All Films - Short Movie Database

Down Town

1957 • 57 min • Japan

A woman struggles to raise her young son on her own in postwar Japan, finding companionship with a kind laborer while still hoping for the return of her missing husband.

Super Giant: The Artificial Satellite and the Destruction of Humanity

1957 • 40 min • Japan

The 5th Super Giant film. Super Giant pursues a Nazi-like army that operates on a huge satellite in space. The satellite is armed with weapons that could destroy whole cities on Earth from afar. (Part 1 of 2)

Police Precinct Part 5

1957 • 59 min • Japan

Banner of Youth

1957 • 2 min • Poland

A short film advertising the newspaper Sztandar Młodych (The Banner of Youth), noteworthy for its abstract elements painted directly onto film stock. An attempt at showing the complexity of the world in a capsule, the film reflects the new policy of the openness to the West during the Thaw of the late 1950s in Poland.

Last Days of the Samurai

1957 • 53 min • Japan

Seppuku Day 17 Ako ronins, including Kuranosuke Oishi, who were entrusted to the Hosokawa family, and the events of the two days before are depicted as a tragic romance between one of the ronins, Jurozaemon Isogai, and Omino. An adaptation of Seika Mayama play "Genroku Chusingura, the Last Day of Oishi", which tells about the torments of life and death of samurai living in feudal times.

Super Giant Continues

1957 • 52 min • Japan

The 2nd Super Giant film. Super Giant continues his battle against the foreign terrorists. In return, they frame him for murder. (Part 2 of 2)

Opening Night

1957 • 10 min • Yugoslavia

A poster announcing the opening night of an opera. A crowd of snobs, so called »music lovers« rushes in. The tenor, well aware of his magnificence, has some troubles in his wardrobe with his button refusing to fit in his collar.

Tomahawk Trail

1957 • 60 min • United States of America

Led by an incompetent Lieutenant, a troop of soldiers is on the Tomahawk Trail in Apache territory. When he lets the Indians steal their horses and gets slightly wounded in a skirmish, Sergeant McCoy takes over command. McCoy successfully gets them to the fort only to find all the soldiers have been murdered by the Apaches. He prepares the troops for an attack knowing if they survive the Lieutenant plans to have him court marshaled.

Murder Reported

1957 • 58 min

Ace reporter Jeff Holly is assigned to investigate the murder of a politician whose body was found stashed in a trunk. Holly's enthusiasm soon wanes when his editor insists that he take his daughter Amanda North with him to investigate. Fortunately, the girl has a real knack for investigative reporting and they make a good team. They even fall in love. They discover that the killer was the politician's rival.

Kortknäpp

1957 • 15 min • Sweden

Behind the scenes of Knäppupp's 1957 tour

Crossroads

1957 • 30 min • Canada

In Toronto, early twenty-somethings Judy Monroe and Roy Kirby are in love and are planning to get married. They understand the obstacles they are facing as husband and wife as Judy is white and Roy is black.

Stars Man Has Made

1956 • 13 min • India

Indian documentary

The Nature of Things: The Camel

1956 • 8 min • United States of America

An educational short film featuring Jiminy Cricket.

Children's Fantasies

1956 • 20 min • Canada

Explains some of the causes of children's fantasies and shows how they may affect a child's development. Discusses such common problems as fear of the dark, imaginary friends, and the interpretation of Santa Claus. Suggest ways of making fantasies an impetus to creative living rather than an escape from reality.

With an All-Star Cast

1956 • 14 min

A male actor fails to cook properly on the set of a cooking short, so the filmmakers trick a woman into doing his job for him.

Sculptures, projections, peintures

1956 • 4 min • France

Piano Salon 1. Floor

1956 • 1 min • Austria

A silent short film by Kurt Kren.

Motion Picture

1956 • 4 min • United States of America

"A lively way to go to New York. Visual fun- from the midwest to new york city in four minutes, with excellent original percussion sound track. Award winner in over 15 festivals."

Helping Johnny Remember

1956 • 10 min • United States of America

Kids in a limbo space are building a perfect little society our of shoeboxes and poster paint. Johnny has been banished from this world because he can't get along with others!