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　　Mannheim-HeidelbergInternationalFilmfestival
　　YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
　　1969WonGrandPrize
　　DusanHanák
　　AgovernmentofficialinCzechoslovakiamistakenlybelieveshehascancer.HereasonshisinvolvementinclandestineactivitiesduringtheStalinadministrationhavefatedhimtodiefromadreadeddisease.Hesearchesforinnerpeaceashefeelstheguiltofhispasttransgressions.ThisfilmtiedfortheGrandPrizeattheMannheimFilmFestivalin1969.
　　SlovakdirectorDusanHanakwasoneofCzechcinema'sbrightestandbesttalentsofthe'60sand'70s,butbecauseofcensorshipthiswasnotmanifestuntilthelate'80s.Dusanmadeanimpactonthefilmworldwithhisauspiciousdebut322(1969).Thoughbanneduntil1988,whenitwasfinallyreleased,itearnedinternationalacclaimandtheGrandPrixawardattheMannheimFilmFestival.Hanak'ssophomoreeffort,thedocumentaryObrazyStarehoSveta/ImageofanOldWorld(completedin1972),wasalsonotreleaseduntil1988andneitherwashis1980filmJaMilujem,TyMilujes/ILoveYou,YouLove.OnlyHanak's1976filmRuzoveSny/Rose-TintedDreamspassedmusterwithcensorsandsawatimelyrelease.