Underplayed Gems

White Bells (1961)

White Bells poster
Original title
Baltie zvani
Directed by
Ivars Kraulitis
Genre
documentary film, adventure film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
24 min
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This short Soviet film mixes documentary and fictional elements. It follows a story based on a tale by Hertz Frank.

observationalpoeticquietcontemplativeatmosphericrestrainedearnest

What happens

«Белый колокольчик» (латыш. Baltie zvani) — советский короткометражный документально-игровой фильм 1961 года Рижской киностудии по рассказу Герца Франка; дипломная ВГИКовская работа режиссёра Ивара Краулитиса. Один из дюжины фильмов входящих в Латвийский культурный канон. Фильм отмечен призами на Международном кинофестивале в Сан-Франциско (США, 1962) и Международном фестивале короткометражных фильмов в Оберхаузене (ФРГ, 1964), а в 1995 году на Международном фестивале короткометражного кино в Клермон-Ферране включён Ассоциацией кинокритиков в список ста лучших короткометражных фильмов мира. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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