Virile Games
Cast
Miroslav Kuchar
Credits
Written by: 
Jan Švankmajer
Cinematography: Miloslav Spála
Editing: Vera Benesová
Produced by: Vera Sasková
Plot
A man sits down to watch a football match, which seems to consist of the players being violently mutilated in various inventive ways. The players then leave the football pitch and invade the spectator's flat.
Sinekatalog’s take
A man settles down to watch football and the match turns into inventive mutilation that spills into his flat. A savage, mordant satire on spectator violence in stop-motion. Disturbing and clever, for those with a taste for surrealist animation.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.4 / 10 (1,510 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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