White Bells
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.
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Ivars Kraulītis Director · Herz Frank Writer Uldis Brauns Cinematographer
First release January 3, 1961 · Produced in Russia, Latvia · Production Rigas Kinostudija
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Rīgas kinostudija
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Rigas Kinostudija
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Russia · Latvia
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Original title
Baltie zvani
Original language
Latvian
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No dialogue
Release dates
Russia · January 3, 1961
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