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Released
1983 · FILM

The Hell

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Runtime
17 min
Language
ET
AnimationFantasyHorrorMusic

Synopsis

Rein Raamat’s *Hell* is an animated short that adapts the engravings of Estonian graphic artist Eduard Wiiralt into a surreal, grotesque, and heavily sexual work. Wiiralt’s three source works—“The Preacher,” “Cabaret,” and “Hell”—date back to the early 1930s and depict a cacophony of bacchanalia, hysteria, and violence during the final years of Estonian independence, set against the backdrop of the Great Depression and European instability.

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Principal cast & crew: 4

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Craft leads on file

Edited by Kersti MiilenShot by Janno PoldmaScored by Lepo Sumera

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