The Matica slovenská (a mostly government-sponsored cultural, academic, and archival institution) employed Karol Plicka (1894-1987) as its ethnographer, who was able to make documentary shorts from about 1926. He obtained funding from the President’s Office in 1928 to produce an hour-long documentary about village life, Through Mountains and Valleys (Po horách, po dolách). It was awarded a Gold Medal at the International Exposition of Photographic Art in Florence and received an Honorable Mention at the International Venice Film Festival in 1932.
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Karel Plicka Director
First release December 7, 1929 · Produced in XC · Languages No dialogue, Slovak
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XC
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Original title
Po horách, po dolách
Original language
Slovak
Spoken on screen
No dialogue · Slovak
Release dates
XC · December 7, 1929
Premiere · Prague
XC · March 13, 1930
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
XC
March 26, 1930 · Premiere · Martin
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