The Ossuary

  • Czechoslovakia Kostnice
Short / Poetic
Czechoslovakia, 1970, 10 min

Directed by:

Jan Švankmajer

Screenplay:

Jan Švankmajer

Cinematography:

Svatopluk Malý

Composer:

Zdeněk Liška
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This film is an interpretation of the human bone decorations of the Baroque chapel in Sedlec by Kutná Hora. The film's ironic soundtrack consists of a tour guide's commentary. In the distributor's opinion, the morbidity of the image linked with the guide's black humour evoked the image of a post-August 1968 atmosphere and the film was replaced by a non-narrative version, which the author refused. (Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival)

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