The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians is a 1981 Czech comedy film directed by Oldřich Lipský. It is based on Jules Verne's novel The Carpathian Castle.
The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians, Czechoslovak film 1981, film poster
Jan Švankmajer
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Jan Švankmajer is a Czech retired filmmaker, animator, writer, playwright and artist. He draws and makes free graphics, collage, ceramics, tactile objects and assemblages. In the early 1960s, he explo
The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians
…Verne's novel The Carpathian Castle. The film marks Lipský's third and final collaboration with screenwriter Jiří Brdečka. Props were created by artist Jan Švankmajer. Michal Dočolomanský as Count Teleke of Tölökö…
Švankmajer in 2024
Jan Švankmajer at his 2012 retrospective at Prague City Gallery
Jan Švankmajer, Mushroom (object), 1966
Natural Science, Tab. 1 (1973), etching