Jan Švankmajer Movies

A very free adaptation of Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus", Goethe's "Faust" and various other treatments of the old legend of the man who sold his soul to...

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...

A man is trapped in a sinister flat, where nothing seems to obey the laws of nature.

Two pieces of meat fall in love.

The age-old story of Don Juan, played by giant puppets.

Examines the human relationship with food by showing breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Three surreal depictions of failures of communication that occur on all levels of human society.

Six outwardly average individuals have elaborate fetishes they indulge with surreptitious care. A mousy letter carrier makes dough balls she...

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...

In stop-motion animation, a wardrobe moves through the countryside. It arrives in a house, a child's voice recites Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky," and...

Jan Svankmajer, at 85 years of age, is one of the most prominent artists of European cinema. His work has inspired and guided generations of...

A man takes up residence with a mysterious marquis and is soon persuaded to enter into an asylum for preventative therapy. Things are not what they...

When a childless couple learn that they cannot have children, it causes great distress. To ease his wife's pain, the man finds a piece of root in the...

A look at the legendary Czech sound designer and his profession. Editor and documentary filmmaker Adéla Špaljová has her father...

An adaptation of the 1764 work of the same name, the first Gothic novel. In this mockumentary, the amateur archaeologist Dr. Vozáb has set to...

A non-narrative voyage round Sedlec Ossuary, which has been constructed from over 50,000 human skeletons (victims of the Black Death).

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...

A television adaptation of the memories of one of the first important Czech actors, Jindřich Mošna, about his difficult theatrical...

The last moments of a creature made of fruits and vegetables.

An astonishing array of paintings, drawings, sculptures, prints, objects and materials fill room after room - but this is not a museum open to the...