Jánošík (1921 film)

Jánošík
Directed byJaroslav Jerry Siakeľ
Written byNovel:
Gustáv Maršall-Petrovský
Play:
Jiří Mahen
Screenplay:
Jozef Žák-Marušiak
Jaroslav Jerry Siakeľ
Daniel Siakeľ
Produced byJán Závodný
StarringTheodor Pištěk
Mária Fábryová
Vladimír Šrámek
Jozef Chylo
CinematographyDaniel Siakeľ
Oldřich Beneš
Distributed byBiografia
Release dates
  • 25 November 1921 (1921-11-25) (Czechoslovakia)
  • 1 December 1921 (1921-12-01) (U.S.)
Running time
68 min
CountriesUnited States
Czechoslovakia
Languagesilent
Budget$14,500
Box office19 mil. crowns (Czechoslovakia)

Jánošík is a Slovak black-and-white silent film from 1921. It relates the popular legend of the highwayman Juraj Jánošík. It shows the filmmakers' experience with early American movies in camera work, in the use of parallel narratives, and in sequences inspired by Westerns. Jánošík placed Slovak filmmaking as the 10th national cinema in the world to produce a full-length feature movie.