Jabberwocky (1971 film)

Infobox Film
name = Jabberwocky


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director = Jan Švankmajer
producer = Erna Kmínková
Marta Sichová
Jirí Vanek
writer = Jan Švankmajer
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music = Zdenek Liska
cinematography = Boris Baromykin
editing = Helena Lebdusková
distributor = STM
released = 1971
runtime = 14 minutes
country = Czechoslovakia
language = Czech
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amg_id = 1:153746
imdb_id = 0067259

"Jabberwocky" (Czech: "Žvahlav aneb šatičky slaměného Huberta") is a 1971 experimental animated short film from Czechoslovakia. The film was written and directed by Jan Švankmajer, based on the poem Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll. It was produced by Erna Kmínková, Marta Sichová, Jirí Vanek, and animated by Vlasta Pospísilová.

In the film, the poem by Lewis Carroll is read and a wardrobe is shown moving through a forest. The wardrobe contains a strange playroom inside that is watched over by an old man in a portrait. [http://wc05.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:153746 Retrieved 2007-08-29] The film switches between images of dolls, toys in a nursery, and paper planes to images of dismembered dolls, maggot-infested vines, and a black cat being thrown through a window. [http://www.eofftv.com/z/zva/zvahlav_aneb_saticky_slameneho_huberta_main.htm Retrieved 2007-08-29]

DVD

"Jabberwocky" was included on a DVD entitled CINEMA16 with over 3 1/2 hours of short films which was released by the studio Warp Films on June 5, 2006. [http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReviews22/Cinema_16_European_Short_Films.htm Retrieved 2007-08-29]

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External links

*imdb title|id=0067259|title=Jabberwocky
*amg movie|id=1:153746|title=Jabberwocky