09 20 Oct '24

Jan Svankmajer

Kyvadlo, jáma a nadeje (The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope)

Edition 1985
15' - 1983 - Fantasy, Short - Dialogue: Czech
Director: Jan Svankmajer With: Jan Zácek
A horrifying, surrealist version of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" directed by the masterful animator Jan Svankmajer.

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Credits

Director

Jan Svankmajer

With

Jan Zácek

Scenario

Jan Svankmajer, Edgar Allan Poe, Auguste de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam

Director of Photography

Miloslav Spála

Editor

Helena Lebdusková

Producer

Klára Stoklasová

More information

Dialogue

Czech

Countries of production

Czechoslovakia

Screenplay based on

"The Pit and the Pendulum" (Edgar Allan Poe)

Year

1983

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