Castle of Otranto (1977)
- Original title
- Otrantský zámek
- Directed by
- Jan Švankmajer
- Genre
- short film, animated film, docufiction, live-action/animated film
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
- Runtime
- 17 min
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 18 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A documentary-style frame shows a man reading Horace Walpole's novel. Cutout animation in a gothic art style presents a shortened version of the story.
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What happens
Castle of Otranto (Czech: Otrantský zámek) is a 1977 Czechoslovak animated short film by Jan Švankmajer. It is based on Horace Walpole's 1764 novel The Castle of Otranto. The film takes the form of a pseudo-documentary live-action story, with an abridged adaptation of the story itself presented in cut-out animation in the style of Gothic art. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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