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5. Feb. 2006 · A Guest of Life: Alexander Csoma De Körös: Directed by Tibor Szemzö. With Tibor Szemzö, Mari Törőcsik, Susannah York. A collection of impressions of Tibet, recorded on an 8mm camera, overlaid with excerpts from Csoma's diary and translations, spoken on the many languages familiar to Csoma.
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- Documentary, Animation, Drama
- Tibor Szemzö
- 2006-02-05
An ambient film which sets off up into the Himalayas on the trail of Hungarian scholar Csoma, who compiled the first dictionary of the Tibetan language. In his mysterious, witty and Zen-inspired open form, filmmaker Tibor Szemzö (known chiefly as an eclectic musician) incorporates Asian music, 8mm footage and animation.
A scholar of the Orient and fluent in thirteen languages, Alexander Csoma de Körös set out on foot from his native country in 1819 in search of the origins of Magyar culture. His destination: Tibet, via Iran, Afghanistan and India. Settling with monks in the Tibetan mountains, he discovered Buddhist scriptures and set about translating them ...
synopsis. From a modest family, Alexander Csoma Körös worked as servant to pay for his studies at school, then he took up a course in oriental languages in Göttingen in Allemagne. In 1819, he decided to travel by foot across Asia to get to India via notably Iran and Afghanistan, with a mere bagatelle of 17 languages en route.
- Hungary
- Az élet vendége: Csoma-legendárium
- A Guest of Life: Alexander Csoma de Körös
- 2006
2006. Hungary. 79min. Audio Tracks. English. Alexander Csoma de Körös (1784-1842) was convinced that the roots of the Hungarian language must be sought somewhere in the East. An intellectual who mastered thirteen languages, he spent almost twenty years in Tibet.
5. Feb. 2006 · Overview. 'A Guest of life' is inspired by the journey of Alexander Csoma de Koros. The eccentric 19th century set out from his native Transylvania to central Asia on foot, only taking his knowledge of 13 dead and spoken languages with him.
Attila Bognár Produktion. A Guest of Life is inspired by the journey of Alexander Csoma de Koros. The eccentric 19th century set out from his native Transylvania to central Asia on foot, only taking his knowledge of 13 dead and spoken languages with him.
