"Central Film Distribution presents" "THE PENDULUM, THE PIT AND HOPE based on short stories by Edgar Allan Poe and Villiers de I'lsle-Adam" "Producers / Production Assistants" "Animator / Actor" "Editor / Camera" "Screenplay / Designer / Director" ""The sentence - the dread sentence of death - was the last of distinct accentuation which reached my ears." "After that, the sound of the inquisitorial voices seemed merged in one dreamy indeterminate hum" "It conveyed to my soul the idea of revolution - perhaps from its association in fancy with the burr of a mill wheel." Edgar Allan Poe" ""What!" "My child!" "On the eve, perhaps, of salvation... you would then leave us?" Auguste de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam"