1956 Movies

Short film about young boys acting out.

Swedish propaganda film for the Social Democrats.

In UPA-esque animation, the NFB entertainingly explains the causes of fish spoilage and the steps required to keep today's catch fresh until it reache...

The two seventeen-year-old boys Gerd and Paul spend their weekend in the mountains; they want to climb the north face of the Kagerer Joch.

A peaceful farming community of 220,000 people, millet beer, dolo, assault on the terrace of the deceased, a mannequin effigy representing the decease...

When an inexperienced police officer discovers a corpse while inspecting a crime scene, he flees with no explanation. However, that action will help h...

An introduction to Chinese puppet shows, including two plays: "Jiang Gan Steals Books" and "The Road Fights the Injustice" ("Lei Wanchun Fights the Ti...

The wanderings (and Lawrence Jordan's "Odyssey" triptych) begin in the late 1950s when the filmmaker joined the U.S. Merchant Marines and sailed throu...

Children Who Draw explores the delicate chemistry of school children interacting in an art class through a constant juxtaposition of observational bla...

A short puppet animation movie by Tadahito Mochinaga.

Doctor Mahmoud suffers from epilepsy, so he refuses to marry any girl so as not to be a reason for her suffering. He meets Mervat, who is attracted to...

Realist melodrama set in Zurich. In the old town district, people are concerned about Mäni, the child of a toilet attendant, who is growing up without...

In the 1910s, beautiful young Silja loses both parents and ends up working as a maid at wealthier farms around her village. She is courted by a number...

Once upon a time in a kingdom, a young man named Prathap decides to teach a lesson to the army chief Prachanda who oppresses the people in the kingdom...

After her father has been murdered, the beautiful but allegedly insane Isabella lives in the house of her two nephews. A scenarist in need of inspirat...

A quarrel occurs between Sania (the first dancer in the band) and the band director, who decides to cancel the contract and give singer Zainab the cha...

A satirical military "Fashion Show" instructing Czechoslovak soldiers how and how not to dress.