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Faust's House(1977)
Status: Released
Date: 1977-01-01
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A film story based on the old Prague legends. It tells about a poor student lured by wealth, which he prefers to knowledge. In the end, he sells his soul to the evil powers. The Devil takes him to hell and since then there is a blackened hole on the ceiling of a Prague house.
Languages: Czech.
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Czechoslovakia
ProductionCompanies:
Krátký film Praha – Studio Jiřího Trnky
Movie: Faust's House
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Rudolf Hrušínský
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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A film story based on the old Prague legends. It tells about a poor student lured by wealth, which he prefers to knowledge. In the end, he sells his soul to the evil powers. The Devil takes him to hell and since then there is a blackened hole on the ceiling of a Prague house.
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1977-01-01
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