Zdiar

Director Jan Svěrák took advantage of the beautiful environment near the Polish border in his Czech Lion award-winning film "Accumulator 1". In 1957, the film "In the Streams" was shot here. The director Josef Mach made a music and dance film called "Rodná zem", in which Martin Ťapák portrayed Goral Martin. A trip to the mountain village of Ždiar is also taken by the rich Soňa, who becomes infatuated with the mountain man Janek in the film "Tatra Romance". Valér and Starc in the film "Eagle Feather", while skiing in Ždiar, meet Prašivec, who takes pictures in a bear skin with tourists. This scene was filmed about 150 m from the Ždiar bus stop. Another of the scenes is Valér and Starec returning from prison to their home village, in the shots you can see the yard of the houses 425, 427 and the cottage, which has undergone considerable renovation since the time of filming. A sequel to this film, called "The Copper Tower", was also filmed in Zdiar. The documentary film by Karol Plicka "Po horách, po dolách" captures the beauty of Slovak folklore customs, traditions, costumes, ceremonies and other ethnographic folklore peculiarities. Karol Plicka complemented the storyline of the documentary and created a beautiful documentary "Zem sieva" (The Earth Sings), the plot of which consists of rural life with a constant natural cycle from the end of winter to autumn. The village of Ždiar is also mentioned in the documentary "Tatry, Spiš, Pieniny". In 1978, director Martin Ťapák set the scenes of a short story film about two forms of love "Cruel Love" here.