| The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope | |
| Director: | Jan Švankmajer |
| Producer: | Klára Stoklasová |
| Starring: | Jan Záček |
| Cinematography: | Miloslav Špála |
| Editing: | Helena Lebdušková |
| Studio: | Krátký film Praha |
| Runtime: | 15 minutes |
| Country: | Czechoslovakia |
| Language: | Czech |
The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope (Czech: '''Kyvadlo, jáma a naděje''') is a 1983 Czechoslovak animated short film directed by Jan Švankmajer, adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's 1842 short story "The Pit and the Pendulum" and Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam's story "A Torture by Hope".[1]