All Films

Jimmy the Tiger

1966 • 15 min • Greece

A Greek strongman seduces a young tourist and spend the day with her. "Jimmis the Tiger" is a family sportsman, who makes a living by showing off his skills in impromptu "shows" on the streets of Athens. One day a young German woman approaches him and asks his permission to take a series of photographs for a report. A tenderness will develop between them and they will spend a night together in a hotel room. The next morning, Tzimis will find himself accused of seducing the young foreigner to rob her...

Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen

1966 • 44 min • Canada

A 1964 documentary portrait of Cohen in his pre-musician days as a poet and stand-up comedian.

A Year Towards Tomorrow

1966 • 25 min • United States of America

Documentary about the VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) program.

Never a Backward Step

1966 • 57 min • Canada

This feature documentary is a profile of Canadian press tycoon Roy Thomson, whose single-minded attention to business brought him riches, power, and even a baronetcy in England. A native of Timmins, Ontario, Thomson had a tremendous career as publisher, television magnate, financier, and owner of many newspapers, including leading London dailies. The film is a frank study of an equally frank man.

The Legend of Marilyn Monroe

1966 • 52 min • United States of America

The Legend of Marilyn Monroe is a 1966 American documentary film chronicling the life and career of actress Marilyn Monroe. Directed by Terry Sanders, and narrated by John Huston.

The Really Big Family

1966 • 51 min • United States of America

The Really Big Family is a 1966 American documentary film directed by Alexander Grasshoff about the Dukes family of Seattle, who had 18 children. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Helicopter Canada

1966 • 50 min • Canada

A view from a helicopter of the ten Canadian provinces in 1966. The result is a big, beautiful and engrossing bird's-eye portrait of the country. Nothing here is quite the same as seen before, even Niagara Falls. Canadians will be thrilled by this panoramic view of familiar territory. Made for international distribution for the Canadian centennial.

From Greece

1966 • 28 min • Germany

The first part of this film is devoted to the Greek resistance against fascism and the civil war for independence. While the voice-over recites facts and names, photos take us into the past and the everyday lives of the people. The second part takes us to Greece in 1965, where the masses are protesting against the removal of the liberal Georgios Papandreou. – Two years later the military junta seized power in Greece. When Filmecho/Filmwoche called the film “communist”, it was doomed. It was rarely shown and originated the stigma that ultimately made it impossible for Peter Nestler to continue to work in Germany.

Spycatcher J3: SOS Close Shave

1966 • 46 min • Japan

TULIP (The Undercover Line of International Police) is a New York-based international police force in direct opposition to the criminal organization TIGER (The International Group of Espionage and Revolt). Shunsuke Dan is agent Spycatcher J3 of the TULIP Japan Branch. Spycatcher J3 stands against TIGER's machinations.

The Fall of the House of Usher

1966 • 50 min

A young man seeks the woman he has fallen in love with at an isolated old house, and comes into conflict with her neurotic brother.

Screen Test #3

1966 • 33 min • United States of America

One of Andy Warhol's screen tests, focusing on an actor's face for 4-5 mins.

The Birth of Ultraman

1966 • 26 min • Japan

In this recorded stage debut of the original Ultraman, self-proclaimed world's number one kaiju tamer, Eiji Tsuburaya introduces Ultraman, the Science Special Search Party (SSSP), and various kaiju.

The Little Chaos

1966 • 9 min • Germany

Theo, Marite, and Franz cannot make any money selling magazines door to door, so they try a little robbery.

Doom of Dracula

1966 • 8 min • United States of America

An EIGHT minute excerpt from the 1944 feature, House of Frankenstein, released in the 1960's to the 16mm & 8mm home movie market.

Aleph

1966 • 8 min • United States of America

“Aleph” is an artist’s meditation on life, death, mysticism, politics, and pop culture. In an eight-minute loop of film, Wallace Berman uses Hebrew letters to frame a hypnotic, rapid-fire montage that captures the go-go energy of the 1960s. Aleph includes stills of collages created using a Verifax machine, Eastman Kodak’s precursor to the photocopier. These collages depict a hand-held radio that seems to broadcast or receive popular and esoteric icons. Signs, symbols, and diverse mass-media images (e.g., Flash Gordon, John F. Kennedy, Mick Jagger) flow like a deck of tarot cards, infinitely shuffled in order that the viewer may construct his or her own set of personal interpretations. The transistor radio, the most ubiquitous portable form of mass communication in the 1960s, exemplifies the democratic potential of electronic culture and may serve as a metaphor for Jewish mysticism.

Ski-Faszination

1966 • 44 min • Germany

With his first film "Skifascination", Willy Bogner junior composed something unprecedented: a ski symphony of ski races, sketches and ski ballet. The world had never seen such an aesthetic combination of choreographed ski turns, brightly colored ski suits and emotional music in 1966! Shot in Ultrascope in the mountains around St. Moritz, the idea, script, production and camera shots were all the work of Willy Bogner. The spectacular images opened up completely new perspectives on skiing, which at the time was primarily seen as a high-speed sport. Willy added a romantic touch to skiing by combining it with beauty, harmony and fun. He didn't even need a continuous plot - snow, mountains and dancing on two boards were all he needed as the main characters!

Woina i Mir

1966 • 49 min • Germany

A behind-the-scenes look at the filming of "War and Peace," from conceptual sketches and costume design to cameras rolling.

Appointment at Mount Manunggal

1966 • 26 min • Philippines

This documentary paints the life of former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay (1953-1957), from being a simple mechanic, a wartime guerilla leader, and as president of the Philippines, leading up to his death in a plane crash in Mount Manunggal, Cebu.

With Love from Truman

1966 • 30 min • United States of America

At his Long Island beach house, and on the occasion of the publication of his masterful nonfiction novel In Cold Blood, reporter Karen Dennison interviews celebrated writer Truman Capote, who displays his exuberant personality, makes witty jokes, shares his thoughts on writing, reflects on various aspects of the book and, in a sweet and endearing voice, reads and explains some of its highlights.

Super Pink

1966 • 6 min • United States of America

The Pink Panther decides to be a superhero and keeps trying to help the same little old lady, but doesn't actually succeed in any attempts.

Vangjush Mio

1966 • 13 min • Albania

Documentary about the Albanian impressionist painter Vangjush Mio.

Space Kid

1966 • 6 min • United States of America

A boy on another planet builds a ray-gun and breaks something in his house and is sent out by his mother to go play in space.

Joachim's Dictionary

1966 • 9 min • France

A light-hearted animated romp through the alphabet, with each letter identified by both a word and a visual interpretation of that word, by the crudely-drawn Joachim.

Concorde

1966 • 15 min • France, United Kingdom

An Anglo-French production, directed by Pierre Jallaud, and for Open University Productions. This is a background sketch on the about-to-be-unveiled supersonic airplane.