1947 Movies

A portrait of Reykjavík in color.

Freely inspired by the story of the Ceará native, jangada (traditional fishing boat) leader and abolitionist Francisco José do Nascimento, known as "...

The effortlessly comic abandons the stress of his city job to work on a farm.

One of the earliest Iraqi films, the plot revolves around a young Iraqi man working as a writer who flees to Cairo after being accused of murdering hi...

Hercules, a poor individual earns his living as a walking street ad, carrying a gigantic advertising sign on his shoulders. His biggest concern is his...

Essam lives a miserable life among many others like him. But after experiencing a shocking tragedy, his faith is shattered, until he meets Hoda who gi...

In this short directed by Pietro Francisci, later known for hit swords-and-sandals titles such as 1958’s “Hercules” starring Steve Reeves, Lollobrigid...

Part of BFI collection "Your Children and You."

Tourist promo film extolling the delights of Birmingham and the Midlands, with a sprinkling of arch one-liners.

Information film about the tuberculosis study in Copenhagen. The film effectively polemicizes against the widespread but erroneous notion that the dis...

The film depicts the Danish police's guard service at Amalienborg after 29 August 1943 and the conditions under which the corps works until the libera...

Stop-motion animation short based on the Wawel Dragon legend.

A ghost town merchant is tried for the murder of his brother. What's the locale's secret that people are being bumped off over?

A St. Bernard dog is dishonorably discharged from the Swiss Alps rescue corps when he samples his brandy and gets drunk. In an effort to make up for h...

Gao Zhijian is the good friend of married couple Li Xiangmei and Hou Xinming. They live in the foreign settlement quarter of Shanghai. zhijian is a te...

The farmers Zackris Månsson and the Kerstorps-farmer lives on each side of the river. The two villages has always been enemies. The Kerstorps-farmer d...

Documentary short