The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope

1983 Czechoslovakia film

The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope
Directed by	Jan Švankmajer
Written by	Jan Švankmajer
Based on	"The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe "A Torture by Hope" Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
Produced by	Klára Stoklasová
Starring	Jan Záček
Cinematography	Miloslav Špála
Edited by	Helena Lebdušková
Production company	Krátký film Praha
Release date	July 28, 1983 (1983-07-28)
Running time	15 minutes
Country	Czechoslovakia
Language	Czech

The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope (Czech: Kyvadlo, jáma a naděje) is a 1983 Czechoslovak animated short film directed by Jan Švankmajer, adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's 1842 short story "The Pit and the Pendulum" and Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam's story "A Torture by Hope".

Awards

Montréal World Film Festival 1984 – Won Jury Prize (Short Films)
Kraków Film Festival 1984 – Won FICC Award
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 1985 – Won Grand Prize and FIPRESCI Award
Fantasporto 1985 – Won Critics' Award - Special Mention

v t e Films directed by Jan Švankmajer
Filmography
Feature films	Alice (1988) Faust (1994) Conspirators of Pleasure (1996) Little Otik (2000) Lunacy (2005) Surviving Life (2010) Insects (2018)
Short films	The Last Trick (1964) A Game with Stones (1965) The Garden (1968) The Flat (1968) Picnic with Weissmann (1968) A Quiet Week in the House (1969) Don Juan (1969) Jabberwocky (1971) Leonardo's Diary (1972) Castle of Otranto (1977) Dimensions of Dialogue (1982) The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope (1983) Meat Love (1988) The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia (1990) Food (1992)

v t e Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" (1842)
Film	The Pit and the Pendulum (1913) The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) The Pit and the Pendulum (1964) The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope (1983) The Pit and the Pendulum (1991) The Pit and the Pendulum (2009)

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