The Dove

The Dove

Directed by George Coe, Anthony Lover

Produced by Audio 300, Coe-Davis Ltd.

196815 min5.9 / 10

A playful, intellectually sharp parody of Bergman's existential cinema that mines comedy from the director's characteristic darkness and philosophical weight.

De Düva is a 1968 Oscar-nominated American short film that parodies the films of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, including Wild Strawberries and The Seventh Seal. The film borrows heavily from the plot lines of some of Bergman's most famous films. The dialogue, seemingly in Swedish, is actually a Swedish-accented fictional language based on English, German, Latin, and Swedish, with most nouns ending in "ska." The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

Questions people ask

  • Does The Dove end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 78% of films.

  • Is The Dove scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is The Dove violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is The Dove sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is The Dove easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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