29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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The Skull Man

Robin Kvapil / Czech Republic / 2012 / World Premiere / 40 min.


synopsis

A film about the grave robber Ondřej Jajcaj. Ondřej Jajcaj has been collecting human teeth since age 14. His collection includes the teeth of composers Strauss and Brahms. His private collection of dentures is supposedly the largest on Earth. Most frequently, however, he sets out for graves in the Sudetenland. He says that people shouldn’t collection paintings by famous painters, but their heads, so that they can tell their love: “Look, those are paintings from this head.” And yet he is a beautiful person. Like all of you...
 
"The portrayed subject is the grave-robber Ondrej Jajcaj – the owner of the largest collection of dentures, which includes the teeth of the composers Straus and Brahms. Judge not, lest ye be judged!" (Robin Kvapil)

more about film

director: Robin Kvapil
producer: Martina Štrunc, Studio Famu

contact

Studio FAMU
Věra Hoffmannova | Smetanovo nabřeži 2
116 65 Praha 1 | +420 234244440
vera.hoffmannova@famu.cz
www.famu.cz

Martina Štrunc
+420 724516755
martinastrunc@gmail.com

Film at festival

premiere type:World Premiere
festival edition:2012
section:FAMU Presents
language:German, Slovak, Czech
colour:Colour

Info

director:Robin Kvapil
original title:Film o Ondreji Jajcajovi, vykradači hrobů
country:Czech Republic
year:2012
running time:40 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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