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Jan Švankmajer is a Czech film director, animator, writer, playwright and artist.
Feature-length films
| Year | English title | Original title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Alice | Něco z Alenky | Based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll |
| 1994 | Faust | Lekce Faust | Based on the Faust legend (including traditional Czech puppet show versions), Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, and Goethe's Faust. |
| 1996 | Conspirators of Pleasure | Spiklenci slasti | |
| 2000 | Little Otik | Otesánek | Based on Otesánek by Karel Jaromír Erben |
| 2005 | Lunacy | Šílení | Based on The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether and The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe |
| 2010 | Surviving Life | Přežít svůj život | |
| 2018 | Insects | Hmyz | Based on Pictures from the Insects' Life by Karel Čapek and Josef Čapek |
| 2022 | The Kunstcamera | Kunstkamera | Documentary about the art and artifacts Svanmajer and his late wife have gathered over the years. |
Short films
| Year | English title | Original title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | The Last Trick | Poslední trik pana Schwarcewalldea a pana Edgara | |
| 1965 | Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasy in G minor | Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasia G-moll | |
| 1965 | A Game with Stones | Spiel mit Steinen | |
| 1966 | Punch and Judy | Rakvičkárna | Also known as The Coffin Factory and The Lych House |
| 1966 | Et Cetera | ||
| 1967 | Historia Naturae (Suita) | ||
| 1968 | The Garden | Zahrada | |
| 1968 | The Flat | Byt | Available on the Little Otik DVD. Included in the Metropolitan Museum's "Surrealism Beyond Borders" exhibit (2021–22) |
| 1968 | Picnic with Weissmann | Picknick mit Weismann | |
| 1969 | A Quiet Week in the House | Tichý týden v domě | |
| 1970 | Don Juan | Don Šajn | |
| 1970 | The Ossuary | Kostnice | A documentary about the Sedlec Ossuary |
| 1971 | Jabberwocky | Žvahlav aneb šatičky slaměného Huberta | Based on Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll |
| 1972 | Leonardo's Diary | Leonardův deník | |
| 1979 | Castle of Otranto | Otrantský zámek | Based on The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole |
| 1980 | The Fall of the House of Usher | Zánik domu Usherů | Based on The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe |
| 1982 | Dimensions of Dialogue | Možnosti dialogu | |
| 1983 | Down to the Cellar | Do pivnice | |
| 1983 | The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope | Kyvadlo, jáma a naděje | Based on The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe and A Torture by Hope by Auguste Villiers de L'Isle-Adam |
| 1988 | Virile Games | Mužné hry | Also known as The Male Game |
| 1988 | Another Kind of Love | Music video for Hugh Cornwell | |
| 1988 | Meat Love | Zamilované maso | |
| 1989 | Darkness/Light/Darkness | Tma, světlo, tma | |
| 1989 | Flora | ||
| 1989 | Animated Self-Portraits | Anthology film by 27 animators | |
| 1990 | The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia | Konec stalinismu v Čechách | |
| 1992 | Food | Jídlo |
Animation and art direction
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Dinner for Adele | Adéla ještě nevečeřela | Oldřich Lipský |
| 1981 | The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians | Tajemství hradu v Karpatech | Oldřich Lipský |
| 1982 | Ferat Vampire | Upír z Feratu | Juraj Herz |
| 1983 | Visitors | Návštěvníci | Jindřich Polák |
| 1984 | Three Veterans | Tři veteráni | Oldřich Lipský |
References
- "Producent Kallista dostal miliony na nový film Jana Švankmajera". Borovan.cz. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- Kudlac, Martin (2022-07-25). "Czech surrealist maestro Jan Švankmajer has completed his last feature-length documentary, Kunstkamera". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
- info(at)s2studio.cz, S2 STUDIO s r o-INTERNETOVÉ SLUŽBY, GRAFIKA, VÝROBA REKLAMY, MARKETING, https://www s2studio cz. "MFDF Ji.hlava". www.ji-hlava.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 25 November 2022.
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