- Title: Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer / The Fall of the House of Usher (1980) / A Game with Stones / Et Cetera / Punch and Judy / The Flat / Picnic with Weismann / A Quiet Week in the House / Dimensions in Dialogue / Down to the Cellar / The Pendulum, the Pit and the Hope / Meat Love / Flora / The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia / Food / Animator of Prague
- Summary: Fourteen short animated films by Jan Svankmajer.
- Director: Jan Svankmajer
- Cast: Peter Cepek (narration), Nad'a Munzarova, Jiri Prochazka, Bohuslav Sramek, Ivan Kraus, Juraj Herz, Vaclav Borovicka, Monika Belo-Cabanova, Ol'ga Vronska, Aleksandr Letko, Jan Zacek, Ludvik Svab, Bedrich Glaser, Jan Kraus, Pavel Marek, Josef Fiala, Karel Hamr
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- Format: DVD
- Language: Czech
- Country: Czechoslavakia, Czech Republic
- Comments: The DVD includes: "The Fall of the House of Usher" (5 minutes, 1980, black and white) "A Game with Stones" (9 minutes, 1965, colour) "Et Cetera" (7 minutes, 1966, colour) "Punch and Judy: Rakvickarna" (10 minutes, 1966, colour) "The Flat" (13 minutes, 1968, black and white) "Picnic in Weismann" (13 minutes, 1969, colour) "A Quiet Week in the House" (19 minutes, 1969, colour) "Dimensions in Dialogue" (12 minutes, 1982, colour) "Down to the Cellar" (15 minutes, 1983, colour) "The Pendulum, the Pit and the Hope" (16 minutes, 1983, colour) "Meat Love" (1 minute, 1988, colour) "Flora" (20 seconds, 1989, colour) "The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia" (15 minutes, 1990, colour) "Food" (17 minutes, 1992, colour) The DVD also includes the BBC documentary "Animator of Prague" (26 minutes, 1990), artwork and poetry by Jan Svankmajer, a biography and filmography.
- Collection: Animated
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