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Jan Švankmajer
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In short · Directing since 1964, 7 decades active, 37 credits.
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Insect(2018)
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Surviving Life(2010)
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Lunacy(2005)
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The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer: The Early Years Vol. 1(2003)
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Little Otik(2000)
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Conspirators of Pleasure(1996)
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Faust(1994)
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Faust(1994)
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Food(1992)
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The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia(1991)
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Meat Love(1989)
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Flora(1989)
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Darkness/Light/Darkness(1989)
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Manly Games(1988)
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Alice(1988)
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Dimensions of Dialogue(1983)
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The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope(1983)
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Down to the Cellar(1983)
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The Fall of the House of Usher(1982)
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The Castle of Otranto(1977)
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Leonardo's Diary(1972)
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Jabberwocky(1971)
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The Ossuary(1970)
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Don Juan(1969)
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A Quiet Week in the House(1969)
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Picnic with Weissmann(1968)
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The Flat(1968)
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The Garden(1968)
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Historia Naturae, Suita(1967)
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Et Cetera(1966)
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- KunstkameraSelf · 2022
- The Magic Art of Jan SvankmajerSelf · 1992
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