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Sirius is a 1975 Czechoslovak war drama film directed by František Vláčil.[2][3][4] The film has won many awards. It was Vláčil's last film before returning to feature-length films.[5]

Sirius
Movie poster
Directed by	Frantisek Vlácil
Written by	Jan Stibral, Kamil Pixa
Starring	Michal Vavruša
Cinematography	František Uldrich[1]
Edited by	Antonín Štrojsa
Music by	Zdeněk Liška
Production company	Krátký Film Gottwaldov
Distributed by	Ústřední půjčovna filmů
Release date	1 November 1975 (1975-11-01)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	Czechoslovakia
Language	Czech

Plot

The film is a story of 12-year-old Fanek and his dog Sirius. They play together every day. One day German train is destroyed by local resistance and Germans decide to confiscate dogs of local folks. Fanek doesn't want to give up Sirius and hides him in the woods. One day, Sirius escapes from his fence. Fanek asks the gamekeeper for help. He can do only one thing - shoot Sirius.[6]

Cast

• Michal Vavruša as Fanek
• Jana Hlaváčková as Fanek's Mother
• Vladimír Jedenáctík as Gamekeeper
• Karel Chromík as Fanek's Father
• Karel Hábl as SS Officer
• Bořivoj Navrátil as Gestapo Officer

Reception

Accolades

Date of ceremony	Event	Award	Result	Ref(s)
1975	Teheran International Film Festival for Children	Golden Statuette for the best film	Won	[6]
	Gotwaldov Festival of films for Children	Special jury award for Direction	Won
		Socialist Youth Union Committee Award	Won
		Special recognition	Won
	Festival of Children's films in České Budějovice	Children's Audience Award	Won
1976	Festival of Czech and Slovak films in Brno	Artistc and emotionally impressve capture of atmosphere of resistance against Fascist terror	Won
	International Competition of Children's Films Gijón	Diploma for participation	Won

References

External links

• Sirius at IMDb

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