A Quiet week in the House (Czech: Tichý týden v domě) is a 1969 Czechoslovak live-action short film with animated sequences by Jan Švankmajer.
A man embarks on an unspecified mission to infiltrate an old, decaying, abandoned house that rests in a lonely countryside.
On Monday, a box full of candies reveal themselves to be rusty nails and screws before placing themselves on the keys of a typewriter.
On Tuesday, a cow tongue licks a drawer full of dishes clean before climbing into a meat grinder and being made into tiny scrolls.
On Wednesday, a clockwork toy chicken breaks free of its tether and reaches a plate full of corn kernels only to be buried under a pile of brown clay.