Historia Naturae (suita)

Storyline

An eight-part animated portrait of various species, accompanied by a different style of music. The various parts are: Aquatilia (foxtrot), Hexapoda (bolero), Pisces (blues), Reptilia (tarantella), Aves (tango), Mammalia (minuet), Simiae (polka) and Homo (waltz). Each animation mixes drawings, pictures, real animals and animated skeletons.

• Released

  1967

• Runtime

  9min

• Director

  Jan Švankmajer

Genre

Animation

• Status

  Released

• Language

  Czech

• Production

  Krátký film Praha – Studio dokumentárních filmů