The Demise of Paľo Ročka (1985)
A television production based on Bozena Slančíková-Timrava's short stories about social and moral conditions in a Slovak village in the 1930s.
Top billed cast
Ján Greššo
Oľga Solárová- Jozef Krivička
- Anna Višňovská
Milan Kiš- Anton Šulík st.
- Hana Kováčiková
- Štefan Figura
Viktor Blaho
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