aaaMannheim-HeidelbergInternationalFilmfestivalYearResultAwardCategoryRecipient(s)1969WonGrandPrizeDusanHanákAgovernmentofficialinCzechoslovakiamistakenlybelieveshehascancer.HereasonshisinvolvementinclandestineactivitiesduringtheStalinadministrationhavefatedhimtodiefromadreadeddisease.Hesearchesforinnerpeaceashefeelstheguiltofhispasttransgressions.ThisfilmtiedfortheGrandPrizeattheMannheimFilmFestivalin1969.SlovakdirectorDusanHanakwasoneofCzechcinema'sbrightestandbesttalentsofthe'60sand'70s,butbecauseofcensorshipthiswasnotmanifestuntilthelate'80s.Dusanmadeanimpactonthefilmworldwithhisauspiciousdebut322(1969).Thoughbanneduntil1988,whenitwasfinallyreleased,itearnedinternationalacclaimandtheGrandPrixawardattheMannheimFilmFestival.Hanak'ssophomoreeffort,thedocumentaryObrazyStarehoSvetaImageofanOldWorld(completedin1972),wasalsonotreleaseduntil1988andneitherwashis1980filmJaMilujem,TyMilujesILoveYou,YouLove.OnlyHanak's1976filmRuzoveSnyRose-TintedDreamspassedmusterwithcensorsandsawatimelyrelease.
