The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
June. 20,1984Genre:
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The original 54-minute documentary, as broadcast by Channel Four on 20 June 1984, after which the animated links by the Quay Brothers were recompiled as a separate short.
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