''The White Dove'' ( cs, Holubice) is a 1960 Czechoslovak film directed by

František Vláčil František Vláčil (19 February 1924, Český Těšín – 27 January 1999, Prague) was a Czech film director, painter, and graphic artist. Between 1945 and 1950, he studied aesthetics and art history at Masaryk University in Brno. Later he ...

. It is Vláčil's first full-length film.

Plot

The film is based on the short story "Susanne" by

Otakar Kirchner Otakar is a masculine Czech given name of Germanic origin (cf. Audovacar). Notable people with the name include: * Otakar Batlička (1895–1942), Czech adventurer, journalist, ham radio operator, member of Czech Nazi resistance group in World Wa ...

: 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.

Cast

* Kateřina Irmanovová as Susanne Kleist *

Karel Smyczek Karel Smyczek (born 31 March 1950) (IPA: /karɛl smɪtzɛk/) is a Czech film director, actor and screenwriter. His film '' Why?'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival The 41st Cannes Film Festival was ...

as Michal *

Anna Pitašová Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) ...

as Michal's mother *

Václav Irmanov Václav () is a Czech male first name of Slavic origin, sometimes translated into English as Wenceslaus or Wenceslas. These forms are derived from the old Slavic/Czech form of this name: Venceslav. Nicknames are: Vašek, Vašík, Venca, Venda Fo ...

as Martin * Gustav Püttjer as an old man

Reception

Accolades

References

External links

* 1960 films Czech drama films 1960s Czech-language films Czechoslovak drama films Films directed by František Vláčil 1960s Czech films {{1960s-CzechRepublic-film-stub