Jan Švankmajer Movies

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1978
    Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet

    Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet

    Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet

    7.61978HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1996
    Conspirators of Pleasure

    Conspirators of Pleasure

    Conspirators of Pleasure

    6.8911996HD

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

    Conspirators of Pleasure
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
    The Fall of the House of Usher

    The Fall of the House of Usher

    The Fall of the House of Usher

    5.61982HD

    In this animated version of Edgar Allan Poe's story, a traveller arrives at the Usher mansion to find that the sibling inhabitants are living under a...

    The Fall of the House of Usher
  • 1966
    Punch and Judy

    Punch and Judy

    Punch and Judy

    6.41966HD

    Two puppets, Punch and Judy, do battle to the death over the custody of a live guinea pig.

    Punch and Judy
  • 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)
  • 1969
    A Quiet Week in the House

    A Quiet Week in the House

    A Quiet Week in the House

    6.11969HD

    A man, apparently on the run, takes shelter in a dilapidated house. Every day, he drills a hole through a wall and looks into one of the rooms, each...

    A Quiet Week in the House
  • 1979
    The Ninth Heart

    The Ninth Heart

    The Ninth Heart

    6.31979HD

    Martin, a poor student, volunteers to go on a quest to find a cure for the princess Adriana, who is stricken with a strange illness. Unknown to...

    The Ninth Heart
  • 1983
    The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope

    The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope

    The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope

    6.81983HD

    A short film based on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" and Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam's "A Torture by Hope".

    The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope