Vladimír Bahna was born on July 25, 1914 in Besztercebánya, Hungary, Austria-Hungary [now Banská Bystrica, Slovak Republic]. He was a writer and director, known for Spuren auf dem Sitno (1969), Das Haus am Scheideweg (1959) and Predjarie (1961). He died on October 19, 1977 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia [now Slovak Republic].