Movie Information
Overall Rank: 7750
Average Rating: 2.5/4
# of Ratings: 28
Theatrical Release Date: 08/03/1988
Language: Czech
Genre: Animation, Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jan Svankmajer
Actors: Kristýna Kohoutová, Camilla Power
Plot: Jan Svankmajer's surreal version of Alice in Wonderland which mixes a live action girl in a world of stop-motion creations. Don't you dare call this version a fairy tale. -- Chris Kavan
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Chris Kavan - wrote on 03/29/2012
Jan Svankmajer has a wholly unique and significantly bizarre take on Alice in Wonderland filled with delightfully creepy puppets and a mix of stuffed and live animals. If you're looking for something out of the ordinary, this is for you. Just don't show it to children - it will scar them for life.
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A Nightmarish Wonderland
cacb3995 - wrote on 06/05/2018
We all know the tale of “Alice in Wonderland”, Lewis Carroll’s inmortal story about a girl who stumbles upon a magic land full of colourful characters. We’ve all seen Disney’s version of the tale, released way back in 1951, and Tim Burton’s kind of psychedelic treatment from 2010. Nevertheless, few people know or have seen the 1988 version directed by czech surrealist animator Jan Svankmajer. I’ve been a fan of Svankmajer’s work for some time, and recently we had the chance to watch and discuss this, his first feature, at the university.
Like I said, we all know the story: Alice, a very young girl, follows a white rabbit with very human characteristics down a rabbit hole, and she comes out on the other end in a place full of wonder, magic and unconventional creatures. …
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