Lunacy (2005)


Lunacy
Release Date03 November 2005
GenreHorror
CountryCzech Republic
Slovakia
LanguageCzech
Sound MixDolby Digital
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassSurrealist Film
Niche GenreAvant-garde / Experimental
ThemesTherapy, Wrongly Committed
TonesGruesome, Hallucinatory, Stylized, Cerebral
TagsFuneral, Hallucination, Insanity, Mental Institution, Nurse
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Lunacy (Czech: ) is a 2005 Czech film by Jan Švankmajer. The film is loosely based on two short stories, "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" and "The Premature Burial", by Edgar Allan Poe. It is also partly inspired by the works of the Marquis de Sade. The film was shot between October 2004 and April 2005, on location in the village of Peruc close to Prague, and in Švankmajer's studio in the village of Knovíz.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Pavel Liska
Jean Berlot

Jan Triska
Marquis

Anna Geislerová
Charlotte

Jaroslav Dusek
Dr. Murlloppe

Martin Huba
Dr. Coulmiere

Pavel Nový
Servant Dominic

Stano Danciak
Innkeeper

Jirí Krytinár
Reciting Madman

Ctirad Götz
Ostler

Jan Svankmajer
Himself

Director

Jan Svankmajer
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Jan Svankmajer

Producer

Juraj Galvánek
co-producer

Jaromír Kallista
producer

Jaroslav Kucera
co-producer

Dusan Kukal
co-producer

Shimon Shemtov
assistant producer

Helena Uldrichová
co-producer

Cinematographer

Juraj Galvánek
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Editor

Marie Zemanová
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Casting Director

Radek Hruska
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Production Designer

Jan Svankmajer
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Eva Svankmajerová
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Costume Designer

Veronika Hrubá
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Eva Svankmajerová
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Makeup Department

Ivana Chlostova
key makeup artist

Production Manager

Vera Ferdová
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Mendel Hardeman
second assistant director

Martin Kublák
assistant director

Marketa Tom
second assistant director

Art Department

Daniel Bird
propmaker

Karel Vanásek
property master

Sound Department

Dalibor Janda
sound editor

Ivo Spalj
sound

Camera and Electrical Department

Vaclav Tlapak
focus puller

Animation Department

Bedrich Glaser
animator

Martin Kublák
animator

Other Crew

Joseph Cahill
propaganda posters

Production Company

Athanor
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Ceská Televize
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Distributor

Warner Bros.

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