Synopsis
Longitudinal documentary on the making of a unique work of art by Danish sculptor Bjørn Nørgaard. After a long and arduous journey the sarcophagus commissioned by Denmark's royal court for a chapel at Roskilde Cathedral is set to be manufactured by Zdeněk Lhotský's Melted Glass Studio in the Czech town of Železný Brod. The creation of this unique glass sarcophagus, whose transparent shell will hold the two human bodies, is a captivating and dramatic story for an artistic documentary film. Nothing as large and unpredictably complicated has ever been produced by any glass works anywhere in the world...
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4. 3. 2020
Two Czech Films at CPH:DOX
CPH:DOX (March 18–29) has included two Czech films in the programme: Caught in the Net by Barbora Chalupová & Vít Klusák in the Main Competition and A Sarcophagus for a Queen by Pavel Štingl in the Greatest Hits.
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