Insects

2DOR15
Director:Jan Švankmajer
Cast:Jaromír Dulava, Kamila Magálová, Jan Budař, Jiří Lábus
Premiere:15. March 2018
Length:98 minutes
Genre:Comedy, Drama

Insects

Hmyz; Jan Švankmajer, 2018, versions: OR, languages: ces

Director: Jan Švankmajer • Scenario: Jan Švankmajer • Camera: Jan Růžička, Adam Oľha • Haircut: Jan Daňhel • Cast: Jaromír Dulava, Kamila Magálová, Jan Budař, Jiří Lábus, Ivana Uhlířová, Norbert Lichý, Pavel Nový

Animated/featured movie inspired by the Čapek brothersʼ play Pictures from the Insectsʼ Life and the Franz Kafkaʼs Metamorphosis. – A pub in a small town. Pub is closed, the chairs upturned on tables. On a coat-stand hang various insect costumes: a crêpe-paper skirt, cardboard butterfly-wings, and gleaming black and iridescent beetle shells. The six amateur thespians at the table are: the Director, Rose, William, Mr. Forrest, Nettle, Miss Jilly. Tramp is at home, laid up with sciatica. Mrs. Dung-Beetle and Mayfly have not yet turned up. During the rehearsal the amateur actors own life stories interweave with those of the Čapek brothersʼ characters.

Length: 98 min

Year: 2018
Local premiere date: 15. March 2018

Country of origin:

  • Czech Republic
  • Slovakia

Language version:

OR - Original version (czech)

Director: Jan Švankmajer • Scenario: Jan Švankmajer • Camera: Jan Růžička, Adam Oľha • Haircut: Jan Daňhel • Cast: Jaromír Dulava, Kamila Magálová, Jan Budař, Jiří Lábus, Ivana Uhlířová, Norbert Lichý, Pavel Nový

Animated/featured movie inspired by the Čapek brothersʼ play Pictures from the Insectsʼ Life and the Franz Kafkaʼs Metamorphosis. – A pub in a small town. Pub is closed, the chairs upturned on tables. On a coat-stand hang various insect costumes: a crêpe-paper skirt, cardboard butterfly-wings, and gleaming black and iridescent beetle shells. The six amateur thespians at the table are: the Director, Rose, William, Mr. Forrest, Nettle, Miss Jilly. Tramp is at home, laid up with sciatica. Mrs. Dung-Beetle and Mayfly have not yet turned up. During the rehearsal the amateur actors own life stories interweave with those of the Čapek brothersʼ characters.

Year: 2018
Local premiere date: 15. March 2018

Country of origin:

  • Czech Republic
  • Slovakia

Language version:

OR - Original version (czech)