1959 Movies

A look at the British Olympic bobsleigh team as they practise at St Moritz for the World Championships at Cortina in Italy.

A modified version of The Little Red Hen folk tale. It stars a squirrel and the moral of the story (no work=no prize) is removed as the animals who di...

Documentary about a surgical incision to a varus finger.

A young worker is infatuated with the factory owner's daughter.

After a short history on bees and bee-keeping, we find Windy the bear's attempts to steal honey from a bee hive (he is teaching his son the "right" wa...

The story of a young girl who was kicked out of a brothel by her boyfriend.

In Valsinni, misfortune looms over the peaceful life of a family and brutally disrupts its ordinary routine.

Little Nelli is a clever and cunning child. As her parents are both working, her grandmother has to care for her. But her grandmother is no match to N...

A crew of happy ne'er do wells comes to town to gamble and party during the town fair... but then their leader gets serious about a local girl and abo...

A film adaptation of the popular hit by glamorous singer Keiko Matsuyama.

Two brothers inherit a lot of wealth. One of them tries to get rid of his brother and use his money. When he fails to do so, he looks to abuse someone...

Both this film and The Passion and Resurrection introduce the new technique of painting directly on film—a technique that provides images of unique qu...

A working man finds a school book that belonged to him, which will make him remember his childhood. Short film registered entirely in Lugano neighborh...

Four episodes on the theme of human hope and survival set in Santambrogio, Italy; Fermathe, Haiti; British Columbia and Kjeller in Norway.

Wahid has a friend who works in the drug trade named Abu Al-Ezz. Abu Al-Ezz undertakes a single training in gambling until he loses all of his wealth....

A film-photographic collage of the city under King Marko’s Towers, its history, development and contemporary cultural and economic growth after libera...

Comedy historical film about a wandering warrior, based on the novel by Shin Hasegawa.

This action drama depicts the conflict between orthodox and new yakuza gangsters.

The Robert E. Sherwood play 'The Petrified Forest' directed by Franco Enriquez broadcast by Italian state television channel RAI on 19 June, 1959.