Synopsis:
A phantasmagoric story about an undertaker and his wife who live alone because everyone avoids them. The undertaker cannot break human prejudices and superstitions, and in desperation he invites his former customers, the dead, to be his guests and to banish loneliness from him and his wife.
- Director:
- Aleksandar Marks, Vladimir Jutriša
- Year:
- 1979
- Country:
- Croatia
- Running time:
- 10 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation
- Original title:
- Pogrebnik
- Production type:
- Professional
- Animator:
- Vladimir Jutriša
- Script writer:
- Dušan Vukotić
- Music composer:
- Anđelko Klobučar
- Editor:
- Tea Brunšmid
- Production:
- Zagreb Film
- Genres:
- Drama, Tragicomedy, Experimental
- Tags:
- Surreal, Festival Darlings, Death, Relationships, Humor, Poetic, Transformation, Dreams, Shame
- Audience:
- Adults
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