This film is one of the most popular pictures of Slovak cinema and relates the story about the legendary folk hero and brigand Juro Jánošík (1688-1713) and the social situation in Slovakia of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The first part talks about Jánošík´s childhood, studies and return to his native village. In the second part Jánošík leaves for the hills, where he organizes his band of brigands and starts an anti-feudal resistance. The film concludes with Jánošík´s execution. 

The three documentaries included on this DVD invite the viewers to recall many of the historical events that had made a major impact on our future twenty years ago. The films provide a vivid picture of the political, social, and economic processes happening during some of the key periods in the development of Czechoslovakia on its way to long yearned for freedom and democracy. It was a journey marked by a brand new plurality of opinions and a wide range of newly established political parties. 

This mosaic-like parable is set in undefined space and time, still its crazy world without ideals filled with violence, cynicism and hopelessness clearly resembles the social atmosphere in Czechoslovakia after August 1968. Three strange loners survive only thanks to their "foolishness" - a life based on play and philosophy of joy. But the tragic ending of their coexistence is an inevitable outcome of reality that only offers two possibilities: insanity or death. 

A comedy about five students who are unjustly suspected of trying to lose their virginity before their graduation. The five girls firstly try to defend themselves, but when they find out that nobody believes them - neither the school principal nor even their own parents - they decide to accomplish what they have been falsely accused of. And although their clumsy attempts are mostly comic, at one point they almost cause a big tragedy...

Film je zavŕšením Uhrovej pomyselnej trilógie reagujúcej na udalosti 2. svetovej vojny (Organ), jej koniec (Panna zázračnica) i povojnové obdobie. Ludová balada o troch dcérach je situovaná do obdobia kolektivizácie v 50. rokoch. Otec Majda chce zanechať majetok synovi, preto svoje tri dcéry posiela do kláštora. Keď však v čase kolektivizácie o všetko príde, útočisko môže nájsť jedine u nich. Podľa tradícií ľudovej balady, pomocnú ruku podá otcovi tá najmladšia. Autori (Uher a Bednár) budujú drámu o fanatizme postupne od ironickej drobnokresby stretnutí kláštornej čaty s vedením štátneho majetku až po konfliktný stret dvoch nezlučiteľných ideológií.

A film about the dramatic lives of the people of the village of Ráztoka during WW I. Women are left without husbands, families fall apart, finding themselves on the verge of poverty. Eva, the main heroine, is going through difficulties after her husband was drafted to the army. Her defilement and her tragic death cause a rebellion by which the village inhabitants finally stand up against their unbearable situation. 

A film adaptation of the novelette of the same tittle written by Dominik Tatarka depicts the life of a young generation of artists that was formed in Slovakia during the war. Anabella - a young and beautiful girl meets a group of artists. She awakens their erotic desires but also pure feelings of love; she becomes the object of their secret fantasies as well as their artistic inspiration. And it seems that the boundaries between reality and fantasy suddenly cease to exist. 

A dramatic story about two friends - fisherman Richardus and municipal executioner Emil Targo takes place at the river Danube, in places that used to be targets of Ottoman raids. But their attraction to the same woman and Emil´s betrayal change their indissoluble friendship to an equally strong hatred. And as it usually goes - after twenty years by a trick of fate Richardus´ daughter Agajka becomes the wife of the son of his enemy. 

A dramatic story from the end of WW II and a remarkable contemplation of the value of true friendship, meaning and purpose of life or the possibility to be human even in inhumane conditions. In a frosty mountain setting a cruel struggle for life takes place. After a fight, two partisans return to their brigade carrying along a young German soldier as a captive. But suddenly, amidst the hopelessness of barren mountains, all protagonists find themselves in a liminal existential situation.