Jan Švankmajer Movies

  • 1989
    Darkness, Light, Darkness

    Darkness, Light, Darkness

    Darkness, Light, Darkness

    7.61989HD

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

    Darkness, Light, Darkness
  • 1994
    Faust

    Faust

    Faust

    7.51994HD

    A very free adaptation of Marlowe's 'Doctor Faustus', Goethe's 'Faust' and various other treatments of the old legend of the man who sold his soul to...

    Faust
  • 1978
    Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet

    Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet

    Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet

    7.51978HD

    When famous detective Nick Carter visits Prague, he becomes involved in strange case of a missing dog and even stranger carnivorous plant. He becomes...

    Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
  • 1988
    Alice

    Alice

    Alice

    7.41988HD

    A quiet young English girl named Alice finds herself in an alternate version of her own reality after chasing a white rabbit. She becomes surrounded...

    Alice
  • 1983
    Dimensions of Dialogue

    Dimensions of Dialogue

    Dimensions of Dialogue

    7.71983HD

    A three-part depiction of various forms of communication.

    Dimensions of Dialogue
  • 2005
    Lunacy

    Lunacy

    Lunacy

    6.92005HD

    A man takes up residence with a mysterious marquis and is soon persuaded to enter into an asylum for preventative therapy. Things are not what they...

    Lunacy
  • 2001
    Little Otik

    Little Otik

    Little Otik

    72001HD

    When a childless couple learn that they cannot have children, it causes great distress. To ease his wife's pain, the man finds a piece of root in the...

    Little Otik
  • 1992
    Food

    Food

    Food

    7.81992HD

    BREAKFAST: After eating breakfast, a man is transformed into an elaborate dumb-waiter-style breakfast dispenser - and the same fate befalls the man...

    Food
  • 1996
    Conspirators of Pleasure

    Conspirators of Pleasure

    Conspirators of Pleasure

    6.91996HD

    Six outwardly average individuals have elaborate fetishes they indulge with surreptitious care. A mousy letter carrier makes dough balls she...

    Conspirators of Pleasure
  • 1991
    The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia

    The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia

    The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia

    7.31991HD

    A bust of Stalin is cut open on an operating table, leading to an elaborate animated depiction of Czech history from 1948 (the Communist takeover) to...

    The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia
  • 1981
    The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians

    The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians

    The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians

    6.31981HD

    In 1897, in a castle near the town of Werewolfville in the Carpithians, a slightly deranged Professor Orfanik experiments with his new inventions...

    The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians
  • 1964
    The Last Trick

    The Last Trick

    The Last Trick

    6.71964HD

    Two magicians, Mr.Schwarzwald and Mr.Edgar, try to outdo each other in performing elaborate magic tricks, leading to a violent ending.

    The Last Trick
  • 1970
    The Ossuary

    The Ossuary

    The Ossuary

    6.91970HD

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

    The Ossuary
  • 1982
    Ferat Vampire

    Ferat Vampire

    Ferat Vampire

    5.61982HD

    A doctor is shocked when his beloved colleague Mima signs a contract with foreign car manufacturer Ferat, in order to work for them as a...

    Ferat Vampire
  • 1989
    Meat Love

    Meat Love

    Meat Love

    6.71989HD

    The story takes place entirely on a kitchen counter and sees two slices of raw meat as protagonists. The first slice is courted by the second and...

    Meat Love
  • 1989
    Animated Self-Portraits

    Animated Self-Portraits

    Animated Self-Portraits

    5.71989HD

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

    Animated Self-Portraits
  • 2010
    Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)

    Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)

    Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)

    6.92010HD

    Eugene, an aging man, leads a double life – one real, the other in his dreams. He goes to see a psychoanalyst, who tries to interpret the...

    Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)
  • 1980
    Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem

    Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem

    Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem

    81980HD

    Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem
  • 1965
    J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor

    J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor

    J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor

    61965HD

    A man plays the Bach piece of the title on the organ, accompanied by images of stone walls with cracks and holes that grow and shrink, intercut with...

    J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor
  • 1984
    The Three Veterans

    The Three Veterans

    The Three Veterans

    7.81984HD

    It is a story of three veterans released from the army. During one night spent camping in the country they one by one wake up and meet three elvish...

    The Three Veterans