![all posters](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w140/files/images/film/posters/164/304/164304375_2c9b1a.jpg)
Czechoslovakia,
1968, 13 min
Directed by:
Jan ŠvankmajerScreenplay:
Jan ŠvankmajerCinematography:
Svatopluk MalýComposer:
Zdeněk LiškaPlots(1)
A reflection on an alienated life in which a thing absurdly refuses to accept what it is meant for and aggressively attacks the man's freedom until he does not declare and sign his own defeat. This horrifying warning is a combination of human and object animation. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Ivan Kraus](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/873/159873637_734115.jpg)
Ivan Kraus
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Happy End (1967)
The End of a Priest (1968)
Private Torment (1967)
![Juraj Herz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268607_54e828.jpg)
Juraj Herz
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Shop on Main Street (1965)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
Pacho, the Thief of Hybe (1975)