Czechoslovakia,
1968, 13 min
Directed by:
Jan ŠvankmajerScreenplay:
Jan ŠvankmajerCinematography:
Svatopluk MalýComposer:
Zdeněk LiškaPlots(1)
A reflection on an alienated life in which a thing absurdly refuses to accept what it is meant for and aggressively attacks the man's freedom until he does not declare and sign his own defeat. This horrifying warning is a combination of human and object animation. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Ivan Kraus
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Juraj Herz
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