---
title: 'Rivers of Babylon (1998)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Vladimír Balco'
released: '1998-04-23'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Slovakia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/rivers-of-babylon-1998'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159706/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Rivers of Babylon (1998)

1998 · Drama, Comedy · Slovakia


## Synopsis

Rivers of Babylon is a 1998 Slovak comedy film directed by Vlado Balco. The film was selected as the Slovak entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 71st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film is based on the 1991 novel of the same name by Peter Pišťanek.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Vladimír Balco](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-balco)
- **Screenplay:** [Vladimír Balco](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-balco), [Peter Pišťanek](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-pistanek), [Marian Urban](https://cinepixo.com/people/marian-urban)
- **Producer:** [Marian Urban](https://cinepixo.com/people/marian-urban)
- **Director of Photography:** [Martin Strba](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-strba)
- **Editor:** [Dusan Milko](https://cinepixo.com/people/dusan-milko)

## Cast

- [Jozef Dóczy](https://cinepixo.com/people/jozef-doczy)
- [Martin Dohnal](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-dohnal)
- [Štefan Mišovic](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefan-misovic)
- [Ľubo Gregor](https://cinepixo.com/people/lubo-gregor)
- [Ivo Gogál](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivo-gogal)
- [Klára Roštárová](https://cinepixo.com/people/klara-rostarova)
- [Alena Michalidesová](https://cinepixo.com/people/alena-michalidesova)
- [Hynek Kubasta](https://cinepixo.com/people/hynek-kubasta)
- [Peter Bzdúch](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-bzduch)
- [Peter Šimun](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-simun)
- [Diana Mórová](https://cinepixo.com/people/diana-morova)
- [Ivan Kaufmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-kaufmann)
- [Andrej Hryc](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrej-hryc)
- [Vladimír Hajdu](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-hajdu)
- [Richard Müller](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-muller)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/rivers-of-babylon-1998
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