Synopsis
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.
Lunacy (2005) is a 1h 57min comedy feature film by Jan Švankmajer. A man takes up residence with a mysterious marquis and is soon persuaded to enter into an asylum for preventative the...
Key facts
Cast
Pavel Liška, Jan Tříska, Anna Geislerová, Jaroslav Dušek, Martin Huba, Karel Heřman, Pavel Nový, Stano Dančiak
Original language
Czech
First release
November 17, 2005 (Czech Republic)
Based on
The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether, The Premature Burial
Crew
Screenplay
Jan Švankmajer
Producer
Jaromír Kallista
Cinematography
Juraj Galvánek
Editing
Marie Zemanová
Trailer
Stills
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Festival History
Titles
| Original title | Šílení | |
| Alternate title | Lunacy |
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | Czech Republic | November 17, 2005 |
Full credits
| Director | Jan Švankmajer |
| Cast | Pavel Liška (Jean Berlot), Jan Tříska (Marquis), Anna Geislerová (Charlota), Jaroslav Dušek (Dr. Murlloppe), Martin Huba (Dr. Coulmiere), Karel Heřman (Feeble-minded Warden), Pavel Nový (Servant Dominik), Stano Dančiak (Innkeeper), Jiří Krytinář (Reciting Madman), Kateřina Růžičková (Asylum Inmate), Iva Littmanová (Asylum Inmate), Katerina Valachová (Asylum Inmate), Josef Kaspar (Insane Erotomaniac), Miroslav Navrátil (Dream Warden), Jiří Maria Sieber (Dream Warden), Ctirad Götz (Ostler), Milan David (Naked Madman / Homeless), Michael Hoffbauer (Naked Madman), Renata Sátková (Woman in Art Therapy), Vladimír Míka (Warden), Milan Borovicka (Warden), Lubos Doksanský (Warden), Vladimír Hodr (Warden), Josef Polášek (Madman in Wheelchair), Hana Dvoráková (Miss Rossetová), Vaclav Jezek (Homeless), Frantisek Polata (Man with Overturned Car), Jirina Kutilová (Old Woman on Bike with Goat) |
| Screenplay | Jan Švankmajer |
| Producer | Jaromír Kallista |
| Cinematography | Juraj Galvánek |
| Editing | Marie Zemanová |
| Production design | Eva Švankmajerová, Jan Švankmajer |
| Sound | Ivo Špalj |
| Costumes | Eva Švankmajerová, Veronika Hrubá |
Additional data: TMDB.
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
