Medea is centered on Medea's calculated desire for revenge against her unfaithful husband. The play is set in Corinth some time after Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece, where he met Medea.
Cinematic Era: 1954 Vintage
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A collection of human stories from the streets of Stockholm. Taxi 13 becomes the link between them. One night a taxi driver disappears.
Taxi 13
9.0 1954 • Cinematic -
Beauty and the Bull is a 1954 short documentary directed by Larry Lansburgh. It revolves around model Bette Ford, who accompanies a friend to a bullfight and decides to take it up as a career. She travels to Mexico to take formal training and fight bulls on ranches. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Subject, Two-Reel.
Beauty and the Bull
5.3 1954 • Cinematic -
Episodic, musical comedy. Povel Ramel company Knäppupp's first film where Martin Ljung plays 16 different roles.
I rök och dans
6.0 1954 • Cinematic -
Master butcher Külz from Hanover meets the young and beautiful Irene Trübner, private secretary to the wealthy art collector Steinhövel, in Copenhagen. She asks him to help her transport a miniature recently acquired by her employer at an auction in Copenhagen to Hanover. The newspaper has just reported on the theft of some of the art objects sold at the same auction and she is afraid of being robbed as well. The two agree that Külz should discreetly give her the miniature at the station the next morning in order to deceive any robbers. However, Miss Irene does not give Mr. Külz the original, but a copy. During the train journey, the miniature is stolen from Mr. Külz...
Die verschwundene Miniatur
10.0 1954 • Cinematic -
A rumbera who is left for dead on her wedding day returns as a ghost.
Mi viudo y yo
0.0 1954 • Cinematic -
Two boys from West Berlin, Klaus and Max, live in poverty. They dream of a career in boxing and save every penny in order to buy boxing gloves for training. Nevertheless, they cannot seem to save enough and so they let themselves be hired by the bartender Klott for a twisted scheme. However, Klaus overhears one of Klott's conversations and learns that Klott intends for the boys to steal horses from the East Berlin Barlay Circus, where Klaus recently made some good friends. Indignant, he sets out to stop the robbery—and an adventurous action story results.
Alarm at the Circus
10.0 1954 • Cinematic -
Co si kdo uvaří...
0.0 1954 • Cinematic -
A young man saves the daughter of a zamindar when she is kidnapped and then they both fall in love with each other.
Malaikallan
8.0 1954 • Cinematic -
Aziza is a show dancer who's supporting her young sister. She lives in trouble because of the thug who seizes her money and chases her if she tries to escape. Aziza falls in love with sergeant Hassan who works in the region and decides to retire and marry him but the thug won't let her go.
Aziza
5.8 1954 • Cinematic -
A young man hands in his notice at work and breaks up with his girlfriend in order to pursue his true nature and dream of shaping the world according to his own desires. Against all the odds, he manages to push through his business idea – the foundation of an airline. At the same time, his ex-girlfriend refuses to accept their separation and attempts to force her way back into his life by any means possible. He in turn feels attracted to a young woman, who turns out to be the wife of one of his airline investors and who has herself had a secret lover for several years.
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
0.0 1954 • Cinematic -
Set in a picturesque rural area, Santi-Vina is a story of doomed romance between a blind man and a beautiful girl, with a Buddhist element in the mix.
Santi-Vina
6.3 1954 • Cinematic -
Das ideale Brautpaar
10.0 1954 • Cinematic -
Paw comes home late after a night out and is determined to sneak inside without waking Maw. When he cannot manage it alone, he asks Milford the pig for advice. Milford offers several tips on quiet entry, but every attempt ends in noisy failure. Finally, Milford suggests trying the back door, which turns out to be unlocked. Paw slips inside quietly, only to realize Maw is not home yet. Just then, Maw returns, and Paw storms out the front door to scold her for coming home so late. Maw enters through the back door to avoid waking Paw, sees him at the front door, assumes he is just arriving, and scolds him anyway.
Paw's Night Out
7.3 1954 • Cinematic -
Mako Osorubeshi
0.0 1954 • Cinematic -
Mohanasundaram, a philanderer and drunkard, gets married to Chandra after he returns to India. Though he has a wife, he develops a relationship with Kantha, a prostitute.
Ratha Kanneer
8.0 1954 • Cinematic -
This Universal "Musical Featurette" eatures a slight story line woven around the comedian Pinky Lee and Universal glamour girls Mamie Van Doren and Lisa Gaye. Also included are the 1953 Miss Universe contestants, the Danny Stewart Orchestra and the Tani Marsh Dancers.
Hawaiian Nights
3.0 1954 • Cinematic -
Ihre große Prüfung
9.0 1954 • Cinematic -
Jungle Jim does battle with a would-be diamond smuggler and a renegade tribe.
Jungle Man-Eaters
5.3 1954 • Cinematic -
An Italian government agent is assigned to break up a drug smuggling ring on the island of Ischia but his daughter is kidnapped by the gang.
The Island Monster
3.3 1954 • Cinematic -
A hard-boiled crime story also known as "The Waiting-room of Death".
