Watch A Song About the Gray Pigeon

A Song About the Gray Pigeon (1961) is a drama set in Czechoslovakia during World War II. Through the eyes of three children, the war unfolds in its stark and cruel reality, a reality the youngsters cannot escape. The children experience war dramas including helping a soldier escape the Germans, aiding the resistance underground and encountering a female Russian guerilla fighter. As the war escalates, the children increasingly have to face the brutal and dangerous nature of war. The title is from a wounded pigeon, which one of the children cares for, as the war rages around them.