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Juraj JanosikJuraj Jnošk or Juro Jnošk (1688-1713), (modern pronunciation: ), Polish: Jerzy Janosik (modern pronunciation: ) was a famous Slovak bandit, sometimes known as the "Slovak Robin Hood." Janosik means son of John. This Slovak equivalent of Robin Hood has been the topic of many Slovak and Polish legends, books and films. According to the legends he was stealing from the nobles and gave the stolen things to the poor people. The Janosik myth was also known in Poland and the Czech lands. Jnošk was born at the village Terchov in northern Slovakia, was fighting with the kurucs in 1706-1708, then with the imperial army, and in 1711 he became the leader of a forest robber group in northwestern Slovakia. He was captured in 1712 in Hrachov, but managed to escape. Finally, he was captured again and imprisoned in 1713 in Liptovsk Mikulš and sentenced to death by hanging (attaching rope around one of left ribs) in December 1713. External link - http://www.iarelative.com/history/janosik.htm
Jnošk is also the name of several films and one TV series: - Jnošk (1921) – Slovak film (black-and-white, silent); directed by: Jaroslav Siakeľ, Jnošk is played by: Theodor Pištěk. This is the first Slovak full-length feature movie and one of the first full-length feature movies in the world. It is also on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The movie was produced by two Slovak emigrants in Hollywood (the brothers Jaroslav Siakeľ and Daniel Siakeľ), who were one of the founders of film industry in Hollywood (they had several patents for movie technics and were camera operators). The first runs of the movie were on November 25 1921 in Prague, December 1 1921 in Chicago and January 3 1922 in Zilina. Later, however, this very successful movie was forgotten and it was only in 1970 that it was rediscovered in a garage in Chicago. One hour and 8 minutes of the movie were repaired in 1975.
- Jnošk (1935) – Slovak film (black-and-white); the most popular Slovak movie at that time; directed by: Martin Frič, Jnošk played by: Paľo Bielik
- Jnošk I (1962) and Jnošk II (1963) - Slovak action film in two parts; directed by Paľo Bielik (- see also 1935)
- Janosik (1974) – Polish film
- Janosik (1975) – Polish TV series, which made him popular in modern Poland
- Jnošk (1976) – Slovak cartoon by Viktor Kubal
- The True Story of Janosik and Uhorcik (2004?) (Slovak title: Jnošk – Pravdiv histria, Polish title: Prawdziwa historia Janosika i Uhorcika) – Polish-Slovak-Czech film, still in production
Jnošk is also the name of a Polish comic strip (1970’s ?) of high artistic quality. Jnoš Jnoš Jánošík, Juraj Jánošík, Juraj Jánošík
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