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The White Dove
The White Dove
	Poster of the film
Directed by	Frantisek Vlácil
Written by	František Vláčil
Starring	Karel Smyczek, Kateřina Imanovová
Cinematography	Jan Čuřík
Music by	Zdeněk Liška
Production; company	Barrandov Studios
Release date	4 November 1960;
Running time	76 minutes
Country	Czechoslovakia
Languages	Czech; 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]
1962	International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival Montevideo	Special Appreciation Award		Won	^[3]

References

^ "Nostalghia.cz - František Vláčil". www.nostalghia.cz. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
^ "Holubice" (PDF). Národní Filmový Archiv. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Holubice (1960)". Filmový přehled (in Czech). Retrieved 13 October 2017.