Kyvadlo, jáma a nadeje (1983)

Country of Origin: Czechoslovakia
Year of Production: 1983
Running Times: 15 mins
Format: black and white
Ratio:
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Krátký Film Praha
Producer: Klára Stoklasová

SCRIPT
Script: Jan Svankmajer
Story: Edgar Allan Poe

DIRECTION
Director: Jan Svankmajer

ANIMATION
Animator: Bedrich Glaser

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Miloslav Spála

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Helena Lebdusková

SOUND
Sound: Ivo Spalj

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designers: Jan Svankmajer, Eva Svankmajerová

CAST
Jan Zácek

AWARDS

1984
Montréal World Film Festival, Canada
Jury Prize: Short Films (Jan Svankmajer) - winner

1985
Fantasporto, Portugal
Critics' Award: Special Mention (Jan Svankmajer) - winner

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope

KEYWORDS

stop-motion animation, surrealism

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009