El sindicato del crimen
6.7 1954 • Cinematic -
In Franz Joseph I's Vienna, Captain Eichfeld publishes a witty satire on imperial Austrian army abuses, using the pseudonym "Spectator." It's popular, but Eichfeld dares not reveal his identity, as he wants the hand of conservative General von Trattenbach's daughter. His race rival blackmails both lovers.
Imperial Manoeuvres
7.0 1954 • Cinematic -
Clarisse cheats on her husband with a vain insurance agent. Zamore, the cuckold (and a magician) wouldn't let his wife be stolen so easily. Poiret and Serrault play the rivals in this twisted love story. A poetic absurd fantasy.
What the East Wind Saw
3.8 1954 • Cinematic -
Nadia suffers from the behavior of her sister Nawal, to seek Dr. Adel and ask him for advice, to generate love between them, one day a young man who tried to commit suicide arrives because he is paralyzed, Nadia succeeds in getting him out of despair and succeeds in his treatment, to begin A love story between him and her sister Nawal, and events escalate.
For Who's Your Passion
9.0 1954 • Cinematic -
A Taoist priest herds his jiangshi charges across the country, but they are not all what they seem.
The Voyage of the Dead
0.0 1954 • Cinematic -
To pay off her father's debts, Rita leaves her humble fishing village in Yucatan and gets exploited by several men, including a married politician who turns her into a big dancing star.
Take Me in Your Arms
5.0 1954 • Cinematic -
Documentary by Torgny Anderberg
Anaconda
4.5 1954 • Cinematic -
Droopy and family head west to start a new homestead, but have to defend it against Dishonest Dan the cattle man.
Homesteader Droopy
6.7 1954 • Cinematic -
Professor Jerry teaches a course in how to outwit cats, but his pupil seems to know more than Jerry.
Little School Mouse
7.0 1954 • Cinematic -
Short film adaptation of Kafka's 'The Metamorphosis'.
K
6.2 1954 • Cinematic -
Compilation of 3 episodes of the "Adventures of Superman" TV show: episodes #30 ("Jet Ace"), #35 ("The Dog Who Knew Superman"), and #42 ("The Clown Who Cried").
Superman Flies Again
7.7 1954 • Cinematic -
Many years ago, a young aristocrat wanted to marry a famous singer, but his father destroyed the marriage before twediing, believing that singer is not suitable wife for future diplomat. After several years their adult children now met in the theater of Buenos Aires.
La edad del amor
7.0 1954 • Cinematic -
Three old friends meet again. They compare their marriages and tell each other stories which illustrate why they complain about their wives.
Marriage Episodes
5.4 1954 • Cinematic -
Johnny Green leads the MGM Symphony Orchestra in a medley of waltzes and other familiar pieces by three members of the Strauss family. Filmed in CinemaScope.
The Strauss Fantasy
5.2 1954 • Cinematic -
An animated short film based on the famous fairytale by the Brothers Grimm about the enterprising cat in boots and a feather hat, who manages to procure for his poor master a princess, an ogre's castle, and a kingdom.
Puss in Boots
7.5 1954 • Cinematic -
Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is a 1954 Hindi devotional biopic film produced and directed by Vijay Bhatt. The film is about the 15th century "medieval Vaishnav poet saint" and social reformer of Bengal, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, whom many considered an Avatar of Krishna.
Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
10.0 1954 • Cinematic -
Monica is a lonely young girl who is schooled at home by her Uncle Stephen and his housekeeper. When Monica talks about her new playmates Mary and Elsie, her Uncle believes she is just imagining things. He grows more concerned when he himself begins to hear Monica's playmates throughout the house.
Playmates
0.0 1954 • Cinematic -
Can the ever-resilient Mrs. Levi melt the heart of the eternally sour-tempered Mr. Vandergelder?
The Matchmaker
0.0 1954 • Cinematic -
An unmarried couple are forced to adopt a series of pretexts when they stay at a country inn together with only one spare room.
Fast and Loose
6.6 1954 • Cinematic -
Two small boys are playing in a wood. The younger boy has a revolver and, not understanding that the gun differs from his toy pistol, plays 'highwayman' on the road and holds up a cyclist; the gun goes off, killing the cyclist. Both boys are unaware of the tragic consequences of their game. The body and the gun are found by Bob Carter, who had recently quarreled with the victim in the presence of their workmates, and both men had uttered threats. The evidence is strong, and Bob is arrested for murder...
Bang! You're Dead
7.3 1954 • Cinematic -
Karl Oskar Bohm looks back at his life, his estranged daughter Augusta and his wife Sofia.
Storm over Tjurö
6.3 1954 • Cinematic -
İstiklal Harbi: Ruhların Mucizesi
10.0 1954 • Cinematic -
Starring Tak-Hing Kwan as Wong Fei-Hung
Wong Fei-Hung Tries His Shadowless Kick
8.0 1954 • Cinematic -
Velká cena ČSR
0.0 1954 • Cinematic -
Vlna je na horách
0.0 1954 • Cinematic -
A group of nuclear scientists try to make sure top secret information about atomic weapons does not fall into the wrong hands.
