Ondrej Nepela was thirty-eight when he died, and at the time people in Czechoslovakia did not quite understand why. Director Gregor Valentovič had not even been born then, so he never saw him skate ...

The story of Slovak figure skater Ondrej Nepela, who represented Czechoslovakia and became the 1972 Olympic champion, a three-time world champion and a five-time European champion, is being adapted ...

14/02/2025 - Two Slovak-Czech teams are shooting biopics in parallel about the Slovak legend 36 years after his untimely death The story of Slovak figure skater Ondrej Nepela, who represented ...

Gregor Valentovič peels back the gloss of a Cold War icon to reveal a man caught between public adoration and private battles. Ondrej Nepela was thirty-eight when he died, and at the time people in ...