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Jan ŠvankmajerScenario:
Jan ŠvankmajerCamera:
Jiří ŠafářMuziek:
Zdeněk LiškaSamenvattingen(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. (officiële tekst van distribiteur)
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Jan Švankmajer considered the so-called gothic novel as one of the starting points of his work, and its elements appeared in a number of Švankmajer's pieces. In The Castle of Otranto, which is both an adaptation of the original gothic novel and a charming mystification, this inspirational source manifests itself perhaps most strongly. It's a humorous affair that seems to have been partially inspired by the theater of Jára Cimrman. Overall impression: 90%.
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