01 Jan 1954
Czech paradise
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The River of Life and Death
The River of Life and Death captures the slow time in the well-known Indian pilgrimage place of Benares, the act of purification by water, the burning funeral pyres, and the dandling snakeheads under the temple stairs.
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Karel Beníško Commentary (voice)
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