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Release Date: 1959

Cast: Roman Polanski

Categories: Movies, Short Film, Surrealism, Experimental film, Black-and-white, Avant-garde

Lampa (English: The Lamp) is one of Polish director Roman Polanski's early short films. The eight-minute piece, released in 1959, has an elderly doll-maker hard at work in his shop. Once he's headed off home, the film focuses on apparent whisperings amongst the miscellaneous doll-parts he's left behind. The shop then goes on to catch fire, but this remains unnoticed by the passer-byes. Polanski can be glimpsed in a cameo role as a passer-by outside the shop. MORE

Lampa (English: The Lamp) is one of Polish director Roman Polanski's early short films. The eight-minute piece, released in 1959, has an elderly doll-maker hard at work in his shop. Once he's headed off home, the film focuses on apparent whisperings amongst the miscellaneous doll-parts he's left behind. The shop then goes on to catch fire, but this remains unnoticed by the passer-byes. Polanski can be glimpsed in a cameo role as a passer-by outside the shop. LESS