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A documentary portrait of the Czech doctor Bohdan Pomahač who works at a clinic in Boston, USA and who was one of the first in the world to make a successful transplantation of a human face. James Maki, whose face was disfigured after a serious automobile accident, received a transplant on the major part of his face and was thus enabled to resume a normal life. The latest news: in March 2011, a surgical team, led by MUDr. Bohdan Pomahač, in a Boston hospital performed a full face transplant on a Dallas Wiens who was badly disfigured in a power line accident and was blind and without lips, nose or eyebrows. The patient's sight couldn't be recovered but he has been able to talk on the phone and smell.
SD | 30´ | © 2010
director(s): Theodor Mojžíš
producer(s): Czech Television, Theodor Mojžíš
scriptwriter(s): Theodor Mojžíš
director of photography: Ivo Popek
rights available: TV, Video, Internet
original language: Czech
subtitles available: English