Ten Commandments
Ten Commandments
Ten Slovak directors and Ten Commandments presented in the non-traditional premises of the Slovak National Theatre. The aim of the project is to present ten approximately twenty minutes long pieces – meditations (disputes, variations) on topics and motifs of the Ten Commandments. They should be influenced by various opinions and perspectives. They should present a statement how one generation of stage directors views the rules that used to define the moral and legislative standards in the Western societies in last 2 000 years.
Ten directors were invited to participate in the project (in one case it is a tandem), who have already been successful both on national and international stages. Except of the mentioned staged pieces, some multi-genre artistic works (outputs) will be created in cooperation with filmmakers, visual artists and writers, using the motifs of the Ten Commandments to initiate and strengthen broader and deeper whole-society discussion on the basic theme of our civilization.
1. I AM THE LORD THY GOD. THOU SHALT HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME
Director: Anna Petrželková
Cast: Dominika Kavaschová, Andreja Vozárová, guest appearance, Tomáš Grega, guest appearance
2. THOU SHALT NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THY GOD IN VAIN
Director: Kamil Žiška
Cast: František Kovár, Ján Gallovič, Daniel Fischer
3. REMEMBER THE SHABBATH DAY TO KEEP IT HOLY
Director: Ján Luterán
Cast: Jana Oľhová, Daniel Fischer, Tomáš Mischura, guest appearance
4. HONOUR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER
Director: Sláva Daubnerová
Cast: Vladimír Obšil
5. THOU SHALT NOT KILL
Director: Iva Jurčová
Cast: Anna Javorková, Jana Oľhová
6. THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY
Director: Lukáš Brutovský
Cast: Daniel Fischer, Daniel Ratimorský, guest appearance
7. THOU SHALT NOT STEAL
Director: Anti Korenči / Juraj Bielik
Cast: Ľuboš Kostelný, Alexander Bárta, Dominika Kavaschová
8. THOU SHALT NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS AGAINST THY NEIGHBOUR
Director: Marián Amsler
Cast: Amanita - Ingrid Timková, Manžel - Marián Chalány, guest appearance, Syn - František Kovár
9. THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOUR’S WIFE
Director: Júlia Rázusová
Cast: Vladimír Mayakovský - Miloslav Kráľ, guest appearance, Osip Brik - Robert Roth, Lili Brik - Jana Oľhová
10. THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOUR’S HOUSE
Director: Michal Vajdička
Cast: Emília Vášáryová, Ľuboš Kostelný, Alexander Bárta
Running time: 4 hrs 50 mins with one interval