Castle of Otranto

Eraserhead if stop-motion were the only tool. A faux documentary crew follows an obsessive amateur scholar who believes the first Gothic novel was set in his backyard, not Italy. The usual Švankmajer grotesqueries ensue.

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Jan Švankmajer directed Castle of Otranto in 1977. See Jan Švankmajer's full filmography, where to start with Jan Švankmajer, or where to go after you've seen everything by Jan Švankmajer.

Castle of Otranto was released in 1977 (CS original-language production), with a runtime of 17 minutes.