Natural History Suite

Natural History Suite — Plot

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.

• Release date
• September 17, 1967
• Runtime
• 9 min
• Genres
• Animation
• Director
• Jan Švankmajer