The White Dove (1960)
(Holubice)
Country: CZ
Technical: bw 76m
Director: Frantisek Vlácil
Cast: Katerina Irmanovová, Karel Smyczek, Anna Pitasová
Synopsis:
A dove released from Belgium at the same time as a mass of homing pigeons misses its target in the Baltic and ends up being shot, then nursed back to health, by a young boy in Prague.
Review:
One of those films like White Mane that affectingly depicts the emotional bond between a child and an animal, but few can have missed the metaphoric payload of a tale of freedom derailed, then set back on course by the faith of a child, seconded by an artist. The director uses some arresting imagery, making much play of an island surrounded by sand banks and a block of flats with views over the spire-studded roofscape of Prague. A remarkable achievement by the fledgling Czech film industry.
(Holubice)
Country: CZ
Technical: bw 76m
Director: Frantisek Vlácil
Cast: Katerina Irmanovová, Karel Smyczek, Anna Pitasová
Synopsis:
A dove released from Belgium at the same time as a mass of homing pigeons misses its target in the Baltic and ends up being shot, then nursed back to health, by a young boy in Prague.
Review:
One of those films like White Mane that affectingly depicts the emotional bond between a child and an animal, but few can have missed the metaphoric payload of a tale of freedom derailed, then set back on course by the faith of a child, seconded by an artist. The director uses some arresting imagery, making much play of an island surrounded by sand banks and a block of flats with views over the spire-studded roofscape of Prague. A remarkable achievement by the fledgling Czech film industry.
(Holubice)
Country: CZ
Technical: bw 76m
Director: Frantisek Vlácil
Cast: Katerina Irmanovová, Karel Smyczek, Anna Pitasová
Synopsis:
A dove released from Belgium at the same time as a mass of homing pigeons misses its target in the Baltic and ends up being shot, then nursed back to health, by a young boy in Prague.
Review:
One of those films like White Mane that affectingly depicts the emotional bond between a child and an animal, but few can have missed the metaphoric payload of a tale of freedom derailed, then set back on course by the faith of a child, seconded by an artist. The director uses some arresting imagery, making much play of an island surrounded by sand banks and a block of flats with views over the spire-studded roofscape of Prague. A remarkable achievement by the fledgling Czech film industry.