Biography
Peter Solan (b. 1929, Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia) studied direction as a first-generation FAMU graduate (1955). He began as a documentarist and in 1959 debuted in features with the first Slovak detective story The Man Who Never Returned. He gained international recognition with the concentration camp drama The Boxer and Death (1962), subsequently joining the ranks of 1960s New Wave filmmakers. This influence is most tangible in Before Tonight Is Over (1965) and in the triptych Dialogues 20-40-60 (1968). His regular co-writers included dramatist Peter Karvaš (The Barnabáš Kos Case, 1964; The Master Didn’t Ask for Anything, 1970) and screenwriter Tibor Vichta (Face in the Window, 1963; Before Tonight Is Over, 1965). During the normalisation era Solan had to transfer to Short Film Studios. He was allowed to return to feature and TV work in the 1980s.
48. MFF Karlovy Vary
Director
Movies | |
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1984 |
About Fame and Grass |
1982 |
Tušenie |
1980 |
Záhrada plná plienok (TV movie) |
1979 |
A pobežím až na kraj sveta |
Majka tárajka (TV movie) |
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1971 |
Slávny pes (TV movie) |
1970 |
Pán si neželal nič |
1969 |
Malá anketa (TV movie) |
1968 |
Dialóg 20-40-60 |
Špinavé ruky (TV movie) |
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1967 |
Sedem svedkov (TV movie) |
1965 |
Before Tonight Is Over |
1964 |
The Case of Barnabáš Kos |
1963 |
Tvár v okne |
1962 |
The Boxer and Death |
1959 |
Muž, ktorý sa nevrátil |
1956 |
The Devil Never Sleeps |
Documentaries | |
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1981 |
Seď a poď |
1978 |
Balkón plný plienok |
1977 |
Architekt Dušan Kuzma |
Just a Leaf from the Field Post |
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Rozhovor o jednom centimetri nádeje |
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1976 |
Vsetko má svoj čas |
1974 |
Nemecká |
1971 |
Den výrocia (TV movie) |
1968 |
Burza |
1960 |
Akcia Nové tváre |
1955 |
Deti mieru |
Trať voľná |
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1954 |
Fraňo Kráľ |
1953 |
Baníci rozprávajú |
Short | |
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1976 |
Prečo chodia poza školu |
1973 |
Nepokradneš |
1968 |
...a sekať dobrotu... (TV movie) |
1956 |
Muž, ktorý klope |
1954 |
Komu dôverovať? |
1953 |
Vianočný dar (student film) |
Screenwriter
Movies | |
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1968 |
Dialóg 20-40-60 |
1963 |
Tvár v okne |
1959 |
Muž, ktorý sa nevrátil |
1956 |
The Devil Never Sleeps |
Documentaries | |
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1977 |
Rozhovor o jednom centimetri nádeje |
1955 |
Trať voľná |
Short | |
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1976 |
Prečo chodia poza školu |
1954 |
Komu dôverovať? |
Actor
Documentaries | |
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2015 |
Golden Sixties (series) - a.f. |
Peter Solan - a.f. (S02E03) |
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2014 |
Československý filmový zázrak (series) |
Guest
Shows | |
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2006 |
Portrét |