Repete, Michaela Pavlátová, 1995

The Fall of the House of Usher, Jan Svankmajer, 1980

Historia Naturae, Jan Svankmajer, 1967

Pojďte pane, budeme si hrát (Come sir, let's play) Bretislav Pojar, 1965

Virile Games, Jan Svankmajer, 1988

Picnic With Weissmann, Jan Svankmajer, 1968

Castle of Otranto, Jan Svankmajer, 1977

The Lady of the Apple, Bretislav Pojar, 1974

To See or Not To See, Bretislav Pojar, 1969

Nightangel, Jaques Drouin and Bretislav Pojar, 1986

Two Princesses, Maria Stepanova, 2009

Krabi, Vaclav Mergl, 1976

Homunculus, Vaclav Mergl, 1984

MRDRCHAIN, Ondrej Svaldena, 2010

The Lion and the Song, Bretislav Pojar, 1955

Krabat (The Sorcerer's Apprentice), Karel Zeman, 1977

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Den Odplaty, Hermína Týrlová, 1960

Světlonoš (The Torchbearer) Václav Švankmajer, 2005

Animation by Václav Švankmajer, son of the legendary Jan Švankmajer.





Recommended by Alexandre Fatta. Thanks, Alex.

Reci, Reci, Reci, Michaela Pavlatova, 1991

Where The Wild Things Are and In The Night Kitchen, Gene Deitch and Maurice Sendak, 1987

“I cry a lot because I miss people. They die and I can't stop them. They leave me and I love them more.”

― Maurice Sendak



I am deeply, deeply saddened to hear of the passing yesterday of Maurice Sendak.

He was an inspiration to me, and to so many. He wrote books for children, but he understood that children were people, with complex inner lives that were sometimes strange and frightening. He never talked down to them - to us, after all, we were some of those children. He was wild and brave and honest and we loved him for it.


Here are animated versions of his classic tales Where the Wild Things Are and In The Night Kitchen, books we loved and thoroughly mauled.

Rest in peace, Mr. Sendak. And thank you, thank you so much.


Where the Wild Things Are


In the Night Kitchen