Ilja Zeljenka Movies

A girl is transformed into a maple tree by her impulsive and angry mother. Three poor wandering musicians come by the tree and create instruments...

A classical ballad motif about an aging father and his three daughters is quite unusually here set against the backdrop of Czechoslovakia of the...

This is a ballad about love, hate, and a search for a way out of loneliness. It is a dramatic story about the strange potter, Martin Leaps, nicknamed...

Television film, based on Rudolf Jašík's novel of the same name, tells the story of a blind boy rejected by his own family.

A satirical look at today's times.

A television film based on a novella "Zhanobená krv" ("Dishonored Blood") by František Švantner.

Documentary film about one of the last forest railways in Remetské Hámre, which transports workers and carries wood.

A documentary about the work of lumberjacks in hard-to-access locations.

Ethnographic documentary about customs and ceremonies connected with death in a Bulgarian village.

A short film which documents early lumber and textile manufacturing processes.