Released Date:
2005-11-17
Languages:
Czech
Countries:
Czech Republic, Slovakia
Runtime:
118 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.3 (2569 Reviews)
Director:
Jan SvankmajerEdgar Allan Poe (story)
Marquis de Sade (story)
Jan Svankmajer
A horror movie testing two approaches to running an insane asylum - absolute freedom versus control and punishment - within the context of a world that combines the worst of both. Jean Berlot, a young man subject to a nightmare of being forced into a straitjacket by two orderlies, is befriended by a marquis. At the marquis's estate, Jean witnesses a black Mass, buries someone alive, and is invited to try preventive therapy. He's willing to enter a sanatorium because he believes he can rescue a young woman from there who has told him that the real director and staff of the clinic are locked in the basement. Jean conspires with her to set them free: the horrors have only begun.
Released Date:
2010-11-24
Languages:
Czech
Countries:
Czech Republic
Runtime:
100 min
IMDB Ratings:
(551 Reviews)
Director:
Jan HrebejkGenres:
DramaPetr Jarchovskè (screenplay)
Renowned psychiatrist Pavel Josek is singled out to receive a "Memory of the Nation" medal, however, it transpires that this reputedly morally irreproachable dissident once collaborated with state security agencies, informing on a former friend of his wife, Borek, and ultimately being responsible for the latter's forced emigration. Josek's family and close friends try to come to terms with these new facts.
Join our mailing list and get access to expert analysis, trivia, and recommendations that will elevate your movie-watching experience.