Cast
Jozef Kroner Štefan Kvietik Michal Dočolomanský Jana Janovská Eva Jakoubková Ivana Valesová
Credits
Written by: 
Juraj Jakubisko
Plot
Across the first half of the 20th century, a Slovak peasant family lives through two wars and changes, in an epic, magical-realist saga.
Sinekatalog’s take
A rich and epic Slovak saga.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.8 / 10 (666 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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