Never Happened

Never Happened
Skutok sa stal

Slovakia, Czech Republic / 2019 / 82 min
Documentary

Never Happened
Skutok sa stal

Slovakia, Czech Republic / 2019 / 82 min
Documentary

After the Velvet Revolution in 1989, Slovakia was ruled by charismatic and autocratic Prime Minister Vladimír Mečiar. In 1995, the president’s son, Michal Kováč Junior, was abducted; it soon became clear that the abduction was probably ordered by the highest government circles. Oskar Fegyveres, who worked for the Slovak Intelligence back then and who participated in the abduction by order of his superiors, testified to the police about the role of the secret police in the case. Since he did not feel safe, he fled abroad. He communicated with his family through his friend Robo Remiáš. Less than a year after the abduction, Robo died under unclear circumstances in a car explosion...

Writer / Barbora Berezňáková    DoP / Ivo Miko , Barbora Berezňáková    Editor / Matěj Šámal    Sound / Bohumil Martinák , Lukáš Kasprzyk , Dušan Kozák    Music / Ľubomír Burgr

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