©2025 | SK – CZ | 99 min. | fiction | biography | music

Duchoň

Director
Peter Bebjak
Producer
Rastislav Šesták, Peter Bebjak
Story
Jiří Havelka, Robert Mankovecký
Screenplay
Jiří Havelka, Robert Mankovecký
DoP
Martin Žiaran
Editor
Marek Kráľovský
Music
Juraj Dobrakov
Songs
Karol Duchoň
Synopsis

The story of Karol Duchoň begins during the filming of a New Year’s Eve programme on television in 1984, and a man who not long ago had the world at his feet has his whole life flash before his eyes in just one night. We see a boy from the country being given the opportunity to play in Western clubs, and becoming a true pop icon of the era. The most renowned composers and lyricists in Slovakia wrote for him, he won prizes at leading competitions, and many international tours came his way. But his huge success is also beginning to awaken his inner demons…

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Director
Peter Bebjak
Producer
Rastislav Šesták, Peter Bebjak
Story
Jiří Havelka, Robert Mankovecký
Screenplay
Jiří Havelka, Robert Mankovecký
DoP
Martin Žiaran
Editor
Marek Kráľovský
Music
Juraj Dobrakov
Songs
Karol Duchoň
Sound
Martin Jílek
Architect
Juraj Kuchárek
Costumes
Ján Kocman
Make-up
Martin Jankovič
Visual effects
Ondrej Azor, Martin Ďuriška
Cast
Vladislav Plevčík, Anna Jakab Rakovská, Gregor Hološka, Adrian Jastraban, Agáta Spišáková, Alena Pajtinková
Production
D.N.A. Production (SK)
Co-production
DNA Production (CZ)
Budget
2 595 500 €
Support
Audiovizuálny fond
Co-production forums
Bratislava Industry Days 2025
World premiere
MFF Karlove Vary 2025
Release
SK: 07/2025, Continental film
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