Alchemical Furnace

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Director:Jan Daňhel, Adam Oľha
Length:117 minutes
Genre:Documentary

Alchemical Furnace

Alchymická pec; Jan Daňhel,Adam Oľha, 2020, versions: OR,ES, languages: ces, eng, nld

Týždeň slovenského filmu 2021.

Director: Jan Daňhel, Adam Oľha • Camera: Adam Oľha, Jakub Halousek, Jan Daňhel

“Alchemical Furnace“ is a unique portrait of one of the most original and, at the same time, internationally acclaimed figures of Czecho-Slovak cinema – the director and artist Jan Švankmajer, made by the young directors Adam Oľha and Jan Daňhel. They were granted the unique opportunity to enter the “alchemical workshop” of the film production company ATHANOR and take part in the creation – as the filmmaker himself calls it – of Jan Švankmajer’s latest film, “Insect“.

Length: 117 min

Year: 2020

Country of origin:

  • Czech Republic
  • Slovakia

Language version:

OR - Original version (czech, english, dutch)
ES - English subtitles

Týždeň slovenského filmu 2021.

Director: Jan Daňhel, Adam Oľha • Camera: Adam Oľha, Jakub Halousek, Jan Daňhel

“Alchemical Furnace“ is a unique portrait of one of the most original and, at the same time, internationally acclaimed figures of Czecho-Slovak cinema – the director and artist Jan Švankmajer, made by the young directors Adam Oľha and Jan Daňhel. They were granted the unique opportunity to enter the “alchemical workshop” of the film production company ATHANOR and take part in the creation – as the filmmaker himself calls it – of Jan Švankmajer’s latest film, “Insect“.

Year: 2020

Country of origin:

  • Czech Republic
  • Slovakia

Language version:

OR - Original version (czech, english, dutch)
ES - English subtitles