In this Oscar-nominated short, a man seals himself off in 17th century plague-infested London to escape the danger of infection. When a little girl seeks his help, he has an opportunity.
Cinematography
Stop-motion so tactile you can almost smell the death.
Acting
Branagh's voice carries entire worlds of regret.
Production
Every frame took hours; every second devastates.
Director
Steffen Schäffler
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Each second of animation required 12 individually posed frames; the film's 15 minutes represents roughly 10,000 photographs.
The periwig itself is historically accurate—17th-century doctors wore them believing miasma couldn't penetrate hair, a perfect metaphor for the protagonist's false security.
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