1959 Movies

A portrait of the English composer Gordon Jacob.

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

Hosted by Ubud's political leader Agung Jakarta Sulawesi Mas, William Deneen here visits important sites and describes the political, religious, and e...

The powerful drama of a betrayal which sowed revenge in a man's heart.

Describes some simple techniques for good communication, to the end that people may know where they stand with one another. Illustrates how failure to...

A man's experience with a living ghost

The miner Dařbuján has a lot of children that he cannot support and another one has just been born. He needs to find a godfather and three are offered...

Documentary about people visiting a famous public beach in Berlin.

A French shopkeeper's life is disrupted by a daily parade. The parade consists of "ze king, ze premier, all ze lords and ministers, army, navy, depart...

Short, evocative documentary on the education of blind and partially sighted children.

A social drama centered on the miserable conditions experencied by cane cutters in Argentina's north.

The New York Times called this “a prodigious work of inspiring quality,” when it was first shown over CBS television in 1959. Using the same technique...

Educational film about the life and habits of the praying mantis. Description of its diet, adolescence and awe-inspiring love customs.

A brief visit by a vivacious young couple makes middle-aged spinster Alice painfully aware of how drab and dull her life is.

A cameraman on an assignment to Darkest Africa to film wild life finds into the top of the species in Heckel and Jeckel, and they foil all of his effo...

A Bollywood film starring Shammi Kapoor and Chithra.

Unfinished, 16mm, b&w silent film directed by Maya Deren. No copy of this film exists