

The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia
A Work of Agitprop.
A bust of Stalin is cut open on an operating table, leading to an elaborate animated depiction of Czech history from 1948 (the Communist takeover) to 1989 (the Velvet Revolution).
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- Language
- Czech
- surreal
- surrealism
- europe
- stop motion
- statue
- grotesque
- european animation
- short film
- 3d animation
- no dialogue
- central europe
- dark humor
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- TheatricalSource: IMDb13 Feb 1991
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The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia was released on 13 February 1991.
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CinemaSerf
4/28/2026
I reckon the sight of all of those scalpels heading towards his torso might have terrified even Stalin, but perhaps what emerged afterwards might have been even worse. It's his plaster bust that gets the surgical treatment and like Athena from Zeus, out springs the future of a Bohemia that is to become Czechoslovakia - only not without it's trials and tribulations. Using a combination of clay-mation styles; some news…
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