Biography
Jan Švankmajer (b. 1934, Prague) has built up a remarkably wide-ranging filmography which reflects his former training as a puppeteer and his surrealist way of thinking, where any object is ripe for sarcastic analysis; the result might be shocking and also liberating by virtue of what he discovers beneath the surface of ostensibly familiar, even banal, objects. In fact, he used his quirky puppets only exceptionally (The Coffin House, 1966; Don Juan, 1970), although all his "heroes" behave like them, whether the product of relief animation, as in Et cetera (1966) and Virile Games (1988), or whether represented only by their attributes (Picnic with Weissmann, 1968; Jabberwocky, 1971) or by real actors (The Garden, 1968; Conspirators of Pleasure, 1996). Always the same expression, stereotypical gestures and movements, empty heads, easy to manipulate. And we need stiff reminders of the fact that we're all just like that.
MFF Karlovy Vary
Director
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2018 |
Insects |
2010 |
Surviving Life (Theory and Practice) |
2005 |
Lunacy |
2000 |
Little Otik |
1996 |
Conspirators of Pleasure |
1994 |
Faust |
1988 |
Alice |
Documentaries | |
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2022 |
The Kunstcamera |
2007 |
Cinema16: European Short Films |
Music videos | |
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1988 |
Hugh Cornwell: Another Kind of Love |
Theatrical recording | |
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1977 |
Laterna Magika: Kouzelný cirkus |
Screenwriter
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2018 |
Insects |
2010 |
Surviving Life (Theory and Practice) |
2005 |
Lunacy |
2000 |
Little Otik |
1996 |
Conspirators of Pleasure |
1994 |
Faust |
1988 |
Alice |
Documentaries | |
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2022 |
The Kunstcamera |
Music videos | |
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1988 |
Hugh Cornwell: Another Kind of Love |
Theatrical recording | |
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1977 |
Laterna Magika: Kouzelný cirkus - theater play |
Producer
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2000 |
Little Otik |
Actor
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2010 |
Surviving Life (Theory and Practice) |
2005 |
Lunacy |
Documentaries | |
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2023 |
Engi – Sound Designer Ivo Špalj |
2022 |
The Kunstcamera |
2020 |
Alchemical Furnace |
2018 |
Jan Švankmajer (student film) |
Vratislav Effenberger or Black Shark Hunting |
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2017 |
Music by Zdeněk Liška (TV movie) |
Raymond Roussel: Le Jour de Gloire |
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2016 |
Loutka (student film) |
2015 |
Pokračování reality (TV movie) |
2012 |
New Life of a Family Album |
2010 |
Film o filmu Přežít svůj život (TV movie) |
2009 |
Golden Sixties (series) |
Jan Švankmajer (S01E12) |
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Kikoe |
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Sewing throught dream (Oral Variations of the Svankmajer Dream/Film) (student film) |
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2001 |
Laterna magika - život se snem (TV movie) |
2000 |
Les Chiméres des Švankmajer |
Zdeněk Liška (TV movie) |
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1995 |
L'amour fou - Ludvík Šváb (student film) |
1990 |
The Animator of Prague (TV movie) |
Production designer
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2010 |
Surviving Life (Theory and Practice) |
Music videos | |
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1988 |
Hugh Cornwell: Another Kind of Love |
Performer
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2013 |
Ceny české filmové kritiky 2012 |
1996 |
Festivalové vteřiny |
Fans
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- Flakotaso screenwriter
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- hanakonochi screenwriter
- Mikah director
- Mr. Lobo director
- Tommassi3 screenwriter
- Beast director
- Idée_fixe director