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Filmmaker · Slovakia

Paľo Bielik

Died in 1983

Paľo Bielik was born on 11 December 1910. He began in an amateur troupe in Banská Bystrica, where Karol Plicka noticed him in the role of Jánošík and recommended him to Martin Frič, who gave him the title role in his film. An actor at the Slovak National Theatre from 1939, he made short films during the war and directed with Karol Krško the documentary Za slobodu, made of footage of the uprising. A director of feature films after the war, up to Majster kat and Traja svedkovia, and a National Artist in 1968, he died on 23 April 1983.

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