The White Dove
Poster of the film
Directed byFrantisek Vlácil
Written byFrantišek Vláčil
StarringKarel Smyczek, Kateřina Imanovová
CinematographyJan Čuřík
Music byZdeněk Liška
Production
company
Release date
  • 4 November 1960 (1960-11-04)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryCzechoslovakia
LanguagesCzech
French
German

The White Dove (Czech: Holubice) is a 1960 Czechoslovak film directed by František Vláčil. It is Vláčil's first full-length film.[1]

Plot

The film is based on the short story "Susanne" by Otakar Kirchner: a dove belongs to a German girl, Susanne. The dove gets lost on its way from France to the Baltic Sea and ends up in Prague. The dove is shot by a crippled boy, Michal. It is found by a sculptor, Martin, who brings it to Michal. Michal helps the dove to recover and he befriends Martin. Martin finds from where the dove comes and sends there a picture of the bird. Susanne, is sad from the dove's absence but realises that the dove will return. Michal recovers together with the dove but does not want to give her up. Martin eventually convinces Michal to release the dove.[2]

Cast

  • Kateřina Irmanovová as Susanne Kleist
  • Karel Smyczek as Michal
  • Anna Pitašová as Michal's mother
  • Václav Irmanov as Martin
  • Gustav Püttjer as an old man

Reception

Accolades

Date of ceremony Event Award Recipient(s) Result Ref(s)
1960 Venice International Film Festival Medal of the Biennial - Out of Competition František Vláčil, Jan Čuřík Won [3]
1961 Versailles Film Festival Silver Sun Won [3]
International Meeting of Films for Youth Cannes Grand Prix in category of extraordinary valuable films Won [3]
International Film Meeting Prades Grand Prix in category of Feature Films Won [3]
1962 Cartagena Film Festival India Catalina Award Won [3]
International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival Montevideo Special Appreciation Award Won [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Nostalghia.cz - František Vláčil". www.nostalghia.cz. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Holubice" (PDF). Národní Filmový Archiv. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Holubice (1960)". Filmový přehled (in Czech). Retrieved 13 October 2017.
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