Lunacy

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Lunacy

2005

1h 58m

6.8(68 votes)

Comedy

Horror

Overview

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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Cast & Crew

28 members

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Pavel Liška

Jean Berlot

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Jan Tříska

Marquis

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Anna Geislerová

Charlota

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Jaroslav Dušek

Dr. Murlloppe

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Martin Huba

Dr. Coulmiere

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Karel Heřman

Feeble-minded Warden

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Pavel Nový

Servant Dominik

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Stano Dančiak

Innkeeper

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Jiří Krytinář

Reciting Madman

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Kateřina Růžičková

Asylum Inmate

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Iva Littmanová

Asylum Inmate

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Katerina Valachová

Asylum Inmate

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Josef Kaspar

Insane Erotomaniac

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Miroslav Navrátil

Dream Warden

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Jiří Maria Sieber

Dream Warden

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Ctirad Götz

Ostler

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Milan David

Naked Madman / Homeless

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Michael Hoffbauer

Naked Madman

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Renata Sátková

Woman in Art Therapy

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Vladimír Míka

Warden

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Milan Borovicka

Warden

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Luboš Doksanský

Warden

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Vladimír Hodr

Warden

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Josef Polášek

Madman in Wheelchair

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Hana Dvoráková

Miss Rossetová

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Vaclav Jezek

Homeless

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František Polata

Man with Overturned Car

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Jirina Kutilová

Old Woman on Bike with Goat

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