Poetic / Drama
Czechoslovakia,
1960, 76 min
Directed by:
František VláčilScreenplay:
František VláčilCinematography:
Jan ČuříkComposer:
Zdeněk LiškaCast:
Kateřina Irmanovová, Karel Smyczek, Gustav Püttjer, Václav Irmanov, Hans-Peter Reinecke, Karl Gärtner, František Kovářík, Vladimír Erlebach, Anna Pitašová (more)Plots(1)
A sick carrier pigeon en route to its home on the Baltic Sea becomes lost and lands in Prague, where it is rescued and nurtured back to health by a small, frail boy. Soon the boy and the bird develop a friendship that touches all around them. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Kateřina Irmanovová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276240_513488.jpg)
Kateřina Irmanovová
Best movies:
The White Dove (1960)
Pleasant Moments (2006)
![Karel Smyczek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269853_02e0dd.jpg)
Karel Smyczek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The White Dove (1960)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Snowdrops and Aces (1982)
![Gustav Püttjer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/789/159789568_45bb4a.jpg)
Gustav Püttjer
German Empire
Best movies:
Comradeship (1931)
The White Dove (1960)
The Informer (1931)
![Václav Irmanov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274462_812469.jpg)
Václav Irmanov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The White Dove (1960)
Ikarie XB 1 (1963)
A Dead Man Among the Living (1946)
![Hans-Peter Reinecke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/381/158381768_ba3fb7.jpg)
Hans-Peter Reinecke
German Empire
Best movies:
The White Dove (1960)
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Spur der Steine (1966)
Karl Gärtner
Best movies:
The White Dove (1960)
![František Kovářík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268135_1eef08.jpg)
František Kovářík
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
The Valley of the Bees (1967)
Vladimír Erlebach
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The White Dove (1960)
Místenka bez návratu (1964)
![Anna Pitašová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276165_e35c3d.jpg)
Anna Pitašová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
The White Dove (1960)
![Jiří Patočka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/893/159893507_16ac3a.jpg)
Jiří Patočka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The White Dove (1960)
Smoke (1990)
Les Misérables (1998)
Petr Kocanda
Best movies:
The White Dove (1960)
Medvěd a strašidla (1959)
Pavel Kocanda
Best movies:
The White Dove (1960)
Medvěd a strašidla (1959)
![Ladislav Fialka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792678_c955b5.jpg)
Ladislav Fialka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The White Dove (1960)
The Cassandra Cat (1963)
Five Girls Around the Neck (1967)