1956 Movies

One son takes after mom, one son takes after dad. They don't get along, and the family splits into two households.

This short film celebrates the hard work, tenacity, and ingenuity of inventors. Highlighted are some seemingly small inventions that have become part...

August Strindberg's feedback to Henrik Ibsen's "Doll's House"--a short story from the collection "Giftas" (Getting married),about female emancipation...

After being shown what hypnotism can do, a doctor starts to study it in depth. When he experiments on a friend's wife, she regresses into an early lif...

On the eve of the 1905 revolution in a Ukrainian village, a liberal landowner refuses to distribute land to peasants, leading to an uprising. To prote...

Popeye has just finished his house when a band of termites attacks.

Seven year old Marcos' only illusion is to have his First Communion in a white suit.

A musical story about a boy and his pet bull. They both grow up and must face each other in the arena.

The little white rabbit played hide-and-seek with her mother when she was pulling out radishes. The mother was worried that it would meet a wolf and a...

Comedy directed by Fung Fung

The title character of this humorous puppet film is a milk pot that swells to terrifying dimensions. The vain jar-lady becomes so big-headed that she...

A lost 1956 television pilot created by Orson Welles for a proposed documentary series. The filmed episode, “Camille, the Naked Lady and the Musketeer...

A bear, a rabbit and a fox decide to form a band and play for the animals of the forest.

A fairy tale film based on an ancient legend about the founding of Warsaw and the good fairy Sirene of the Mazovian forests, who became the patron sai...

Jiang Lizhen's husband, Wang Gensheng, went to Nanyang to make a living. After ten years of separation, there was no news. Jane took her daughter to f...

Casper, the always friendly and friend-seeking ghost, is in Holland where little Hans is a willing playmate as he does his chores.

Based on the story of the same name by A.P. Chekhov.

A documentary covering the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne and Stockholm.