Castle of Otranto 1977

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"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.

Release Date 1977-01-01
Runtime 17m
Directors Jan Švankmajer, Jiří Šafář
Producer Marta Šíchová
Writers Jan Švankmajer, Jan Švankmajer