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Mannheim-HeidelbergInternationalFilmfestivalYearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)1969WonGrandPrizeDusanHanákAgovernmentofficialinCzechoslovakiamistakenlybelieveshehascancer.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.