The Line

"" Unusual locations spectacularly captured… impressive performances""

Variety
  • Archive - Festival 33
  • Director: Peter Bebjak
  • Slovakia, Ukraine 2017
  • 113 minutes
  • Slovak, Ukrainian
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

Adam Krajnak is the boss of a gang of criminals smuggling cigarettes across the Slovak-Ukrainian border. The failure of one of the transports triggers an avalanche of consequences that compels him to question his own boundaries.

Redolent of The Godfather and The Sopranos with a hint of Animal Kingdom and a welcome dose of black humor, The Line is an entertaining, fast-paced crime thriller set in the lawless borderlands of the Slovak Republic and Ukraine prior to Slovakia’s accession to the European Union in 2007.

Filmography: The Cleaner (2015), Evil (2012), Apricot Island (2011).


  • Director Peter Bebjak
  • Production Wanda Adamík-Hrycová
  • Script Peter Balko
  • Cinematography Martin Žiaran
  • Editing Marek Královský
  • Music Slavo Solovic
  • Festivals Karlovy Vary (Best Director Award)
  • Actors Tomáš Maštalír, Emília Vášáryová, Andy Hryc, Zuzana Fialová
  • Source Film Republic, London