DOWN TO THE CELLAR

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A rather dark mixture of “Little Red Riding Hood” and “Alice in Wonderland”, in which a girl with a basket goes into the cellar to get potatoes but encounters creatures who are after their own interests. The seemingly hopeless end is remotely reminiscent of the Sisyphos-myth.
Do pivnice / In den Keller
CSK 1983 / 15 min
Director: Jan Švankmajer
  • Screenplay: Jan Švankmajer
  • Cinematographer: Juraj Galvánek
  • Editor: Peter Beňovský
  • Animation: Zlatica Vejchodská
  • Cast: Monika Belo-Cabanová,Olga Vronská,Alexander Letko
  • Production Company: Slovenská Filmová Tvorba - Bratislava
A rather dark mixture of “Little Red Riding Hood” and “Alice in Wonderland”, in which a girl with a basket goes into the cellar to get potatoes but encounters creatures who are after their own interests. The seemingly hopeless end is remotely reminiscent of the Sisyphos-myth.
  • Screenplay: Jan Švankmajer
  • Cinematographer: Juraj Galvánek
  • Editor: Peter Beňovský
  • Animation: Zlatica Vejchodská
  • Cast: Monika Belo-Cabanová,Olga Vronská,Alexander Letko
  • Production Company: Slovenská Filmová Tvorba - Bratislava