Overview
A man takes up residence with a mysterious marquis and is soon persuaded to enter into an asylum for preventative therapy. Things are not what they seem, and the marquis may be even more sinister than what the young man might have predicted.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the International Submission to the Academy Awards (2007)
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Based on
Based on The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether and The Premature Burial
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Music
Music by Ivo Špalj
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Juraj Galvánek
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Jan ŠvankmajerScreenplay
- Marquis de SadeNovel
- Original title
- Šílení
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 17, 2005
- Original language
- Czech
- Countries
- Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Slovakia
Cast
Pavel LiškaJean Berlot
Jan TřískaMarquis
Anna GeislerováCharlota
Jaroslav DušekDr. Murlloppe
Martin HubaDr. Coulmiere- Karel HeřmanFeeble-minded Warden
Pavel NovýServant Dominik
Stano DančiakInnkeeper
Jiří KrytinářReciting Madman- Kateřina RůžičkováAsylum Inmate
- Iva LittmanováAsylum Inmate
- Katerina ValachováAsylum Inmate
- Josef KasparInsane Erotomaniac
Miroslav NavrátilDream Warden
Jiří Maria SieberDream Warden
Ctirad GötzOstler- Milan DavidNaked Madman / Homeless
- Michael HoffbauerNaked Madman
- Renata SátkováWoman in Art Therapy
- Vladimír MíkaWarden
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