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Lunacy (Czech: Šílení) is a 2005 Czech film by Jan Švankmajer. The film is loosely based on two short stories, "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" and "The Premature Burial", by Edgar Allan Poe. It is also partly inspired by the works of the Marquis de Sade. The film was shot between October 2004 and April 2005, on location in the village of Peruc close to Prague, and in Švankmajer's studio in the village of Knovíz.
Original Release
11/17/2005
US Release
08/09/2006
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Jan Tríska | Marquis |
| Pavel Liska | Jean Berlot |
| Anna Geislerová | Charlota |
| Martin Huba | Dr. Coulmiere |
| Jaroslav Dusek | Dr. Murlloppe |
| Pavel Novy | Servant Dominik |
| Stano Danciak | Innkeeper |
| Jirí Krytinár | Reciting Madman |
| Katerina Ruzicková | Asylum inmate |
| Iva Littmanová | Asylum inmate |
Directors
Writers
Jan Svankmajer, Edgar Allan Poe, Marquis de Sade
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Jan Tríska | Marquis |
| Pavel Liska | Jean Berlot |
| Anna Geislerová | Charlota |
| Martin Huba | Dr. Coulmiere |
| Jaroslav Dusek | Dr. Murlloppe |
| Pavel Novy | Servant Dominik |
| Stano Danciak | Innkeeper |
| Jirí Krytinár | Reciting Madman |
| Katerina Ruzicková | Asylum inmate |
| Iva Littmanová | Asylum inmate |
| Katerina Valachová | Asylum inmate |
| Josef Kaspar | Insane erotomaniac |
| Jirí Maria Sieber | Dream warden |
| Ctirad Götz | Ostler |
| Milan David | Naked madman / Homeless man / Homeless |
| Michael Hoffbauer | Naked madman |
| Karel Herman | Feeble-minded warden |
| Renata Sátková | Woman in art therapy |
| Vladimír Míka | Warden |
| Milan Borovicka | Warden |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Juraj Galvánek | Producer |
| Jaroslav Kucera | Producer |
| Dusan Kukal | Producer |
| Shimon Shemtov | Producer |
| Helena Uldrichová | Producer |
| Jaromir Kallista | Producer |
Editors
