The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope

A medieval dungeon’s torch guttering against damp stone. Iron teeth gnaw the floorboards a millimetre at a time. Jan Švankmajer’s stop-motion grotesques drag you down the same spiral you first climbed.

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Jan Švankmajer directed The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope in 1983. See Jan Švankmajer's full filmography, where to start with Jan Švankmajer, or where to go after you've seen everything by Jan Švankmajer.

The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope was released in 1983 (CS original-language production), with a runtime of 15 minutes.