Castle of Otranto (1977)

Name: Castle of Otranto
Genre: Animation
Released: 1977-01-01

17m

Running Time

Plot.

An adaptation of the 1764 work of the same name, the first Gothic novel. In this mockumentary, the amateur archaeologist Dr. Vozáb has set to prove that the supernatural ghost love story takes place not in Italy, but in Otranto Castle near Náchod in Czechoslovakia.

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Cast & Crew.

Miloš Frýba

Reporter

Jaroslav Vozáb

Dr. Vozáb

Jan Švankmajer

Director / Story / Screenplay

Jiří Šafář

Director of Photography

Zdeněk Liška

Original Music Composer

Vendulka Čvančarová

Dramaturgy

Karel Chocholín

Animation

Xenie Vavrečková

Animation

Ivo Špalj

Sound

Věra Henzlová

Production Manager

Marta Šíchová

Production Manager / Producer

Helena Lebdušková

Editor

Horace Walpole

Writer

Media.

Details.

Release Date
January 1, 1977

Original Name
Otrantský zámek

Status
Released

Running Time
17m

Genres
Animation

Last updated: 2025-04-07

Wiki.

Castle of Otranto (Czech: Otrantský zámek) is a 1977 Czechoslovak animated short film by Jan Švankmajer. It is based on Horace Walpole's 1764 novel The Castle of Otranto. The film takes the form of a pseudo-documentary live-action story, with an abridged adaptation of the story itself presented in cut-out animation in the style of Gothic art.