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The Torchbearer (S)

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Original title: Svetlonos (The Torchbearer)
Year: 2005
Running time: 25 min.
Country: Czech Republic
Director: Václav Svankmajer
Screenwriter: Václav Svankmajer
Cast: Animation
Music: Envoi
Cinematography: Animation, Václav Svankmajer
Producer: Bionaut Films, FAMU
Genre: Animation. Fantasy. Adventure | Stop Motion. Short Film (Animated)
Synopsis: The film follows the passage of an austere and silent figure in Greco-Roman armour through a castle resembling one of Piranesi's imaginary prisons, and inhabited by female statues who come to life and watch from the shadows

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#26 Best Animated Short Movies of the 2000s
#77 Best Stop-Motion Animated Works

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The Torchbearer (S)

2005

Václav Svankmajer

6.8

(111)