war remember how to play soldiers, dream of heroic deeds, spy on girls, show off in front of friends, and make up fantastic adventures. With the same naive childishness they face grim events of war and everyday village life. Despite the impact of early normalization introduced by the regime, director Štefan Uher succeeded in turning Milan Ferko and Elo Havetta´s screenplay into a vivid picture on a theme so often romanticized and distorted by ideology. 

A sequel to the Copper Tower, Eagle Feather continued the success of its predecessor in many ways. Two inseparable friends, Oldie and Valer, return from prison to the Stratená Valley to start a new life - that of respectable citizens. This decision puts them face to face with new challenges. Manual work does not provide quite as much thrill as smuggling goods over the border did in good old times. With much distrust they are watched by the local customs officer who is convinced that they will take up their illegal hobby sooner or later again. As it turns out, he was not far from the truth. 

Director Martin Hollý´s film from the Stratená Valley is a story of adventure and romance set against the background of the magnificent peaks of the High Tatras. The tragic story, here and there lightened up by the funny comments of tough men, attracted an audience of nearly half a million in the early seventies and remains a favorite  of Slovak movie lovers up to this day. The filmmakers brought together excellent acting, a memorable story of love and friendship, thrilling action, and humorous dialogues into a dynamic picture unique in the context of Slovak cinematography. 

This DVD is a special edition of three documentaries about the memorable, and tragic events of 1968. The Time We Live discusses the social revival in Czechoslovakia around the time of the Prague Spring. Black Days was a special issue of A Week In Film newsreel giving witness to the military intervention of the Warsaw Treaty troops in August 1968. The Wake portrays the events that happened in consequence to this, for many a still traumatizing historical experience. 

A story of a man threatened by a fatal illness evaluating his life (the number 322 in the film title stands for the diagnosis of one kind of cancer). He understands his illness as a form of punishment for his cruel deeds in the 1950s. In the face of reality and his efforts to cleanse himself he hits a barrier of indifference, lack of interest, and individual and collective selfishness. He has to find his own reconciliation with his illness and his past and present life. 

A colorful story between fantasy and reality about the need for miracles in life. The story is composed as a mosaic. One of the lead characters is Maria, an inn keeper; always a bride, never a wife. The lead male character is Pierre, who disturbs the peace of the small village and teaches the locals how to enjoy life. Havetta´s debut was inspired by naive art, French impressionism, and silent slap-stick as well as Western Slovakian folk traditions.

Juraj, a Slovak artist living in Prague, takes stock of his life, realizing that his days pass without purpose. He lives a carefree life. But now he has to choose between two women, between the city and the country, and between creative work and craftsmanship. He has a passion for art but he also needs to make a living. Through his relationships with close people, he grows aware of his position and this knowledge helps him to live a more fulfilling and better life. 

This is a reconstruction of a daily life of an ordinary family. With kindness and gentle humour, the film reveals the relationship between the older and the younger generation. The original concept of a short film study with authentic characters of the Ravinger family grew into a feature-length picture on the border between a documentary and fiction film. It was made as an improvisation, without a previously approved screenplay, in the course of only twenty days.