Lunacy

Lunacy

2005•1h 57m•6.7/10

ComedyHorror

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.7/10(73)

A man takes up residence with a mysterious marquis and is soon persuaded to enter into an asylum for preventative therapy. Things are not what they seem, and the marquis may be even more sinister than what the young man might have predicted.

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Production

ATHANOR, Barrandov Studio, Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Česká televize, Státní fond ČR pro podporu a rozvoj české kinematografie, Eurimages

Language

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Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Pavel Liška

Pavel Liška

Jean Berlot

Jan Tříska

Jan Tříska

Marquis

Anna Geislerová

Anna Geislerová

Charlota

Jaroslav Dušek

Jaroslav Dušek

Dr. Murlloppe

Martin Huba

Martin Huba

Dr. Coulmiere

Karel Heřman

Feeble-minded Warden

Pavel Nový

Pavel Nový

Servant Dominik

Stano Dančiak

Stano Dančiak

Innkeeper

Jiří Krytinář

Jiří Krytinář

Reciting Madman

Kateřina Růžičková

Asylum Inmate

Iva Littmanová

Asylum Inmate

Katerina Valachová

Asylum Inmate

Josef Kaspar

Insane Erotomaniac

Miroslav Navrátil

Miroslav Navrátil

Dream Warden

Jiří Maria Sieber

Jiří Maria Sieber

Dream Warden

Ctirad Götz

Ctirad Götz

Ostler

Milan David

Naked Madman / Homeless

Michael Hoffbauer

Naked Madman

Renata Sátková

Woman in Art Therapy

Vladimír Míka

Warden

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