1983 | Czechoslovakia | Short

Kyvadlo-Jama-Naděje (The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope)

  • Czech - 13 mins
  • Director | Jan Švankmajer
  • Writer | Edgar Allan Poe, Jan Svankmajer, Auguste de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam
  • Producer | Klára Stoklasová

STATUS: Released

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Jan Švankmajer brings together, in a fantastic and terrifying way, two stories by Edgar Allan Poe and Auguste Villiers de l’Isle-Adam, “The Pit and the Pendulum” and “A Torture by Hope”, respectively.

dark fantasy horror psychological terror torture surrealism adaptation suspense gothic
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