death_date death_place birth_place name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation
23 april 1983 prague , czechoslovakia austria-hungary paľo bielik 11 december 1910 paľo bielik
 jan bukva actor , screenwriter , film director
paľo bielik

paľo bielik -lrb- december 11 , 1910 -- april 23 , 1983 -rrb- , also known as jan bukva , was a slovak film director , screenwriter and actor .
he was one of notable personalities in the time of beginnings of slovak cinematography .
he was born in banská bystrica , then part of czechoslovakia .
at the start he played amateur theatre in banská bystrica .
in the role of jánošík eponymous game by jiří mahen , karol plicka noticed him and recommended for the title role in the film jánošík -lrb- 1936 -rrb- to martin frič .
it was the second film of the legendary story about the famous highwayman .
the success of the film led bielik to a professional theatrical career in the slovak national theatre .
-lrb- 1939 - 1941 -rrb- .
during the war , he began to deal with short films and in 1945 he became a director of feature films .
after his debut he starred in several other films of this important director -lrb- hordubalové , Čapkove poviedky -rrb- .
during the filming of the movie directed by frinč , which was first ever movie produced in slovakia , ` varúj ! '
, bielik was his co-director and also played one of the main characters .
during the war palo bielik began shooting short films , and later devoted himself to the creation of successful full-length shots .
along with karol krško he filmed a documentary film ` for freedom ' , in which were used footage of the slovak national uprising .
bielik worked with an authentic material on his first feature film , ` vlčie diery ' , made 1948 .
the union of czechoslovak army and guerrillas assisted him in creating the film .
in the film played a team of excellent actors like ladislav slovak chudík , joseph budský , francis dibarbora , Ťapák martin and many others .
to the theme of war palo bielik returned in movie ' Štyridsaťštyri ' made in 1957 .
as an award of this movie he received a special honorable mention and the fipresci prize at the 11th karlovy vary international film festival in 1958 .
in 1959 he made the legendary film captain dabač , in main role with ladislav chudík .
in the sixties , palo bielik revived janosik in the third film version , which is the jewel of slovak cinematography .
movie filmed in 1962 and 1963 on the occasion of the 250th janosik death anniversary .
the last movies of palo bielik as a movie director were the dramatic story of master executioner -lrb- 1966 -rrb- and three witnesses 1968 .
the films of slovak actor and director were mostly ballad stories of strong , vibrant characters , mostly ended fatally .
awards : 1958 fipresci prize for film forty-four -lrb- 11 iff karlovy vary -rrb- 1968 title of national artist filmography 1947 capek 's tales -lrb- 1947 -rrb- 1947 warns ... !
-lrb- andrew muranica -rrb- 1935 janosik -lrb- juraj janosik -rrb- directed by : 1943 synthetic fibers 1943 the health worker 1943 under the open sky 1945 for freedom 1946 cormorant island 1947 warns ... !
1948 vlčie holes 1950 reservoir 1952 lazy are moved 1954 friday the thirteenth 1957 forty-four 1959 captain dabač 1962 - 1963 janosik 1966 master executioner 1968 three witnesses scenario : 1966 master executioner 1963 janosik 1957 forty-four 1948 vlčie holes
