Lunacy (film)

Lunacy
Directed by	Jan Švankmajer
Written by	Jan Švankmajer
Based on	"The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" and "The Premature Burial" by Edgar Allan Poe Works by Marquis de Sade
Produced by	Jaromír Kallista
Starring	Pavel Liška Jan Tříska Anna Geislerová Martin Huba Jaroslav Dušek Pavel Nový
Cinematography	Juraj Galvánek
Edited by	Marie Zemanová
Music by	Ivo Špalj
Production companies	Athanor C-Ga Film Česká televize Barrandov Studios
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release dates	3 November 2005 (2005-11-03) (Palace Film Festival) 17 November 2005 (2005-11-17) (Czech Republic) 23 February 2006 (2006-02-23) (Slovakia)
Running time	118 minutes
Countries	Czech Republic Slovakia
Language	Czech
Budget	50 million CZK[1]
Box office	$133,982[2]

Lunacy (Czech: Šílení) is a 2005 Czech animated horror comedy-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.^[3]