He was the greatest talent of his generation. The story of a man who lived too intensely. The film story of Karol Duchoň begins during the filming of a New Year's Eve program on television in 1984, and the man, who until recently had the world at his feet, literally has his entire life pass before his eyes in one night. We see how a boy from a country band got the opportunity to play in clubs in the West and also how, after his return, thanks to a single song, he became a real pop icon of the time overnight. The most renowned composers and lyricists in Slovakia wrote for him, he won prizes at the most important competitions and many foreign tours came. However, the enormous success also begins to awaken his inner demons... And we will be able to observe all this accompanied by his greatest hits.
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Cast
19 people
Vladislav Plevčík
Karol Duchoň
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Anna Jakab Rakovská
Alena Duchoňová
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Kavej
Gregor Hološka
Karol Duchoň St.
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Agáta Spišáková
Olga Duchoňová
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Vojtěch Kotek
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Tomáš Maštalír
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Alena Pajtinková
Eva Máziková
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Daniel Fischer
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Daniel Žulčák
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Juraj Hrčka
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Juraj Bača
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Peter Bebjak Director · Jiří Havelka Screenplay Róbert Mankovecký Screenplay
Budget $2.5M · First release July 7, 2025 · Produced in Slovakia, Czechia
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$2,500,000
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DNA Production
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Slovakia · Czechia
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Original language
Slovak
Spoken on screen
Slovak
Release dates
Czechia · July 7, 2025
Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Slovakia · July 31, 2025
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Australia
October 17, 2025 · Premiere · Czech and Slovak Film Festival of Australia
Czechia
August 7, 2025 · Theatrical
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