Jan Švankmajer filmography

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[1] 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.[2][3]

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

  1. ^ "Producent Kallista dostal miliony na nový film Jana Švankmajera". Borovan.cz. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  2. ^ Kudlac, Martin (2022-07-25). "Czech surrealist maestro Jan Švankmajer has completed his last feature-length documentary, Kunstkamera". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  3. ^ 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. {{cite web}}: External link in |first1= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)