Jan Švankmajer Movies

An aging professor at a Prague neurological clinic is forced to confront his personal values and the harsh boundaries of medical science. Already...

A human body gradually reconstructs itself as its various component parts crowd themselves into a small room and eventually, after much...

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

Two puppets, Punch and Judy, do battle to the death over the custody of a live guinea pig.

An animated film compiled by David Ehrlich consisting of 27 animators from different countries all explaining themselves through their animation.

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

An in depth look at both of the Švankmajers as they work on the full length film "Little Otik".

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

An eight-part animated portrait of various species, accompanied by a different style of music. The various parts are: Aquatilia (foxtrot), Hexapoda...

Experimental documentary about Japanese experimental musician Otomo Yoshihide. Includes interviews with multiple musicians, artists, and writers as...

A device consisting of a clock, a pendulum, a faucet and a bucket enacts a series of events whenever the clock chimes.

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

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

One of the best Czech composers of film soundtracks is often described as a genius of film scores. He was not afraid to experiment and the...

Švankmajer demonstrates the darkly humorous approach to life and politics which the Czech authorities at one time regarded as so subversive...

In 1967, Jan Švankmajer participated in the Terre des Hommes competition of the Montreal International Film Festival by submitting "L'Homme et...