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7.2/10   1,037 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Edgar Allan Poe (story) and
Marquis de Sade (story) ...
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Release Date:
17 November 2005 (Czech Republic) more
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Plot:
A horror movie testing two approaches to running an insane asylum - absolute freedom versus control and punishment... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
4 wins & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Lunacy and Sheitan (Tribeca Flashback Review)
 (From Fangoria. 21 April 2009, 12:35 PM, PDT)

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the art house horror film of the year!! more (15 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Pavel Liska ... Jean Berlot
Jan Triska ... Marquis
Anna Geislerová ... Charlotte
Jaroslav Dusek ... Dr. Murlloppe
Martin Huba ... Dr. Coulmiere
Pavel Nový ... Servant Dominic
Stano Danciak ... Innkeeper
Jirí Krytinár ... Reciting Madman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ctirad Götz ... Ostler
Iva Littmanová
Katerina Ruzicková
Jan Svankmajer ... Himself
Katerina Valachová
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Lunacy (USA)
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Runtime:
Japan:123 min | Czech Republic:118 min | Argentina:118 min
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The official Czech submission to the 2007 Oscars in the Best Foreign Language Film category. more

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18 out of 29 people found the following review useful.
the art house horror film of the year!!, 20 July 2006
9/10
Author: vieira-adam from Canada

I just saw this film at the Montreal fantasia film festival. And this being Svankmajer's most recent film, I jumped for tickets. Absolutely amazing. Something of a political comment, the film show's us to ways of running an insane asylum. I have always loved Jan Svankmajer for his use of macabre animation (using raw meat, bones and eye balls). And it's use in context with 'Lunacy' is chilling. Truly one of the best horror films I've see all year. It's not the sort of horror that is entertaining to watch or bring your girlfriend. But if you love films and your looking for a horror film that will keep you thinking...then find a way to see this film.

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