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Diagnosis: The Feverish Condition of Unclear Origin/The Master and Faust
Painter Tesař watches previews of Faust on TV and explains how difficult it is to illustrate the Faustian theme. MUDr. Kabelková characterizes the diagnosis of febricity of an indefinite origin. The painter recalls drawing a picture with his own blood and speaks about his illustrations of two very different books, Babička and Faust, which played significant roles in his life. When illustrating the first of them, he felt harmony and peace, but when he was illustrating the second book he fell ill. The doctor, the painter and his wife describe the progression of the disease.

Lužice Is Over There Beyond That Hill
This documentary film is part of the television series World withour Borders, its tells of the fate of a dying nation and mutual Czech-Lusation Serb relations. - Department of documentary production, FAMU - 2nd year.

Say Hi Back Home in Bohemia
Czech exiles from the post-White Mountain era founded the town of Zelów in the middle of Poland two hundred years ago. FOur thousand Czechs were still living here before the Second World War; now there are only four hundrer left. They maintain their native language and evangelical faith far from the land of their fathers. - The film was produced by Česká televize without the cooperation of FAMU as a 3rd-year film - Department of documentary film, FAMU.

World without Borders - They´re on Their Way, Mr Vokurka
The little town of Volary in Šumava traditionally hosts the Volary Wood festival, attended by people from the Czech-Bavarian-Austrian border regions. Czech and Germans also meet in the Stožec chapel whoser reconstruction was supported by the Volary major Vokurka and which has become a symbol of new understanding. - The film was produced by Česká televize without the cooperation fo FAMU as a 3rd-year film - Department of documentary film, FAMU.

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