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Tag Archives: 1950s
El Lazarillo de Tormes (1959) César Fernández Ardavín, Marco Paoletti, Juanjo Menéndez, Carlos Casaravilla

An adaptation of the anonymous sixteenth century novel Lazarillo de Tormes (1554), it tells the story of Lazarillo Read More »
An Inn at Osaka (1954) Heinosuke Gosho, Shûji Sano, Nobuko Otowa, Mitsuko Mito

An Inn at Osaka, rarely seen outside Japan, follows the story of an insurance company Read More »
Prawdziwy koniec wielkiej wojny / Real End of the Great War (1957) Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Lucyna Winnicka, Roland Glowacki, Andrzej Szalawski

Sweethearts Juliusz (Roland Glowacki) and Roza (Lucyna Winnicka) meet just prior Read More »
Yield to the Night (1956) J. Lee Thompson, Diana Dors, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig

A young woman who has been abused and taken advantage of by all the men in her life Read More »
Vengeance / La venganza (1958) Juan Antonio Bardem, Carmen Sevilla, Raf Vallone, Jorge Mistral

In rural Spain, sister of an ex con convinces him to take revenge against the local who tipped Read More »
Wife for a Night / Moglie per una notte (1952) Mario Camerini, Gino Cervi, Gina Lollobrigida, Nadia Gray

A libidinous count, out of his wife’s sight, pursues a mysterious woman. Read More »
So Big (1953) Robert Wise, Jane Wyman, Sterling Hayden, Nancy Olson

After the death of her father and the loss of his fortune, Selina takes a job teaching school Read More »
I Can Get It For You Wholesale (1951) Michael Gordon, Susan Hayward, Dan Dailey, George Sanders

A ruthless fashion designer steps on everyone in her way in order to reach the top of her profession. Read More »
Summer Interlude / Sommarlek (1951) Ingmar Bergman, Maj-Britt Nilsson, Birger Malmsten, Alf Kjellin

While waiting for the night rehearsal of the ballet Swan Lake, the lonely twenty-eight year-old ballerina Read More »