1956 Movies

A day in the life of a theater ensemble. The acting students are struggling to get one foot ahead of the others and the regular cast is fighting for t...

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

No Cigar (1956) is Francis Ford Coppola’s earliest surviving short film, made when he was a teenager. It follows a lonely man in his apartment as he p...

The Mukherjee family's daughter, Maya, is engaged to Nanda but notices his growing attraction to Shukla. Maya convinces Shukla to help, and Shukla suc...

A class of thirteen-year-old danglers persuades the school administration to start speaking proper civilised Dutch. This takes place at a boarding sch...

Everything is very quiet and peaceful in the city of Taxco, until there arrives a man called Ramón Durán who exploits abandoned mines. His presence in...

A military film of marital infidelity in which furloughs pose danger not only to the army but also to a soldier's family.

The film describes the hard life of shepherds. Giorgi loves Nino, but the woman is charmed by the newly appointed head worker in the district, Levan....

Contrasts the traffic court of the horse and buggy era with that of today. Points out that traffic court cases must be kept separate from others and t...

This short film is a reading of Madeline's Christmas; a supplement to the December 1956 issue of McCall's magazine, written by Ludwig Bemelmans. The...

Exzurians invade the Philippine Islands.

Reporters Peter Drante and Conny roam Hamburg’s Reeperbahn at night, uncovering three intertwined tales: Lilli, a aging dancer, searches for her missi...

Using newsreel footage, this Sportscope entry chronicles the race toward running's four-minute mile, highlighting several important contests. It start...

Out of love, young Corinna follows the plantation owner Mannsfeld to the Far East - where she has to realize that he is already married. A small conso...

An educational film about being cautious in traffic, and about how reckless driving and inattention can have fatal consequences. Starring Leif Juster,...

Yan Jun and Li Han-hsiang teamed up again with Lin Dai to tell the love story of a rural lady Jin Feng. Marred by tears and sorrow, this love story re...

Abdel Aal forces his daughter Samira to marry a wealthy man. After his death, they discover his will to deprive his entire family of his wealth, excep...

Negina, a talented actress at a provincial theater, must leave the stage because her purity of behavior is incompatible with theatrical customs. She l...

Norrland in Sweden while the power plant dams are being built.

Based on book by Svatopluk Turek.