Karel Vachek’s latest documentary essay deals with the fine line between an internal belief in God and institutionalized religion. At the same time it brings up the need for a healthy sense of skepticism and the benefit of not believing in anything that advertises itself as certain. The filmmaker sets out for the USA, Japan, Great Britain, Poland, and the Balkans in his sometimes amusing investigation of spiritual substitutes, such as esoteric "teachings” or various fraudulent and magical practices, to which we sometimes fall prey due to our natural religious cravings. In addition to a Czech "prefab” family, who describe the carryings-on of their poltergeist, well-known mystery buffs appear in the film: Erich von Däniken, Raymond Moody Jr., and Ivan Mackerl.
Obscurantist and His Lineage or The Pyramids' Tearful Valley
October 2, 2011
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Karel Vachek
Director
Karel Vachek
Story
Karel Vachek
Writer
Radim Procházka
Producer
Mikuláš Novotný
Production Manager
Róbert Kirchhoff
Producer
Petr Morávek
Producer
Libor Sedláček
Sound
Karel Slach
Director of Photography
Renata Pařezová
Editor