Directing
Jan Švankmajer
- Titles
- 59movies2TV shows
- Career
Active from 1964 to 2022, busiest in 1989 with 4 main titles.
- Directed
- 40titles as director
- Average score
69/100
- Highest rated
Dimensions of Dialogue83/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 27 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Absurdist Humor6.6average 2.0
- Uncanny7.0average 2.5
- Fantasy4.1average 1.8
- Dark Humor5.0average 2.9
- Wonder5.5average 3.4
- Satire & Parody3.9average 2.3
- Scare3.9average 2.6
- Psychological6.7average 5.6
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.2, average 5.2
- Family Dynamics2.0, average 4.7
- Crime1.2, average 3.7
- Romance1.7, average 3.8
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Psychological Horror 5
- Social Commentary 5
- Stop-Motion 4
- Stop-Motion Animation 4
- Unsettling Atmosphere 4
- Experimental Animation 3
- Darkly Humorous 3
- Historical Context 3
- Experimental Film 3
- Avant-Garde 3
- Absurdist Humor 3
- Absurdist Comedy 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- SSvatopluk MalýCinematographerAnother Kind of Love, Alice, Faust, The Garden, The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia, +9 more
- MMarie ZemanováActorAnother Kind of Love, Conspirators of Pleasure, Alice, Little Otik, Faust, +6 more
Zdeněk LiškaComposerCastle of Otranto, Jabberwocky, Leonardo's Diary, Et cetera, Punch and Judy, +4 more- HHelena LebduškováEditorCastle of Otranto, Dimensions of Dialogue, Jabberwocky, The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope, A Quiet Week in the House, +4 more
- MMilada SádkováEditorThe Garden, The Last Trick, J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor, The Ossuary, Don Juan, +1 more
- MMiloslav ŠpálaCinematographerConspirators of Pleasure, Virile Games, Darkness, Light, Darkness, The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope, The Fall of the House of Usher
Pavel NovýActorConspirators of Pleasure, Little Otik, Lunacy, Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)- JJiří ŠafářCinematographerCastle of Otranto, Leonardo's Diary, Et cetera, Punch and Judy
- JJuraj GalvánekCinematographerLittle Otik, Lunacy, Surviving Life (Theory and Practice), Down to the Cellar
Jiří LábusActorConspirators of Pleasure, Insect
Petr ČepekActorFaust, The Fall of the House of Usher- IIvan KrausActorThe Garden, The Flat
Movies and TV shows
31980s
2 titles · average score 78
Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval (1985)
Animation, Art Direction
78
The Three Veterans (1984)
Animation, Art Direction
1970s
1 title · average score 74
74
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet (1978)
Art Designer, Animation