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Torchbearer (2005) · Světlonoš

Name: Torchbearer
Director: Václav Švankmajer
Genre: animación, Camera, Fantástico, Surrealism
Released: 2005
Duration: 25 min

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2005 · Václav Švankmajer · 25 min · Czech Republic · Edited by 1

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The mechanism that propels the cycle of the sun and the moon has failed, and endless night falls. A nameless and silent hero must find his way through a dangerous labyrinth of traps, fierce creatures, and mysterious sentinels to restore the mechanism.

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Torchbearer (2005) · Světlonoš

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