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Tue 02.12.
18:00

  • Director

    Jan Švankmajer

  • CZ / 2018
    98 min. / DCP / Original version with English subtitles

  • Cinema

    BrotfabrikKino

    zu dem Kalender

Jan Švankmajer's Hmyz / Insect (2018) is a surreal comedy based on the play Pictures from the Insect's Life by Karel and Jose Čapek, which premiered in 1922 and was intended as a misanthropic take on post-war society. Again, the actors in the film are (theater) actors—each playing the role of a different insect that represents human characters. They reenact scenes from the brutal lives of crickets, wasps, dung beetles, and parasites, reflecting on life in the process.

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The international programs of Arsenal on Location are a cooperation with the Goethe-Institut