Over Mountains, Over Valleys (1930)

The Matica slovenská (a mostly government-sponsored cultural, academic, and archival institution) employed Karol Plicka (1894-1987) as its ethnographer, who was able to make documentary shorts from about 1926. He obtained funding from the President’s Office in 1928 to produce an hour-long documentary about village life, Through Mountains and Valleys (Po horách, po dolách). It was awarded a Gold Medal at the International Exposition of Photographic Art in Florence and received an Honorable Mention at the International Venice Film Festival in 1932.

Released

1930-03-13

Genres

Documentary

Runtime

101 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Karel Plicka

TMDB rating

5.1/10 from 8 votes