# Rivers of Babylon (1998)

**Genres:** Comedy, Drama

**Duration:** 102 min

**IMDb:** [5.7](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159706/)

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## Description

This tragicomic parable is about the increasing power of an un-educated, ill-mannered and dishonest stoker working at a hotel in Bratislava. Making advantage of the confused political and social situation in the country after 1989 he gradually becomes the most powerful person in the business.

## Details

**Premiere:** 17 Jul 2026 (in 7 days)

**Director:** Vlado Balco

**Cast:** Andrej Hryc, Vladimír Hajdu, Diana Mórová, Barbora Kodetová, Miro Noga, Ľubo Gregor, Peter Bzdúch, Oldřich Navrátil, Stanislav Dančiak, Ivan Gogál, Martin Dohnal, Peter Simun

**Countries:** Slovakia, Czechia

**Languages:** Slovak

**Available versions:** OmeU

**Open-air showtimes:** No

## Showtimes in Berlin in original language (OV, OmU, OmeU)

### 2026-07-17 (Friday)

- **[Zeughauskino - Deutsches Historisches Museum](/cinemas/75-zeughauskino-deutsches-historisches-museum.md) (Mitte):** [2026-07-17 20:00](https://booking.cinetixx.de/frontend/#/show/1836256128/3560557195)  (OmeU)