1956 Movies

This Sportscope series entry highlights sailboat races in Holland.

A man’s wife dies in a swamp. Her ghost returns to haunt him.

hong kong film

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...

Performing every night for an audience of male admirers, cabaret singer Yuri captures the attention of Yoshio Tsugawa, a motorcycle salesman who becom...

A Czech art film set in a modern village. The main character of the film is Karla Tolarová, a worker from a Prague printing house, who arrives for a h...

Teenagers with neglectful parents run amok; some get killed, some get arrested, some get rehabilitated.

An epic ramble from Winchester to Canterbury, through Hampshire, Surrey and Kent with picnics, pints and much prettiness on the way.

Halaku (Pran),the powerful emperor of Iran, rules the country wisely and with an iron hand. When he comes upon one of his subjects, Niloufer (Meena K...

Short film about electricity in modern life.

Leonato, governor of sunny Messina in Sicily, warmly welcomes Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon, to his home. Don Pedro has arrived in the city accompanied...

The purpose of this film is to discover largely unknown Macao. The ancient monuments, the statues of the discoverers, the modern buildings of the sett...

A short feature that follows the training of a group of new recruits to the Royal Swedish Air Force.

A film about the Nordic countries and the possibilities for cooperating. Based on an idea by Danish film auteur Carl Th. Dreyer. (DFI)

This short film celebrates the hard work, tenacity, and ingenuity of inventors. Highlighted are some seemingly small inventions that have become part...

Petya meets his father from a partisan detachment in the Odessa Catacombs.

The film is dedicated to the victims of the snow blizzard in Mavrovo, Macedonia that happened from February 11th to February 14th, 1956.

Penelope Benson, known as Penny, is both romantic and determined. Put in a select boarding school by her mother, she takes advantage of a trip to Pari...