What is Sirius / The White Dove about?

SIRIUS, 1974, Czechoslovakia, 50 min. Dir. Frantisek Vlacil. A young boy whose most cherished companion is his loyal German shepherd devises his own form of resistance when the Nazis arrest his father, then order the confiscation of local canines, including his pet, to be retrained as attack dogs against the rebellious populace. In Czech with English subtitles. Preceded by two shorts. THE WHITE DOVE (HOLUBICE), 1960, Czechoslovakia, 76 min. Dir. Frantisek Vlacil. In his visually stunning first feature, a forerunner of the Czech New Wave, Vlacil creates a touching allegory for the universal craving for freedom, infusing two parallel stories with powerful psychological connections. A homing pigeon released in Belgium flies across Europe toward a young girl who waits by the sea. A lonely boy in Prague wounds the bird with his gun and then remorsefully nurses it back to health, reluctant to set it free. In Czech with English subtitles.

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What is Sirius / The White Dove about?: SIRIUS, 1974, Czechoslovakia, 50 min. Dir. Frantisek Vlacil. A young boy whose most cherished companion is his loyal German shepherd devises his own form of resistance when the Nazis arrest his father, then order the confiscation of local canines, including his pet, to be retrained as attack dogs against the rebellious populace. In Czech with English subtitles. Preceded by two shorts.

THE WHITE DOVE (HOLUBICE), 1960, Czechoslovakia, 76 min. Dir. Frantisek Vlacil. In his visually stunning first feature, a forerunner of the Czech New Wave, Vlacil creates a touching allegory for the universal craving for freedom, infusing two parallel stories with powerful psychological connections. A homing pigeon released in Belgium flies across Europe toward a young girl who waits by the sea. A lonely boy in Prague wounds the bird with his gun and then remorsefully nurses it back to health, reluctant to set it free. In Czech with English subtitles.