The Flat (1968)
- Original title
- Byt
- Directed by
- Jan Švankmajer
- Genre
- short film, comedy film, fantasy film, animated film, live-action/animated film
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
- Runtime
- 13 min
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 46 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man is trapped in a strange apartment where ordinary objects behave in impossible ways. Chairs move on their own and a pillow fights back as he struggles to survive in this bizarre space.
surrealwhimsicalabsurdplayfuldarkly comicdreamlikeunsettlinginventive
What happens
The Flat (Czech: Byt) is a 1968 Czech surrealist short film directed by Jan Švankmajer. The film features no dialogue, only music by Zdeněk Liška. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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