The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians

Lipský, Oldřich, (film director.). Hartl, Jan, (actor.). Dočolomanský, Michal, (actor.). Kopecký, Miloš, (actor.). Hrusínský, Rudolf, (actor.). Deaf Crocodile Films (Firm), (Distributor). Kanopy (Firm), (Distributor).

Summary: A unique and almost indescribable mix of Gothic fiction, steampunk gadgetry (designed by Czech animation wizard Jan Švankmajer), slapstick comedy and romantic opera, director Oldřich Lipský’s wonderfully bonkers delight has elements of Terry Gilliam, Mel Brooks, and “The Benny Hill Show.” Based on an 1892 Jules Verne novel The Carpathian Castle (which partially inspired Bram Stoker to write Dracula), the film follows Count Teleke of Tölökö (Michal Dočolomanský) on the trail of the count’s lost lover, opera singer Salsa Verde (Evelyna Steimarová) – only to discover she’s been abducted by fiendish Baron Gorc of Gorceny (Miloš Kopecký), whose castle home is filled with the bizarre inventions of mad scientist Orfanik (Rudolf Hrušínský).

Record details

Physical Description: remote
1 online resource (streaming video file) (98 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Publisher: Deaf Crocodile Films, 1981.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from title frames. Film In Process Record.
Participant or Performer Note:	Jan Hartl, Michal Dočolomanský, Miloš Kopecký, Rudolf Hrusínský
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Originally produced by Deaf Crocodile Films in 1981.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.