Four of Hasek’s short stories were adapted for the screen by Miroslav Hubacek. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
The Great Eliah / O Grande Elias (1950) Arthur Duarte, António Silva, Milú, Francisco Ribeiro
A comedy about a family that receives money from a Brazilian aunt. Read More »
The Unearthly (1957) Boris Petroff, John Carradine, Myron Healey, Allison Hayes
Professor Charles Conway is a mad scientist attempting to develop the proverbial Read More »
The Attempt / Zamach (1959) Jerzy Passendorfer, Bozena Kurowska, Grazyna Staniszewska, Zbigniew Cynkutis
Set in the occupied Warsaw, the film tells the story of the mission carried Read More »
No More Fleeing / Nicht mehr fliehen (1955) Herbert Vesely, Judith Folda, Xenia Hagman, Héctor Mayro
In a desolate, destroyed landscape – bearing now irrelevant traces Read More »
One Big Affair (1952) Peter Godfrey, Evelyn Keyes, Dennis O’Keefe, Mary Anderson
Jean Harper, a Pomona school teacher on vacation, is taking a bus tour through Mexico. Read More »
Run Silent Run Deep (1958) Robert Wise, Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster, Jack Warden
The captain of a submarine sunk by the Japanese during WWII is finally given Read More »
The Bride and the Beast (1958) Adrian Weiss, Charlotte Austin, Lance Fuller, Johnny Roth
When Laura and Dan get married, she’s more interested in Dan’s gorilla. Read More »
The Silver Star (1955) Richard Bartlett, Edgar Buchanan, Marie Windsor, Lon Chaney Jr.
A third generation deputy sheriff doubts whether or not he has the guts Read More »
The Hidden One / La escondida (1956) Roberto Gavaldón, María Félix, Pedro Armendáriz, Andrés Soler
This classic from Mexican director Roberto Gavaldón is a harrowing drama about the Mexican Revolution. Read More »