1951-1960

  • Memduh Ün – Üç arkadas AKA Three Friends (1958)

    Drama1951-1960Memduh ÜnRomanceTurkey

    Plot
    Three hopeless cronies from the slums help a blind panhandler girl who is homeless and hungry. The girl, an ingenue, brings a new hope to everyone’s life, especially to the one who falls in love with her.Read More »

  • John H. Auer – City That Never Sleeps (1953)

    1951-1960CrimeFilm NoirJohn H. AuerUSA

    Synopsis:
    Uniformed Chicago cop Johnny Kelly, Jr., who originally joined the force to make his policeman father happy, has grown restless in the job and has decided to resign the next day. He allows himself to be compromised by a shady lawyer and has decided to desert his wife because of his obsessive affair with a stripper in a sleazy nightclub. Although the sergeant who partners with him for his last night of duty is a stranger to Kelly, the enigmatic cop seems to know Johnny very well. They leave in a squad car for what will be a very eventful last night on duty for the disillusioned young policeman.Read More »

  • Jack Arnold – Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

    1951-1960HorrorJack ArnoldSci-FiUSA

    A strange prehistoric beast lurks in the depths of the Amazonian jungle. A group of scientists try to capture the animal and bring it back to civilization for study.Read More »

  • Zoltán Fábri – Körhinta AKA Merry-Go-Round (1956)

    1951-1960DramaHungaryZoltán Fábri

    In a rural scenery in the throes of difficult changes lives a humble but promising young farmer girl called Mari Pataki. Her father forbids her from seeing the man she loves. The father, above all preoccupied by work on the fields and prospective wealth, decides to give his daughter in marriage to an old but rich man with whom he does business. Land marries land, he says. This seems to be the unyielding rule of the Hungarian peasantry. But the young lover is ready to stand up to any challenge to keep Maris love.Read More »

  • Gilles Grangier – 125 rue Montmartre (1959)

    1951-1960CrimeDramaFranceGilles Grangier

    Pascal makes a modest living selling newspapers on the streets of Paris. He may have a surly temperament but he is a good natured soul at heart, always ready to help a fellow creature if he can. Naturally, when he sees a man jump into the River Seine, he does not hesitate to come to his rescue. The visibly distressed man, Didier, reveals he was driven to this desperate act by his family, in particular his wife Catherine who is determined to rob him of his fortune. Moved by this tale of woe, Pascal offers to help Didier in any way he can. Didier suggests that they go back to his house to pick up some money. As he enters the house, Pascal unwittingly falls into a carefully laid trap. Alerted by Catherine, the police suddenly turn up and find the body of a dead man in the house. Read More »

  • Leopoldo Torre Nilsson – La caída (1959)

    1951-1960ArgentinaDramaLeopoldo Torre Nilsson

    Letterboxd wrote:
    A university student comes to stay with a bedridden woman and her four children. Helping out around the house, she soon grows fond of the mother and children. An attorney falls for the student, but the couple experiences problems when she declines to leave what he refers to as “that lunatic asylum.”Read More »

  • Jean Georgescu – Directorul nostru AKA Our Director (1955) (HD)

    1951-1960ClassicsComedyFranceJean Georgescu

    IMDb wrote:
    Over at the fictional DRGBP institution, events take a settling turn after a mutinied prize festivity.Read More »

  • Jirí Weiss – Vlcí jáma AKA The Wolf Trap (1957)

    1951-1960Czech RepublicDramaJirí Weiss

    The childless family of the veterinarian and mayor of a small town, Robert Rýdl, and his much older wife, Klára, is joined by an orphaned girl, Jana. The girl is grateful for her new home but she slowly begins to feel a strange atmosphere that reigns in the house. Klára brought her property into the marriage and loves her husband with a possessive and stifling love. The emotionally suffering Robert falls in love with Jana. When he realizes that the girl returns his love, he uses the offer for a business trip to Opava to run away from the insoluble problem. Jana is unhappy, she is afraid of the two spiteful maids and discovers the bad side of Klára’s outwardly kind nature. The two women pay a visit to Robert in Opava. They are walking in the town and something unpleasant happens. Rýdl’s acquaintances think that Jana is his wife and Klára his mother-in-law. Robert Rýdl runs away again, this time to Prague. He leaves Jana alone with Klára who has fallen seriously ill and finally dies. Robert is free but his previous cowardly behaviour destroyed Jana’s love. The girl leaves Robert right after the funeral.Read More »

  • Raoul Servais – Sirène AKA Sirene (1968)

    1951-1960AnimationBelgiumRaoul ServaisShort Film

    Synopsis:
    ‘Monsterlike cranes reign over an inhospitable harbour as prehistorical reptiles. The only human being they accept is a lonesome fisherman. He is to witness a strange encounter between a ship’s mate and a mermaid. Imagination or reality?’
    – Raoul Servais FoundationRead More »

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