1956 Movies

This short travelogue, visiting Austria, was shot in VistaVision.

A Shaw and Sons production

An engineer, Carlos, meets two swindlers to rob the safe of the electricity company where he works.

Four people in love, a young artist with a gypsy woman, as well as another couple, must overcome social barriers and rivalries.

Based on the story of the same name by A.P. Chekhov.

In one of the collective farms of Kabarda, a group of young people led by the dzhigit Eldar Abukov organizes a horse-sports club. But Ismel Shardanov...

Short animation that makes fun of art snobs.

Irish horse racing is the subject of this Sports Parade.

Progress in South Australia manifests itself around the Flinders Range country in the industries of Whyalla, Port Pirie, Port Augusta, Leigh Creek and...

At a GDR farm, VEAB chief Amann bans cabbage in favor of cauliflower, enraging LPG accountant Gritt. Mistaking visiting writer Hans Brauer for a high-...

Short film.

A Cantonese opera adaptation of the Chinese legend, the Lotus Lantern.

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...

Kind-hearted Mr. Rzepka has a weakness for alcohol. Under the influence of strong drinks, he experiences a duality in his shape and shadow. This shado...

Herman the Mouse takes his cousins to the museum where they encounter Katnip the cat who chases them all over the museum, but becoming batter and brui...

About government loans in the USSR.

Commissioned by the Berliner Landesbildarchiv, this movie shows countless impressions of (West) Berlin everyday life, accentuated with self-ironic com...

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