Jan Svankmajer

Filmography

Jan Svankmajer - filmography

Surviving Life (2010)
Starring: Václav Helsus, Klára Issová, Zuzana Kronerová
Director: Jan Svankmajer
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Surviving Life (Pre¸ít sv?j ¸ivot) is an upcoming Czech comedy horror film by Jan ¦vankmajer. The film uses a mix of cut-out animation from photographs and live-action segments, and tells the story of a married man who lives a double life in his dreams, where he is married to another woman. It will ..read more »

68% from 7 members
Due for release on 11th June 2012

Lunacy (2005)
Starring: Pavel Liska, Jan Triska, Anna Geislerova
Director: Jan Svankmajer
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Jean Berlot, a disturbed young man befriend a Marquis whose house is the site of a number of disturbing events and then willingly enters a mutinous asylum to try and restore control to the allegedly captured staff.

60% from 25 members
Due for release on 25th June 2012

Little Otik (2000)
Starring: Veronika Zilkova, Jan Hartl, Kristina Adamcova
Director: Jan Svankmajer
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Jan Svankmajer's fourth feature is the story of a thirtysomething couple who, despite their infertility, yearn to have a baby. When Karel (Jan Hartl), the husband, digs up a stump that resembles a newborn, he varnishes it and presents it to his wife, Bozena (Veronika Zilkova), hoping to comfort her ..read more »

66% from 816 members
Currently unavailable

Conspirators Of Pleasure (1996)
Starring: Petr Meissel, Gabriela Wilhelmova, Barbora Hrzanova
Director: Jan Svankmajer
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Revered Czech animator Svankmajer's 1993 film is a virtually dialogue-free exploration of the strange intimate workings of the lives of six common people. Through a disturbing mix of live action and the wondrous stop-motion animation that the director is famous for, the humdrum lives of a postwoman,..read more »

72% from 45 members
Due for release on 25th June 2012

Faust (1994)
Starring: Petr Cepek, Jan Kraus, Vladimir Kudla
Director: Jan Svankmajer
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A warped, hypnotic retelling of the Faust legend. A real pleasure for fans of the bizarre.

77% from 75 members
Currently unavailable

Alice on DVD (1988)
Starring: Kristyna Kohoutova, Camilla Power
Director: Jan Svankmajer
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A memorably bizarre screen version of Lewis Carroll's novel, Alice in Wonderland.

68% from 850 members

Alice (1988)
Starring: Kristyna Kohoutova, Camilla Power
Director: Jan Svankmajer
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A memorably bizarre screen version of Lewis Carroll's novel, Alice in Wonderland.

66% from 109 members

Jan Svankmajer - The Short Films 1964-1992 (3 discs) on DVD
Starring: Ludvik Svab, Bedrich Glaser, Nad'a Munzarova
Director: Jan Svankmajer
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A comprehensive collection of shorts from acclaimed surrealist filmmaker Jan Svankmajer. Films include: THE LAST TRICK, FOOD, PUNCH AND JUDY, THE FLAT JABBERWOCKY, DIMENSIONS OF DIALOGUE, DOWN TO THE CELLAR and THE OSSUARY.

76% from 489 members

Surviving Life - 3.5 stars
Lunacy - 3.0 stars
Little Otik - 3.5 stars
Conspirators Of Pleasure - 3.5 stars
Faust - 4.0 stars

Faust - 4.0 stars
Jan Svankmajer - The Short Films 1964-1992 - 4.0 stars
Alice - 3.5 stars
Little Otik - 3.5 stars
Alice - 3.5 stars

Lunacy - 3.0 stars
Surviving Life - 3.5 stars
Conspirators Of Pleasure - 3.5 stars
Alice - 3.5 stars
Little Otik - 3.5 stars

Pavel Novy - 3 times - show films
Camilla Power - 2 times - show films
Kristyna Kohoutova - 2 times - show films
Jan Hartl - 1 times - show films
Zuzana Kronerová - 1 times - show films