The Missing Scientists
3.3 1954 • Cinematic -
Jeanine, her husband Alexis and Renato are the stars of the Varieté Royal under the name “The 3 Loopings”. A blindfolded somersault performed for the first time catapulted the three even higher in the audience’s favour. Jeanine repeatedly has problems with Renato, who has fallen in love her…
Three from Variety
7.5 1954 • Cinematic -
Comical misadventures of a film crew trying to get their damn musical filmed.
Singing love is born
6.4 1954 • Cinematic -
A director has designed a burglar-proof safe that no one can open.
Never with my crowbar or… The Dream Thief
5.5 1954 • Cinematic -
Carmen was about to get married and was on her way to church when Rosa Mia begged her not to go ahead with the wedding because Carmen was going to marry her husband, but the latter still insisted on his love for her fiancé until a letter was delivered saying that the wedding was no longer going ahead. Since then, Carmen has become so stubborn and distrustful of men that she even hinders the love between her sister Myrna Delgado and Ramon Revilla. Serialized in Bulaklak Magazine.
Matandang Dalaga
8.0 1954 • Cinematic -
Set in the old west, the stooges must defend their honor against the Noonan brothers, three desperadoes who want to marry the same girls the stooges are courting.
Shot in the Frontier
5.8 1954 • Cinematic -
Valerio, a blind man of war, and his little sister Fiorella live with Uncle Mario, who has a shop on the coast.
Bitter Waters
7.0 1954 • Cinematic -
A group of religious fanatics in India, the Tughs, prey upon Europeans and natives alike, capturing and offering them up in sacrifice to their frightful goddess, Kali. The Governor of the Province sends Tremal Naik, a famous Indian hunter,on an expedition to end the savagery.
Mystery of the Black Jungle
5.0 1954 • Cinematic -
Sunder, a laid-back young man, cares nothing about responsibilities towards his own future or of his family's. At much persuasion by his widowed mother, Sunder leaves on a journey to find a suitable groom for his sister Laajo. Situations arises and Sunder ends up marrying Pilu, daughter of Mooley Shah from the neighboring village. Sunder's mother and maternal uncle Bishandas are happy for Sunder's marriage but are disappointed by Sunder's irresponsibility towards Laajo's marriage. This time Bishandas decides to accompany Sunder for a groom hunt. After a few attempts they find a boy for Laajo, Atmaram, a government employee. The marriage takes place, but Atmaram's father Lala Kedarnath asks for money as dowry. This puts Laajo's marriage in jeopardize. Finally, Bishandas manages to make Atmaram to disown his father and accept Laajo.
Barati
10.0 1954 • Cinematic -
La Hurlette and Carmen are a pair of philosophical tramps who enjoy simple pleasures in the company of the cheerful Sosthène. As in the fairy tales, La Hurlette learns that he has just inherited a tidy fortune, provided he can find a job. By dint of hard work, he manages to do so, and a banquet brings together his disinherited friends. Determined to live the high life, La Hurlette and Carmen lose all their inheritance at the Cabourg casino, and end up as philosophical as ever on their favorite bench.
On the Bench
5.8 1954 • Cinematic -
A newlywed boxer disappears shortly after the wedding. Only to return two years later as a whole new woman.
Adam Is... Eve
5.0 1954 • Cinematic -
Young Suvorov cadet Mihas visits his grandfather, Yakub, a forester living in a region once marked by partisan battles against German forces. As they explore the forest and its history, they cross paths with Glushka, a guide secretly working for foreign intelligence.
Children of the Partisan
7.0 1954 • Cinematic -
Marie-Thérèse is firmly involved in a charity dedicated to the rehabilitation of prostitutes. She approaches Marcelle who, for the love of Pierre, an honest painter, hides her dishonorable profession, and she befriends Maria, in love with the gentle René. Marcelle's aunt is murdered, and her daughter arrested. Marie-Thérèse sets out to prove her innocence, but the two boys learn all about the two unfortunate women. Pierre is unforgiving. Happier, Maria will start a new life with René.
Nights of Shame
5.5 1954 • Cinematic -
A Polish officer works undercover in 1930s Berlin to discover Nazi Germany's plans against his homeland.
Cavalry Captain Wronski
6.7 1954 • Cinematic -
"Ten on Every Finger" (German: "An jedem Finger zehn") is a 1954 West German musical comedy film directed by Erik Ode. The story centers on a revue dancer named Margit Rameau, played by Germaine Damar, who falls in love with composer Bert Martin, portrayed by Erich Auer, but their romance is hindered by misunderstandings and busy schedules until they reunite during a local revue performance. The film is structured as a musical revue featuring numerous guest stars performing as themselves, including Josephine Baker in her final on-screen film role, Hans Albers, and Kenneth Spencer
Ten on Every Finger
5.3 1954 • Cinematic