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Tag Archives: 1950s
The White Sheik (1952) Federico Fellini, Alberto Sordi, Giulietta Masina, Brunella Bovo
Moments after the newlywed couple of the fastidious office employee Ivan and his young and pure wife Wanda Read More »
Winter Twilight (1957) Stanislaw Lenartowicz, Wlodzislaw Ziembinski, Maria Kierzkowa, Zygmunt Zintel
Rumsza, the elderly railwayman, leading a sedate life with his wife Read More »
The Citizen (1952) Ritwik Ghatak, Ajit Banerjee, Kali Bannerjee, Gangapada Basu
Ramu,a fresh graduate is searching for a job like many others in post-Partition Kolkata. Read More »
Road to the Stars (1957) Pavel Klushantsev, Georgi Solovyov, Leonid Khmara, Georgi Kulbush
Released one month after the launch of Sputnik 1, Klushantsev’s trailblazing visualisation of the past Read More »
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953) Sidney Gilliat
The common career of W.S. Gilbert,a barrister turned comic writer, and Arthur Sullivan Read More »
Mina de Vanghel (1953) Maurice Barry, Maurice Clavel, Odile Versois, Marie Sabouret, Alain Cuny
A romantic German girl is brought to France. After an interlude with an old roue Read More »
The Seventh Sin (1957) Ronald Neame, Vincente Minnelli, Eleanor Parker, Bill Travers, George Sanders
1949 Hong Kong. Married to other people, American Carolyn Carwin and French shipping executive Paul Duvel are having an affair. Read More »
Thunderstorm (1956) John Guillermin, Alfonso Acebal, Carlos Thompson, Linda Christian, Charles Korvin
A beautiful slim blonde named Maria is saved from the sea by some fishermen. Read More »
The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955) Harold French, Moira Shearer, John Justin, Roland Culver
The honourable Mark St. Neots is playing with some ‘chums’ when he meets and is bowled over by Sylvia. Read More »