The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope (1983)
- Original title
- Kyvadlo, jáma a naděje
- Directed by
- Jan Švankmajer
- Genre
- short film, horror film
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
- Runtime
- 15 min
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 34 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A prisoner is subjected to psychological and physical torture in a dark cell. The film adapts two classic stories about despair and the hope of escape.
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What happens
The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope (Czech: Kyvadlo, jáma a naděje) is a 1983 Czechoslovak animated short film directed by Jan Švankmajer, adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's 1842 short story "The Pit and the Pendulum" and Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam's story "A Torture by Hope". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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