Natural History Suite

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Natural History Suite (1967)

Directed by Jan Švankmajer

Animation · 9m

An eight-part animated portrait of various species, accompanied by a different style of music. The various parts are: Aquatilia (foxtrot), Hexapoda (bolero), Pisces (blues), Reptilia (tarantella), Aves (tango), Mammalia (minuet), Simiae (polka) and Homo (waltz). Each animation mixes drawings, pictures, real animals and animated skeletons.

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Crew

Director
Jan Švankmajer
Screenplay
Jan Švankmajer
Director of Photography
Zdeněk Šibrava
Original Music Composer
Zdeněk Liška
Editor
Milada Sádková

Details

Original title
Historia Naturae (suita)
Release date
1967-09-17
Runtime
9m
Genres
Animation
Original language
CS
Spoken languages
No Language
Countries
Czechoslovakia
Production
Krátký film Praha – Studio dokumentárních filmů