Barabáš is a Slovakian director, one of the first students of the Prague Film Academy (FAMU). He made many documentaries before he started directing feature films. His feature film debut was A Song about the Grey Pigeon (Pieseň o sivom holubovi, 1961), followed by The Angelos Trio (Trio Angelos, 1963), The Bells Toll for the Barefooted (Zvony pre bosých, 1965) and Tango for a Bear (Tango pre medveda, 1966). In 1968, he achieved international success with his film Krotka (1968) based on F. M. Dostoievski’s novel. In that same year, he immigrated to Canada. After only one year, he moved on to Germany. There he lived and made films and TV series until the end of his life.