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Castle of Otranto

Castle of Otranto

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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.