All Films

After 1100 Years

1974 • 27 min • Iceland

A film made on the 1100 year anniversary of the settlement of Iceland which gives an overview of Icelandic society and the natural kingdom which Icelanders have made part of their heritage.

My Very Beautiful Movie

1974 • 7 min

Super 8 short film by Derek Jarman, shot on Fire Island in New York.

Psalm 18

1974 • 6 min • East Germany

A service is ordered by the Junta in praise of the Junta. The Cardinal, forced to utter Benedictions, resorts to words for all those who suffer and pray, that they may be freed and consoled. The profaners have to content themselves with psalm 18: “They cried unto the Lord, but he answered them not.”

Georg Philipp Telemann’s Travels from Żary to Pszczyna

1974 • 14 min • Poland

It is a film journey tracing the footsteps of a German composer, Georg Philip Telemann, who was appointed a chapel master at the court of Count Erdmann II of Promnitz at Żary where he became fascinated with Polish folk music. The most memorable scene shows the stages of a hot-air balloon ascent. They could be shot thanks to a special camera and an external viewfinder attached to a wide-angle lens.

Well, Just You Wait! 8

1974 • 9 min • Soviet Union

Volk and Zayats hang out at a ski resort, and celebrate the New Year.

Laban and Labolina

1974 • 51 min • Sweden

The little ghost Laban follows his father to go ghosting in the castle. But he is too small to rattle the chains and he is a bit afraid of the dark.

Dérive 'Le naufrage de Vénus'

1974 • 60 min • France

Botticelli's Venus emerges from the waters, that of Yvan Lagrange, is she shipwrecked?...

The Actor

1974 • 6 min • France

In his dressing room, a young actor is making up as an old man. But behind the young man’s mask, what is his real face like ?

The Farm In Mountains

1974 • 19 min • Soviet Union

Everyday life of farmers in mountains

Frame-up! The Imprisonment of Martin Sostre

1974 • 30 min

Examining the case of Martin Sostre, a black Puerto Rican bookstore owner in Buffalo, New York who was framed on drug possession charges in 1967 and sentenced to prison, this film shows how the American justice system can be abused for purposes of political repression.

The Book of Chapin

1974 • 59 min • United States of America

Soundstage Original Series 1974-1985 The man who drove his "Taxi" to the top of the music charts entertains.

Dunfermline

1974 • 20 min • United Kingdom

A portrait of the past and present of the city of Dunfermline, Scotland's ancient capital.

The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner

1974 • 45 min • Germany

A study of the psychology of a champion ski-flyer, whose full-time occupation is carpentry.

The Wooden Coffin of Thomas Wolfe

1974 • 56 min • Yugoslavia

Two characters spend days in over-questioning themselves and arguing about the first and last matters of ephemeral human existence.

Dream Sphinx

1974 • 8 min

Ondine and Sally Dixon "star" as ecstatic 19th century lovers in Jacoby's first home-processed film.

Fernando i humaniści

1974 • 23 min • Poland

A bitter story about a bizarre folk sculptor.

Ringo, the Refugee Raccoon

1974 • 48 min • United States of America

A raccoon’s habitat is destroyed by construction of a new shopping center and he gets into all sorts of trouble trying to find a new place to live.

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Singer

1974 • 60 min • France

This documentary chronicles an Yves Montand concert for Chilean refugees in France.

Voyage to Next

1974 • 9 min • United States of America

Mother Earth and Father Time converse about the choices humans make. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.

The Dog

1974 • 48 min • Soviet Union

Story of the friendship between a little boy and his dog.

The Bad Boy

1974 • 11 min • Soviet Union

The story is about a nasty boy who blackmails his older sister and the young man who is in love with her.

Chorinhos e Chorões

1974 • 10 min • Brazil

An educational documentary short film on choro, an authentic brazilian musical genre, and its biggest and most influential musicians.

Putting on the Ritz

1974 • 3 min

Frothy sexy interpretation of Fred Astaire's Putting On The Ritz. An animated cabaret performance with a chorus line of dancers.

How the Goat Held the Earth

1974 • 11 min • Soviet Union