The Games of Angels (1967)

Animated short. Abstract forms in a setting evocative of a concentration camp created by the universe. Based on a series of paintings by the Polish artists and filmmaker Walerian Borowczyk, Les Jeux des Anges takes the viewer into a nightmarish and sinister labyrinth world. With images reminiscent of Bosch and Ernst and an abstract soundtrack the film evoke unspeakable horrors lurking at the heart Borowczyk's masterpiece. Borowczyk described the film himself as "A report on the city of angels."

Released

1967-01-15

Genres

Animation

Runtime

13 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Walerian Borowczyk

TMDB rating

5.5/10 from 51 votes