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The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope(1983)
Status: Released
Date: 1983-07-28
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Time: 0h 15m
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Animated short film based on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" and Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam's "A Torture by Hope".
Languages: No Language.
Countries:
Czechoslovakia
ProductionCompanies:
Krátký film Praha – Studio Jiřího Trnky
Movie: The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope
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Animated short film based on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" and Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam's "A Torture by Hope".
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1983-07-28
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