The White Dove
1960 · Movie · 67 min · ★ 7.1
The first feature by revered director František Vláčil (MARKETA LAZAROVÁ) is a poetic, deeply humanist parable following the intersecting fates of a carrier pigeon, a wheelchair-bound boy (Karel Smyczek) in Prague who shoots the bird down and then nurses him back to health with the help of an artist (Václav Irmanov), and the faraway German girl who misses her lost pigeon. Told through gorgeous, black-and-white images, this key precursor to the Czechoslovak New Wave touches on themes of empathy and freedom with the timelessness of a fable.
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Details
- Original title
- Holubice
- Years
- 1960
- Release date
- 1960-11-04
- Language
- CS
- Runtime
- 67 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (30 votes)
Themes
- based on short story
Cast & crew
- KI
Kateřina Irmanovová
as Susanne
Karel Smyczek
as Michal
- AP
Anna Pitašová
as Michal's mother
- VI
Václav Irmanov
as Painter Martin
Gustav Püttjer
as Roosters old man
Hans-Peter Reinecke
as Ulli
František Kovářík
as Old man
- VE
Vladimír Erlebach
as Pierre
- JP
Jiří Patočka
as French daily
- LF
Ladislav Fialka
as Sasek
Directed by František Vláčil