All Films

Monsoon Son Pt.2

1958 • 51 min • Japan

1958 Toei movie

Moonlight Mask

1958 • 51 min • Japan

First Moonlight Mask theatrical film.

Monsoon Son

1958 • 56 min • Japan

1958 Toei movie.

Moonlight Mask: Duel to the Death in Dangerous Waters

1958 • 52 min • Japan

Second Moonlight Mask theatrical film.

I'll Kill the Women

1958 • 53 min • Japan

A unique action-packed drama that tells the story of a Yakuza man who craves blood like crazy, unaware that he has fallen into a trap set by his younger brother.

Overture

1958 • 10 min • Canada, United States of America

Overture is a 1958 Canadian short documentary film directed by Gian Luigi Polidoro. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. The film depicts the peacekeeping efforts of the United Nations, set against the music of Beethoven's Egmont Overture, performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

Tokyo Bus Girl

1958 • 54 min • Japan

1958 Japanese movie

O Seasons, O Castles

1958 • 21 min • France

A short documentary on the chateaux of the Loire in France was commissioned by the French Tourist Bureau.

Joy Ride

1958 • 60 min • United States of America

Teenage story of a bad apple in a barrel evolving from a kid's desire to drive a new T-bird.

Die Feststellung

1958 • 51 min • Germany, East Germany

A farmer who has fled the republic returns disappointed from the West to the village of Oslitz (GDR). He and his wife are supposed to get their house and farm back, but the case becomes the occasion for an unusual LPG meeting. The chairman, a comrade from the town and the farmers want to find out what caused the returnee to flee and whether it could have been avoided. The farmer claims that the chairman wanted to force him into the LPG because of illegal fertilizer purchases. He interprets his behavior differently. In order to clarify the matter and learn lessons from it, those present re-enact the events before the escape with reversed roles.

Winter Carousel

1958 • 12 min • France

A small group of animals gathers around a frozen pond. The animals then play together on the ice and in the snow. Later, when the season changes, they look for new ways of passing the time.

Nishi Ginza Station

1958 • 52 min • Japan

This short comedy concerns the extramarital affair of a drugstore owner. It is based on a popular song by the star of the film, Frank Nagai.

Diary of a Pregnant Woman

1958 • 16 min • France

Impressions of the rue Mouffetard, Paris 5, through the eyes of a pregnant woman.

The Power of the Resurrection

1958 • 59 min • United States of America

A young man, Facing torture and possibly death for his Christian beliefs, confesses his fears to Peter, who awaits a similar fate. Peter tells him of fear he felt in following Jesus' arrest in the Garden of Gethesamene, when he denied knowing him three times - and yet Jesus told him that he would be the rock upon which the Church was built. Peter goes on to relate the events of the passion week, including the Christ's crucifixion, resurrection and ascension.

The Percentage

1958 • 30 min

Eddie Slovak meets an old Army buddy named Pete who once saved his life. He intends to repay his friend, but Pete refuses.

Magirama

1958 • 57 min • France

A portmanteau work in four segments,designed to illustrate the expressive possibilities of director Abel Gance,s creation, Polyvision, which preceded the American invention of Cinerama, and used three screens to present a drama of simultaneous images.

Spatiodynamisme

1958 • 6 min • France

Spatiodynamisme is six-minute silent color 16mm record of Nicolas Schöffer’s interactive robotic sculpture, CYSP 1, which reacted in unpredictable ways to light and color.

The Criminals

1958 • 60 min

A small construction company's new year's eve party is taken over by a crook who has intricate knowledge of the men's private lives, forcing them into an incredible bank robbery plot.

House

1958 • 12 min • Poland

An experimental short film.

Coaching Holiday

1958 • 22 min • United Kingdom

A short film focusing on the account of a coaching tour told by the driver, who attempts to try to create a happy atmosphere and cement friendships.

One Potato, Two Potato

1957 • 23 min • United Kingdom

A study of games played by London schoolchildren in the streets and playgrounds. The games range from the traditional to the contemporary.

Film Experiencia No. 1

1957 • 7 min

Short experimental film from Spanish-Parisian art collective Equipo 57. Bright abstract paintings fill the screen, the illusion of motion or character subverted by an unusual lurching rhythm uncharacteristic of animated film.

Baby Ghana

1957 • 12 min • France

Shows independence festivities in Ghana, formerly the Gold Coast, which on 6th March had become the first African colony to gain independence.

Pertaining to Chicago

1957 • 17 min

1957 Jim Davis short