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Jan Svankmajer



Filmography

Jan Svankmajer - filmography


  • Surviving Life (2010)
    Starring: Václav Helsus,  Klára Issová,  Zuzana Kronerová
    Director: Jan Svankmajer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 7 members
    Due for release on 11th June 2012
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  • Lunacy (2005)
    Starring: Pavel Liska,  Jan Triska,  Anna Geislerova
    Director: Jan Svankmajer
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    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.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 25 members
    Due for release on 25th June 2012
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  • Little Otik (2000)
    Starring: Veronika Zilkova,  Jan Hartl,  Kristina Adamcova
    Director: Jan Svankmajer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 816 members
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  • Conspirators Of Pleasure (1996)
    Starring: Petr Meissel,  Gabriela Wilhelmova,  Barbora Hrzanova
    Director: Jan Svankmajer
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 45 members
    Due for release on 25th June 2012
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Jan Svankmajer facts

5 most recent films

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

5 highest-rated films

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

5 lowest-rated films

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

Most frequent co-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