# The Flat (1968)

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**Original title**: *Byt*
**Runtime**: 13 min
**Genres**: Animation, Horror
**Directed by**: Jan Švankmajer
**Written by**: Jan Švankmajer
**Starring**: Ivan Kraus, Juraj Herz

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Darkness in a Prague flat winter morning a ticking clock. 
A man trapped in shifting rooms. 
Švankmajer's surreal era shines through.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, dread, surreal

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