Toyen

Toyen

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 3, 2005

Runtime

1h 3m

User Score

50%

Original Title

Toyen

Production Companies

Jan Němec - Film, Artcam International, i/o post

Director

Jan Němec

Description

Jan Nemec, a leading filmmaker of the Czech New Wave, creates an original portrait of one of the most provocative artists of the 20th century: Toyen (Marie Cerminova). As a female artist, Toyen broke through the male-dominated art world to create paintings and drawings often erotic in nature. She co-founded the surrealist movement in her native Prague, survived the Nazis and the Communists, maintained artistic and personal relationships with artists Jindrich Heisler (whom she hid during WWII) and Jindrich Styrsky.