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The Garden
The Garden
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206 Ratings

THE GARDEN

Zahrada

Directed by Jan Švankmajer
Czechoslovakia, 1968
Short

Synopsis

The grotesque parable of Jan Švankmajer was created according to Ivan Kraus’ short story Hedge. With playful exaggeration, he tells an anecdote about a man who shows an old acquaintance his villa and garden, surrounded by a hedge, but literally alive, because instead of bushes he consists of people.

Synopsis

The grotesque parable of Jan Švankmajer was created according to Ivan Kraus’ short story Hedge. With playful exaggeration, he tells an anecdote about a man who shows an old acquaintance his villa and garden, surrounded by a hedge, but literally alive, because instead of bushes he consists of people.