The Castle of Otranto

  • Czechoslovakia Otrantský zámek
Animation / Short
Czechoslovakia, 1977, 15 min

Directed by:

Jan Švankmajer

Based on:

Horace Walpole (book)

Screenplay:

Jan Švankmajer

Cinematography:

Jiří Šafář

Composer:

Zdeněk Liška
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Plots(1)

The film is based on an important work of the world's literature, the first so-called gothic novel by Horacio Walpole. The story is narrated in an ironic quasi-documentary form as a reconstruction of a real event that happened many years ago. The film is dedicated to all researchers that based their lives on mystification. (official distributor synopsis)

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