The Tapaks (1977)
The life of the Ťapák family is joyless. Twelve of them live in one room, no one considers that it is possible to live differently. They have already gotten used to it - they have no desire to change anything - after all, it has been that way for a long time. The heaviness of the Ťapák house is only disturbed by the bride Iľa, Paľ's wife. She is a midwife in the village. But they only want one thing - to have peace, quiet. This is how it goes day after day. Without excitement, slowly, with a bitter, almost imperceptible relationship to each other and to life in the village. The tension is only brought here by Ilina's efforts for change, to which the family members no longer even react. The smartest of the family is Anča. However, she does not want to become Ilina's companion. Both legs have been crippled since childhood, so she only watches her sister-in-law's activities with envy.
Director: Ľubomír Vajdička
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Ida Rapaičová as |
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Milan Kňažko as |
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Viera Richterová as |
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Martin Horňák as |
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Zita Furková as |
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Emil Horváth as |
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Barbara Plichtová as |
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Michal Gazdík as |
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Anna Šulajová as |
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Dušan Tarageľ as |
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Zuzana Kocúriková as |
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Gustáv Herényi as |
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Štefan Mišovic as |
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Ľubomír Paulovič as |
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Norina Bobrovská as |
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Ivan Romančík as |
| Directing | Ľubomír Vajdička | Director |
| Camera | Laco Kraus | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Štefan Havlík | Dramaturgy |
| Art | Roman Rjachovský | Set Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jozef Kanas | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gita Polónyová | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mária Holcbarová | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Oľga Balážová | Costumer |
| Writing | Božena Slančíková-Timrava | Novel |
| Costume & Make-Up | Helena Vávrová | Makeup & Hair |
| Writing | Ondrej Šulaj | Teleplay |
| Production | Oľga Kalková | Production Manager |
| Art | Vladimír Murčo | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Ladislav Halama | Editor |
| Camera | Karol Pujda | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Peter Vyčislík | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Hana Tirpáková | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Bohumil Krmíček | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Dušan Hazucha | Sound |