Jan Švankmajer Movies
- 1988
Virile Games
Virile Games6.81988HD
A man sits down to watch a football match, which seems to consist of the players being violently mutilated in various inventive ways. The players...
- 2018
Insect
Insect5.82018HD
The Dung Beetle is late, the Parasite is asleep and Mrs Larva is more interested in her knitting than the director’s instructions. It’s...
- 1981
The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians
The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians6.21981HD
In 1897, in a castle near the town of Werewolfville in the Carpithians, a slightly deranged Professor Orfanik experiments with his new inventions...
- 1966
Punch and Judy
Punch and Judy6.41966HD
Two puppets, Punch and Judy, do battle to the death over the custody of a live guinea pig.
- 1967
Historia Naturae (suita)
Historia Naturae (suita)6.31967HD
An eight-part animated portrait of various species, accompanied by a different style of music. The various parts are: Aquatilia (foxtrot), Hexapoda...
- 1967
Et cetera
Et cetera5.81967HD
A small, animated figure learns how to use a whip, a pair of wings and a house.
- 1964
The Last Trick
The Last Trick6.71964HD
Two magicians, Mr.Schwarzwald and Mr.Edgar, try to outdo each other in performing elaborate magic tricks, leading to a violent ending.
- 1979
The Ninth Heart
The Ninth Heart6.81979HD
Martin, a poor student, volunteers to go on a quest to find a cure for the princess Adriana, who is stricken with a strange illness. Unknown to...
- 1969
A Quiet Week in the House
A Quiet Week in the House6.11969HD
A man, apparently on the run, takes shelter in a dilapidated house. Every day, he drills a hole through a wall and looks into one of the rooms, each...
- 1965
J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor
J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor61965HD
A man plays the Bach piece of the title on the organ, accompanied by images of stone walls with cracks and holes that grow and shrink, intercut with...
- 1977
Castle of Otranto
Castle of Otranto6.61977HD
"The Castle of Otranto" is animation/short/mockumentary based on "The Castle of Otranto", a 1764 novel by Horace Walpole, the first Gothic novel. The...
- 1989
Animated Self-Portraits
Animated Self-Portraits5.71989HD
An animated film compiled by David Ehrlich consisting of 27 animators from different countries all explaining themselves through their animation.
- 1968
The Flat
The Flat7.41968HD
A man is trapped in a sinister flat where nothing seems to obey the laws of nature.
- 1982
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher5.61982HD
In this animated version of Edgar Allan Poe's story, a traveller arrives at the Usher mansion to find that the sibling inhabitants are living under a...
- 1990
Jan Švankmajer: The Animator of Prague
Jan Švankmajer: The Animator of Prague71990HD
This half-hour BBC documentary offers a revealing look at Svankmajer at work on "Death of Stalinism in Bohemia," and uses excerpts from his earlier...
- 1984
The Three Veterans
The Three Veterans7.81984HD
It is a story of three veterans released from the army. During one night spent camping in the country they one by one wake up and meet three elvish...
- 1969
Don Juan
Don Juan6.91969HD
The age-old story of Don Juan, played by giant puppets.
- 1968
The Garden
The Garden71968HD
Frank visits his friend Josef, who introduces him to his pedigree rabbits and his wife Mary. Frank is more interested in the slightly unsettling fact...
- 1986
Scalpel, Please
Scalpel, Please7.31986HD
A psychological drama exploring the notion of the doctor as a moral authority, who within the framework of their everyday work must face questions of...
- 1981
Blázni, vodníci a podvodníci
Blázni, vodníci a podvodníci31981HD