---
title: 'Lunacy (2005)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jan Švankmajer'
released: '2005-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 118
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'Slovakia'
  - 'Czech Republic'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/lunacy-2005'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407236/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Lunacy (2005)

2005 · 118 min · Drama, Comedy, Horror · Slovakia, Czech Republic

Original title: Šílení

## Synopsis

Lunacy is a 2005 animated horror drama film written and directed by Jan Švankmajer. It is loosely based on two Edgar Allan Poe short stories, "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" (1845) and "The Premature Burial" (1844), and 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jan Švankmajer](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-svankmajer)
- **Screenplay:** [Jan Švankmajer](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-svankmajer)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ivo Špalj](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivo-spalj)
- **Producer:** [Jaromír Kallista](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaromir-kallista)
- **Director of Photography:** [Juraj Galvánek](https://cinepixo.com/people/juraj-galvanek)
- **Editor:** [Marie Zemanová](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-zemanova)

## Cast

- [Pavel Liška](https://cinepixo.com/people/pavel-liska)
- [Aña Geislerova](https://cinepixo.com/people/ana-geislerova)
- [Jiří Krytinář](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-krytinar)
- [Helena Anýžová](https://cinepixo.com/people/helena-anyzova)
- [Jiří Javůrek](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-javurek)
- [Jiří Maria Sieber](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-maria-sieber)
- [Josef Polášek](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-polasek)
- [Martin Huba](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-huba)
- [Pavel Nový](https://cinepixo.com/people/pavel-novy)
- [Eva Pokorná](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-pokorna)
- [Miroslav Navrátil](https://cinepixo.com/people/miroslav-navratil)
- [Jan Tříska](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-triska)
- [Jaroslav Dušek](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaroslav-dusek)
- [Ctirad Götz](https://cinepixo.com/people/ctirad-gotz)
- [Jan Švankmajer](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-svankmajer)

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Film facts: Wikidata (Q2640291); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.