Over Mountains, Over Valleys(1930)

Over Mountains, Over Valleys Synopsis

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.

Over Mountains, Over Valleys (1930) is a documentary film directed by Karel Plicka, released on March 13, 1930 with a runtime of 1h 41m. Viewers rate it 5.1 out of 10 across 8 ratings.