Espolio

Story

Synopsis

A BAFTA award nominated animation based on a poem by Earle Birney and a painting by El Greco. The theme concerns the responsibility of the innovator for the thing he makes. In the film, a carpenter builds a cross but is reluctant to become involved in the right or wrong of situations that bring men to die on crosses. His interest is in his own craftsmanship. To illustrate this moral, the filmmaker used light-pen drawings, giving colour and emphasis through optical processes.

Director

Sidney Goldsmith

Language

English

Country

Canada

Release date

6 February 1970

Ensemble

Cast

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  Walter Massey

  Narrator