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Death Over Gold

A graverobber goes to Viena in a caravan to return the teeth of Strauss and Brahms. Help us finish the film, prepare its distribution and become part of this post-trash documentary necro-journey!

Author: Xova Film

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Film, Art

Czech Republic

All or nothing. Project finished on Dec 16, 2016 at 15:18.

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Death Over Gold

#graverobber #documentary #film #real #bizarre #teeth #strauss&brahms #caravan

Do you want to enter the timespace gate to the Underworld, visit postapocalyptic Prater, obsessively pimped squat in the jungles of Hodonín or the carcosa of Holíč? Do you want to witness a majorettes performance in the dessert, fires of Zdeněk Škromach, synthpunk concert of Strauss and Brahms or the very best village of the South Moravian region of 2009?

WTF?

Ondrej Jajcaj is a real person, rennaisance person, controversial graverobber, obsessed with dental prosthetics of the deceased. His dream is a mobile museum of dental prosthetics, which would tour villages and liberate people from fearing death.

Director Petr Šprincl has known Jajcaj for several years and decided to document the climax of Jajcaj's efforts. A journey in a caravan, across countryside to Vienna, where he intends to hand over the stolen teeth of Strauss and Brahms. The teeths, which Jajcaj stole himself.

The Story

Ondrej Jajcaj is a visionary, philosopher, scientist, writer, painter, musician and a youtuber. And a graverobber as well. He owns the largest collection of dental prosthetics in the world and decided to open his renaissance persona to the world. Death Over Gold follows Jajcaje and his entourage in a bizarre caravan, on their quest to root out the fear of Death.

Ondrej Jajcaj has been obsessed with death since childhood. From a graverobber, he turned into a self-proclaimed scientist-philosopher, focused on the dental prosthetics of the deceased - a tool to read and interpret history, at least for Ondrej Jajcaj. Jajcaj's goal is to liberate society from fearing death. To achieve this, he sets on a journey with his morbid mobile museum - the caravan of death, decorated in his peculiar style - with his dental prosthetics collection. With a couple of followers, Jajcaj and his freakshow tour the Czecho-Slovak countryside, during the times of summer festivities, and  confront people with the phenomenon of death. The journey eventually turns to Vienna, where Jajcaj intends to hand over to Austrians the dental remnants of composers Johann Strausse Jr. and Johannes Brahms. The remnants, which Jajcaj himself took from their graves in the past. The majorettes juggle with femur bones and Jajcaj's caravan sets off towards the next village. The journey doesn't end, but continues in an endless loop.

The Plan

In the summer of 2016, we travelled with Jajcaj's suite across the Moravian-Slovak-Austrian triangle, to cross the river Styx and reach Vienna. We shot a lot of great material and postproduction is now ahead of us. But this is just the beginning. In the summer of 2017, we will dust off the caravan and set off on a countryside tour, where we'll screen the finished film, there will be wine and maybe even Strauss and Brahms will perform.

What we need

The film itself was shot in the summer of 2016, with the support of the Czech Film Fund, Studio FAMU and especially with the generous dedication of our crew, which decided to spend their summer days with the caravan, generator smell, humongous amount of cigarettes and dental prosthetics. At this point, we need to help with the postproduction and preparations of the alternative distribution for next summer. The caravan's brakes and lights need to be repaired, it needs a thorough technical check-up and even horses need to eat something.

About us

The author of the project is Petr Šprincl, director and visual artist, graduate from FaVU and a PhD student at Prague's AVU. The original concept comes from Ondrej Jajcaj, the screenplay was written by Matyáš Dlab, a dramaturg and a member of "Piča z hoven" band. The film Death Over Gold is joint collaboration of creatives from different fields, including film, videoart, performance, up to audiovisual discopunk musicians "I Love 69 Popgejů".

The producer is Marek Novák from Xova Film, film production company focusing on fiction, documentary and experimental projects of upcoming authors. The Czech Film Fund described Xova Film as “a production platform of experimental authors, who break and challenge a variety of social and aesthetic clichés, with huge passion and creative dedication.”

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  • sold 6
    Thanks Over Gold

    Our endless acknowledgment, immortalised in the film's credits.

    Reward delivery: in half a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 3.95
    (CZK 100)

  • sold 5
    Film Over Gold

    The film in digital format.

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    EUR 7.91
    (CZK 200)

  • remaining 36 from 40
    Film + Femur Bone Over Gold

    The film in digital format + femur bone with Jajcaj's signature and dedication.

    Delivery only in CZ, alas!

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    EUR 9.88
    (CZK 250)

  • remaining 187 from 200
    Film + Premiere Over Gold

    The film in digital format.

    Entrance to the premiere screening & ceremony in Prague.

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    EUR 11.86
    (CZK 300)

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    Film + Poster Over Gold

    The film in digital format + A2 film poster.

