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White Bells

1961-01-03
6
lv 24m
Documentary
A little girl wanders all alone in the morning, through a bustling city, looking for the white bells she noticed in the window of a florist's shop. This film heralded the birth of a new film language in Latvian cinema. It received awards at the San Francisco and Oberhausen festivals. and was included on the list of the “world’s 100 best short films” by the film critics at the 1995 Clermont-Ferrand film festival.. All three of the film’s authors together with their peers became the creators of the legendary Riga School of Poetic Documentary.

Director

Ivars Kraulītis

Writer

Herz Frank

Music

Arvids Zilinskis

Director of Photography

Uldis Brauns

Sound Director

Voldemārs Blumbergs

Sound Director

Izidors Balters

Status

Released

Countries

  • Soviet Union

Companies

  • Rīgas kinostudija