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 generalissimo by Skipka
From this time supreme organization of the Czechoslovak foreign resistance movement – the Czechoslovak National Council began its work. Its main aim on the field of diplomacy was to initiate connections with western governments and in military sphere to build foreign legions in U.S.A., Russia, France and Italy made up of Czech and Slovak volunteers. In this case Štefanik played the most important role.
After war and establishment of the Czechoslovak Republic new state had a good position for negotiations at Paris peace conference, mainly thanks to the fact, that volunteer legions fought on side of the western countries. Štefánik became the first Czechoslovak Minister of the War.
Returning home from Italy he deceased in an aerial disaster.
His absolutely unexpected and tragic death met him as a 39-year old man at the height of his career.
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Štefánik arrived in 1904 to Paris with just a few things in his suitcase and a recommendation from his Prague professor and he was accepted as assistant in Jansen´s observatory.
His first excellent act in his new job was ascent from the town of Chamonix to the highest European peak – Mont Blanc. The main purpose was to observe sun and atmosphere on observatory constructed by famous Gustave Eiffel. Weather worsened and stay on the top was prolonged from a planned two weeks to final three. Already no one believed that members of expedition were still alive. On 21st day decimated and starving group was discovered in streets of Chamonix. The record of a stay on Mont Blanc was broken and it is unbelievable that observations took only 20 minutes out of a three-week stay.
Štefánik continued with his observations of sun’s eclipse in many other countries, among them Spain, Algeria, Brazil, Morocco, and Tahiti. For his astronomical research he won great acknowledgement in the French Academy of Science. Leave a Comment
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2 a 1/3 of wheat flour, 1 pack of butter (250 g), 3/4 pot of powder sugar, 3 yolks, 1 pack of vanilla sugar, lemon juice and crumbled
Simply everything put to the bowl and make a smooth dough. Then put it to the plastic bag and let it for 1-2 hours in the fridge to get the best consistency. Then roll it to the cca 3 mm thin and use sharp forms such as stars, hearts, circles etc .. Bake on paper or fatty plate around 5 min till the cookies get lightbrown color. Stick them together with great homemade marmalade, decorate by vanilla sugar or chocolate or by wallnuts etc it depends on taste. The best marmalade is of strawberries, blackberries, raspberries etc..
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 palo bielik by Skipka
was a collection of money for the Tatra Film Corporaiton established by brothers Sinkel in 1920.
They collected about 16.000 USD and developed the project to make a film. The first Janosik in
film was Theodor Pistek and there were two versions of the film. American and Czecho-Slovak.
What is really interesting the American one ended with happy end while the other not. Mainly
there was created the love story with Janosik's girlfriend Anicka and depicted social oppression.
Believe or not, the Czecho-Slovak version dissapeared while the negative of American version was
found in 1970 in producer's garage. Film Labs Koliba in Bratislava copied 89000 cells of this
negative and make a sound to it. Well, premiere of this film was in 1921 in Zilina, Praha and Chicago.
Nowadays, this film is available with US subtitles at every Slovak Embassy and you can find it in more
than 80 countries in the film archives. The story and the whoel film is a bit plain but it has really great
cultural value and in 1995 UNESCO inserted it to the World Cultural Heritage as a markable piece of
cinematographic history.
Meanwhile there was aim of Karol Plicka (scholar and folklorist) to make a true picture of Janosik in cinema
and he tried to set it up on the romanticist Jan Botto's poem "Death of Janosik" but he wasn't able to collect
enough money for it. But director Martin Fric (wellknown in Barrandov Studios Prague) collected enough in 1935
and made second film of Janosik where the main role got Palo Bielik, amateur actor found by Plicka. This version
of filmwas that successful that even now it is worth to see (not just because of Bielik's excellent look :))).
However it was also romantic story and idealised Janosik quite much. It got Film prize in 1936 and belonged to
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 kubal's animation film by Skipka
filmed in Koliba Studios 1962-63 as 250. anniversary of Janosik's Death. This was finally a true legend, great historical
fresco partly action film. This version belongs to the treasures of Slovak cinematography.
Another treasure dealing with Janosik's theme is anime film of Viktor Kubal named "Zbojnik Jurko"(Padder Jurko). It depicts
realistic fairy tale :) social motifs but all with a great sense of humor. Kubal got many prizes for this film in e.g. in Teheran,
Montecatini, Gijone, Lyon etc... It is definitely the best animation film in Slovakia. Kubal also made a film of
Bloody Duchess of Cachtice, another great animation film.
The parody on Janosik was depicted in film Pacho, hybsky zbojnik, what is my favourite. Leave a Comment
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