Down to the Cellar

Dark cellar stairs creaking on a winter morning a single flickering bulb. A little girl faces her fears in twisted animated visions. This stop-motion horror short typifies Švankmajer's eerie 80s style.

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Jan Švankmajer directed Down to the Cellar 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.

Down to the Cellar was released in 1983 (SK original-language production), with a runtime of 15 minutes.