Combined animation after motifs from Edgar Allan Poe’s „Pit and pendulum“ and Villiers de l’Isle-Adam’s „Hope“ about a person who is hopelessly in the hands of inquisitional violence.
Kývadlo, jáma a naděje / Pendel, Grube, Hoffnung
CSK 1983 / 15 min
Director: Jan Švankmajer
Screenplay: Jan Švankmajer
Cinematographer: Miloslav Špála
Editor: Helena Lebdušková
Animation: Bedřich Glaser
Cast: Jan Žáček
Production Company: Krátký Film - Prag
Combined animation after motifs from Edgar Allan Poe’s „Pit and pendulum“ and Villiers de l’Isle-Adam’s „Hope“ about a person who is hopelessly in the hands of inquisitional violence.
