All Films

Space Travel

1961 • 11 min • Poland

An elderly traveler arrives on an alien planet. The natives greet him friendly. Cosmic virgins want to clone the guest so that each of them would have him for herself. The man from planet Earth manages to escape, but his clones remain where they are.

Adventures on the New Frontier

1961 • 52 min • United States of America

A look at the daily business of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, with a focus on some of the political issues he faces six weeks into his term. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.

Kooky Loopy

1961 • 7 min

Loopy meets The Big Bad Wolf of the Little Red Riding Hood story and wants him to be a good wolf.

The Monkey’s Paw

1961 • 60 min • Argentina

Mr.White, their wife and son, receive the visit of a person that possesses a monkey's paw with magic powers: it grants three desires. But the monkey's paw has the power of demonstrating that the destination governs the life of the men and that nobody can oppose without receiving a hideous punishment.

The Adventures of Pepper

1961 • 20 min • Soviet Union

The forest is a home to many animals, and they each have their own worries. Thus, a bear has to look after an apiary to collect honey, a bunny likes to dance, frogs and fish swim in the pond. Suddenly the idyll gets broken because of the poisoned water, which can cause death to the river inhabitants. One of the fishes calls the editorial office with the hope that she would not get a refusal to help...

Children, Beware!

1961 • 14 min • Yugoslavia

Careless walkers, especially children, are often to blame for traffic accidents. Through an interesting story, with mister Pura and Vučko, the rules of street walkers’ behavior are shown to young viewers so they can understand the message of the film.

How Robinson Was Created

1961 • 13 min • Soviet Union

The film is based on the feuilleton of the same name by I. Ilf and E. Petrov. A writer named Moldovantsev delivers a thrilling Soviet‐style Robinson Crusoe adventure on deadline, only to have his editor insist on adding a local party chairman, freed ex‐members, an activist collector, a housing committee and even a meeting table, bell and ledger washed ashore. Reluctantly he complies, so far that he jettisons Robinson himself as an unjustified weakling, transforming his novel into an absurd manifesto of bureaucratic excess.

Erotique

1961 • 3 min • Poland

A girl wipes the mirror and suddenly notices the reflection of a man who then speaks to her. The girl backs away, afraid.

The Big Pride

1961 • 60 min

Three Guyanese jail breakers escape, not only from the law, but from the harsh realities of their pasts.

The Fat and the Lean

1961 • 15 min • France

A small and thin barefoot slave (played by Polanski) plays a flute and beats a drum to entertain his large master who rocks in a rocking chair in front of his mansion. The slave jumps and leaps like a madman, wipes his master's brow, feeds him, washes his feet, shades him from the sun with an umbrella and holds a urinal for him.

Rabindranath Tagore

1961 • 54 min • India

Docudrama about the life of Rabindranath Tagore, Indian polymath—poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter, who reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as Indian art, becoming in 1913 the first non-European and the first lyricist to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. The film was released during Tagore's birth centenary year.

Geld sofort

1961 • 37 min • Germany

This previously unknown 37-minute film shows a Heinz Erhardt in top form. The main actor, Vogelsand representative Zatke, joins the ranks of great characters such as Willi Winzig, the well-intentioned tax official who regularly gets tangled up in the ambiguities of his language.

Woody's Kook-Out

1961 • 6 min • United States of America

In a Florida swamp, starving Gabby Gator lures Woody Woodpecker to his shack, promising him a luxurious feast. In actuality, Woody's to be the feast!

Let My People Go

1961 • 23 min

A BAFTA award winning documentary looking at apartheid in South Africa and the Sharpville massacre.

Ricke Langhammer - en narkoman

1961 • 20 min

A heavy drug addict in his junkie quarter at Österlånggatan, Stockholm.

Jag väntar inget svar

1961 • 16 min

A man comes home to his apartment in the evening. On the tape recorder, his wife has left a message.

Shearing Animation

1961 • 1 min • United States of America

An abstract animated film inspired by the work of jazz musician Chico Hamilton.

Nothing Special

1961 • 9 min • Netherlands

A man is thinking about his relationship with his girlfriend, while checking out a gorgeous woman in a bar.

Bag de ens facader

1961 • 27 min • Denmark

The immense population increase in Copenhagen mid of the 20th century requested new living space further from the city centre. The old town quarters of the danish capital offered neither enough space nor did they provide a life close to nature which was required especially by families with many children. Based on the so called „finger plan” from 1947 Copenhagen was enlarged along five radial traffic axes. Using the example of the estates Carlsrø in Rodøvre and Milestedet in Brøndbyøster "Bag de ens facader" documents life in a modern suburb.

Nezumi no yomeiri

1961 • 13 min • Japan

A mouse father seeks the ideal strong husband for his beloved daughter. He goes to talk to the strongest elements. But even the Sun is block by Cloud, and Cloud is moved by Wind, and Wind can't even move the house by an inch no matter how much it blows. Will he ever find a suitable husband for his daughter?

Voo-Doo Boo-Boo

1961 • 6 min • United States of America

An alligator uses dark magic to try to capture Woody.

The Abominable Snow Rabbit

1961 • 7 min • United States of America

Bugs and Daffy get lost on the way to Palm Springs and end up in the Himalayas, where they meet an Abominable Snowman who has always wanted a rabbit for a pet.

Cat Alarm

1961 • 6 min • United States of America

The Cheeseville Cat Defense is ruthlessly efficient at keeping cats out of the city, so the cats trick Mighty Mouse into luring them out.

The Rebel Without Claws

1961 • 6 min • United States of America

The Confederate Army wants to get an important message through to General Lee, but all the carrier pigeons have been shot down. Tweety steps in.