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    EUR 13.84
    (CZK 350)

  • remaining 30 from 30
    Film + I Love 69 Popgejů Concert Over Gold

    The film in digital format + entrance to any I Love 69 Popgejů concert.

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    EUR 13.84
    (CZK 350)

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    Film + Summer Event + Free drinks

    The film in digital format + live show + drinks!

    Experience the calm, lazy atmosphere of summer countryside playground or a public square, radicalised with the appearance of Jajcaj's caravan, screening the film, Strauss and Brahms performance and free drinks.
    The events will take place in Czech/Slovak countryside in summer 2017.

    Reward delivery: in a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 15.81
    (CZK 400)

  • sold 16
    Film + T-shirt Over Gold

    The film in digital format.

    T-shirt with the logo of skull and dentist tools.

    Please let us know about the desired size + M/F version.

    Preview here.

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    EUR 15.81
    (CZK 400)

  • sold 1
    Film + Bag Over Gold

    The film in digital format + tote bag with film's logo.

    Preview here.

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    EUR 15.81
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    Film + Sport Sack

    The film in digital format + sport sack with the film's logo.

    View here.

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    EUR 15.81
    (CZK 400)

  • sold 21
    Trucker Cap over Gold

    The film in digital format.

    Trucker cap with election-themed visual.

    View here.
     

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    EUR 15.81
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  • sold 26
    T-shirt "Make Moravia Great Again"

    The film in digital format.

    T-shirt "Make Moravia Great Again".

    View here.
     

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    EUR 15.81
    (CZK 400)

  • sold 2
    T-shirt "Sacher and teeth"

    The film in digital format + t-shirt with teeth about to eat a sacher tort at Café Sacher.

    View here.

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    EUR 15.81
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  • sold 9
    T-shirt - graverobber inventory

    The film in digital format. 

    T-shirt designed by the illustrator Kateřina Kynclová, showing the necessary inventory of a graverobber.

    View here.

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    EUR 15.81
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  • sold 4
    T-shirt "Majorettes"

    T-shirt with majorettes and femur bones. Visual by the comicbook author and Jajcaj's follower Tomáš Motal! Gotta have that!

    Visual here.

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    EUR 15.81
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  • sold 2
    T-shirt "Caravan"

    T-shirt with Jajcaj's necrocaravan, visual by the comicbook author Tomáš Motal. You need this!

    Visual here.

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    EUR 15.81
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  • remaining 19 from 20
    Film + Book Over Gold

    The film in digital format.

    The book written by Ondrej Jajcaj "Seděla v hrobě moudrost" - a guide to humanistic graverobbing and dental prosthetics.

    Delivery available only in CZ, the book available only in original lanugage (Slovak) :(.

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    EUR 19.77
    (CZK 500)

  • remaining 45 from 50
    Film + Date Over Gold

    The film in digital format.

    2x entrance to the premiere in Prague or Brno

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    EUR 19.77
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  • remaining 15 from 20
    Necrobundle I.

    The film in digital format.

    Signed bone with dedication.

    A2 film poster.

    1x merch - either t-shirt/bag/sack

    1x entry to the film premiere

    Delivery available only in CZ.

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    EUR 31.63
    (CZK 800)

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    Necrobundle II.

    The film in digital format + bone + poster + book + soundtrack + 1x merch (shirt/bag/sack) + 2x entrance to the premiere in Prague/Brno.

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    EUR 39.53
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  • remaining 19 from 20
    Necrobundle III.

    Necrobundle II. + T-shirt + bag + sack.

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    EUR 59.30
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  • remaining 9 from 10
    Guided Tour of Olšany Cemetery

    A guided tour of Olšany Cemetery, the largest cemetery in Prague. The tour guide is, of course, Ondrej Jajcaj himself. Suitable for 1-10 persons.

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    EUR 79.07
    (CZK 2,000)

  • remaining 2 from 3
    Necropainting

    Artwork by Ondrej Jajcaj, funeral-esoteric-weird theme, fits well your living room wall!

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    EUR 158.13
    (CZK 4,000)

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    Necroevent

    Jajcaj and his entourage will come in their caravan to your place (CZ and around), will screen you the film, check your teeth, Strauss and Brahms will perform and we'll make sure you're fed and refreshed.

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    EUR 1,976.68
    (CZK 50,000)

  • remaining 5 from 5
    Necrobar

    Jajcaj's caravan as a bar for your event. Includes transport, drinks and staff. Available in CZ and reasonable surrounding.

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    EUR 1,976.68
    (CZK 50,000)

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    Necrocopro

    Film + Necobundle II. + co-producer credit

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    EUR 3,953.35
    (CZK 100,000)

  • remaining 1 from 1
    Necrovan Over Gold

    Jajcaj's caravan will become yours, after the alternative film distribution finishes next summer.

    Reward delivery: on address, in over a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 5,930.03
    (CZK 150,000)

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