Castle of Otranto
"The Castle of Otranto" is animation/short/mockumentary based on "The Castle of Otranto", a 1764 novel by Horace Walpole, the first Gothic novel. The novel takes place in Otranto in southern Italy. In Jan Svankmajer's mocumentary, the amateur archaeologist Dr Vozáb has set to prove that the supernatural ghost love story takes place not in Italy but in Otranto Castle near Nachod in Czechoslovakia.
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- Cast
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Castle of Otranto
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Jan 1, 1977
Runtime
0h 17m
Genres
Animation
User Score
66%
Original Title
Otrantský zámek
Production Companies
Krátký film Praha – Studio Jiřího Trnky
Director
Jan Švankmajer
Description
"The Castle of Otranto" is animation/short/mockumentary based on "The Castle of Otranto", a 1764 novel by Horace Walpole, the first Gothic novel. The novel takes place in Otranto in southern Italy. In Jan Svankmajer's mocumentary, the amateur archaeologist Dr Vozáb has set to prove that the supernatural ghost love story takes place not in Italy but in Otranto Castle near Nachod in Czechoslovakia.