Section: Retrospective

KONEC STALINISMU V ČECHÁCH

THE END OF STALINISM IN BOHEMIA

Jan Švankmajer

Czechoslovakia, United Kingdom, 1190, 20 Min

Krátký Film Praha a.s.

A sarcastic, surreal yet astutely accurate reflection upon the rise and fall of Communism in the ČSSR. But no sooner has the Velvet Revolution occurred than a substitute doctrine rears its head: the busts of the political epigones of the past suddenly sport the blue, red and white of the Czech flag.

Filmformat
35mm | Farbe / colour

Drehbuch
Jan Švankmajer

Kamera
Svatopluk Malý

Ton
Ivo Špalj

Schnitt
Marie Zemanová

Ausstattung
Animation: Bedřich Glaser

Produzent
Jaromír Kallista

Produktion
Jan Švankmajer, Jaromír Kallista

Co-Produktion
Česká Televize, BBC London, Nomad Films Frankfurt/Main

Kontakt
Krátký Film Praha a.s.
Barbora Wohlinova
Křiženeckého nám. 1079/5b
152 53 Praha 5
Czech Republic
Tel: +420.2.670 911 54
wohlinova@kratkyfilm.com
www.kratkyfilm.com

Jan Švankmajer - born 1934 in Prague. Studied at the Academy of Applied Art, Prague from 1950 to 1954, then enrolled at the Prague Academy of Performing Arts. He was placed under a professional ban from 1972 onward, but continued to make short films.

Movies
POSLEDNÍ TRIK PANA SCHWARCEWALLDEA A PANA EDGARA (1964, short)
HRA S KAMENY (1965, short)
RAKVICKARNA (1966, short)
ZÁHRÁDA (1968, short)
BÝT (1968, short)
ZÁNIK DOMU USHERU (1981, short)
MOŽNOSTI DIALOGU (1982, short)
KYVADLO, JÁMA A NADEJE (1983, short)
NĚCO Z ALENKY (1987)
JIDLO (1992, short)
LEKCE FAUST (1994)
SPIKLENCI SLASTI (1996)
OTESÁNEK (2000)
ŠÍLENÍ (2005)

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