White Bells

Category: 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.
Status: Released IMDb
Release date: 1961-01-03
Run time: 24 minute / 0:24
Director: Ivars Kraulītis
Production Company : Rīgas kinostudija
Production Country: Soviet Union

Trailer

Images


Ilze Zariņa
as Little Girl
Directing
Ivars Kraulītis Director

Writing
Herz Frank Writer

Sound
Arvids Zilinskis Music

Camera
Uldis Brauns Director of Photography

Sound
Voldemārs Blumbergs Sound Director
Izidors Balters Sound Director

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