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The Forgotten Fighters in the Slovak National Uprising

This documentary is about the active part played by the Jewish citizens in the resistance movement in Slovakia. The film opens with a service in a synagogue, and the mountains to which the up risers fled. Over: The presenter recalls the name and heroism of some of the Jewish fighters. Foot: The wood where the fighters lived. Still: Newspaper extract after the war claiming the participation of a small number of Jews in the national uprising. A farmer, the deportation of people. Foot: The Slovakian parliament, newspaper articles of the regulations passed against...

Director : Laco Bartek

Production Year : 1994

Duration : 28

Language : English

Captain Dabac

War film from the period of the Slovak national uprising. Action drama was directed by Palo Bielik in 1959. The film reflects the story of Captain Dabac, Slovak army officer who returns home from fighting in the Ukraine. Under the influence of bestiality occupiers against civilians and so infidelity of his young female has become suicidal individualist against the fascist occupiers.

Director : Paľo Bielik

Production Year : 1959

Duration : 100

Language : Slovak