Juraj Jakubisko for artistic achievement and received the Pribina Cross from the Slovak government, a special award given to those who have aided in the economic, social or cultural development of Slovakia. His next feature was "Post Coitum" (2004), a comedy about love starring Franco Nero. 2008 saw the release of "Bathory", starring Anna Friel as Elizabeth Báthory, a 16th-17th century Hungarian countess, often claimed to be one of history's most prolific mass murderers. She was reputed to have bathed in the blood of young Slovak women. Famke Janssen was originally cast in the title role. In addition to being Jakubisko's first
Welcome to Blood City Canada/U.K. tax-shelter co-production. It is perhaps the first cinema release movie in the "virtual-reality" genre after the 1973 made for German television film "World on a Wire". A theme possibly first presented in Daniel F. Galouye's 1964 novel "Simulacron-3", later to be explored again in "The Matrix" and "The Thirteenth Floor". Welcome to Blood City Welcome to Blood City is a 1977 film directed by Peter Sasdy. It stars Jack Palance, Keir Dullea and Samantha Eggar. Five strangers awake finding themselves with no memory in a world resembling the wild west. Their task is to become exempt from being killed