Auguste de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam

In one of two adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe stories - the other was an adaptation of "The Fall of the House of Usher" - Jan Svankmajer puts his own spin on things. (IMDB Comments)

A Spanish gentleman in exile, is unable to accept the idea that Vera, his wife, has died. He is so concerned that everything in the house continues to function as if she were still alive.

A young doctor, accused of desecrating a body, is brought to the presence of the Inquisition.

The escape of a man, under Spanish inquisition rule.