The River of Life and Death

The River of Life and Death (1941)

N/A 10 min Movie
Documentary

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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Cast

Karel Beníško Karel Beníško Commentary (voice)

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