Cinematic Era: 1957 Vintage

Once upon a time there was a king who had received a magic button from a fairy for his good deeds, which brought prosperity and wealth to the whole country. The times of worry and hunger were soon forgotten and the land of milk and honey lived in Saus and Braus. But with the abundance came inertia and boredom. Then the clever princess decided to put an end to the magic with the support of some children. And under no circumstances did the lazy citizens want to allow this.

Adam, a young and poor fisherman, falls in love with Uliana, but the girl's parents want her to marry Simion. To get rid of him, Simion blames Adam of the drowning of his fellow fishermen he was with out in a storm.

An adventure movie for children and young people about the solidarity of a group of schoolboys who help their schoolmate to foil an attempt to compromise his father, who was about to be involved in a theft of timber from the warehouse where he was a guard. Based on a novel by Nicuta Tanase.

A mother hen hatches a dinosaur egg which has fallen out of a truck from an archaeological expedition, and raises the dinosaur, Danny, along with her own chicks. When the farmer sells the dinosaur to a circus, both Danny and the chicken family are heartbroken until they find a way to be together again.

President Kekkonen's skiing trip in January 1957 begins in Taipalsaari. From there, the President skis towards Puumala along the frozen Lake Saimaa. From Puumala the journey continues to Ryhälä and from there on to Sulkava and Savonlinna. Another of the President's ski trips was recorded by film cameras in late winter 1957 in Kainuu.

The second short film Melvin Van Peebles made in San Francisco before decamping for Europe is a striking portrait of a group of day labourers competing to secure a job.

A close-up of a snow-bound city, and the men, money and machinery it takes to dig it out.

Five years old Johnny is going for his first journey with no parents.

Provides a basis for appreciating the style and beauty of Leonardo da Vinci's art by examining his famous works. His versatility as an artist, mathematician, anatomist and architect is also pictured.

Yong Nam was separated from his mother by the war on the Korean Peninsula (1950-1953): the boy remained in South Korea, while his mother left for the North. But how can they live apart?

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The relatively calm years between 1900 and 1914 represented a time of tranquility and opulence in America, before World War I removed any carefree virtue that was left to be found. Narrated by Alexander Scourby, this documentary provides a charming retrospective look at what life was like during those 14 years leading up to the chaos of war time. Features President Teddy Roosevelt, the Mexican Revolution, Prohibition and more. (Note: Originally part of Project XX, this film was also distributed separately on 16mm for schools and libraries, qualifying it as a standalone documentary.)

A talented but crazy painter, Elvire Mercier agrees to sell one of her canvases to Pierre Leroy, a rich heir. But after a string of misunderstandings, she hands her painting over to a swindler. And her problems have only just begun.

Chronicling the comedic escapades of Bombay-based alcoholic Murli Manohar as he uses a forged document to secure employment; falls in love with, Chandra Kripalani, the Manager's Secretary; then fools her into believing that he is an abstainer, and the real alcoholic is his elder brother.

A boy falls into his prehistoric book and falls in love with a cave girl.

Czechoslovak army film that tells the story of a medic at a rural military hospital whose weekend leave is canceled when his supervisor is called away.

A tycoon is conned into believing a homeless man is in actuality the exiled prince of a Balkan nation. The tycoon agrees to bank roll the revolution that is needed to reinstall the prince onto his rightful throne.

When a wealthy man accidentally stumbles upon his lookalike who is poor, the two of them decide to swap places in a bid to escape from their problems. Things take quite an interesting turn after that.

Aas Paas is a 1957 movie directed by M. A. Rasheed

Encouraged by his mother, Ram's early entry into petty thievery makes him a criminal as he grows older. While evading the law, he meets Sheila, a CBI officer's sister, and gets married to her.

Justiina Puupää drives her husband Pekka and his friend Pätkä to look for work. The two decide to make money the easy way and try to have an accident after first getting accident insurance. After trying their luck, they hurt their heads and in the hospital, the comrades see each other's more outrageous antics.

A Chinese Opera

UCLA Animation Workshop Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Color hand-drawn and paper-cut animation. Animation adapted from an 1897 narrative poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson, contrasting the bright illustrations of Victorian life with the grim realism of the poem's arc.

A BAFTA award nominated animation looking at the life and work of the blacksmith since mediaeval times.

After graduating from the institute, one of the two friends of different profiles, Levon, will go to work in the distant mines, and the incumbent Karlen takes the chair of the head, but this does not bring him happiness.

The film is adapted from the 1946 American film "Sunset Boulevard“. The film tells the story of Cui Lingxiu, who, after being deceived by her cousin Tong Sanyuan, attempts to kill him with a gun but accidentally falls into a mountain valley named "Valley of the Dead Souls." Ultimately, she returns home with Da Yuan, who has been secretly in love with her, experiencing a series of misunderstandings and emotional entanglements.

A mine boss hires a policeman to chase some runaways who stole a precious diamond.

The East German documentary uncovers the postwar career of Heinz Reinefarth, the former SS general responsible for atrocities during the Warsaw Uprising who became mayor of Westerland on the island of Sylt. Combining archival footage with contemporary interviews, the film indicts West Germany for allowing former Nazi officials to return to public office.

1957 / Putera Bertopeng / The Masked Prince / K. M. Basker / Malay Film Productions

The Lysynmanovites planned to kill Lee Min Se, a prominent scientist living in North Korea, in order to take possession of his discovery. To this end, they sent Park Dong Gyun to Pyongyang. After getting a close look at life in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Park Dong-gyun couldn't go through with the crime and decided to tell the Korean counterintelligence folks everything. With his help, a gang of seasoned saboteurs was exposed and caught.

It's summertime. The students Allan and Erik returns to their home town. 19-year old Allan is in love with 17-year old Anna-Lena. She rejects his clumsy attempts of telling her, but that's because she is uncertain of her own feelings. The Norwegian singer Lydia Hennert has an accident with her car and she is slightly injured. Allan's father is a doctor and Lydia spends a few days with them. Allan falls in love with her instead, she is a "real" woman and not a girl. But this makes Anna-Lena jealous.

In Prison (1957) is a BBC documentary examining daily life inside HMP Strangeways Prison in Manchester. Filmed within the institution, the film observes prisoners and officials as part of a closed system housing hundreds of inmates, focusing on routines, discipline, confinement, and the psychological effects of incarceration. Avoiding dramatization, the documentary presents prison life as an enclosed social world, shaped by regulation, isolation, and repetition, offering a rare contemporary view of Britain’s penal system in the postwar period.

Birth of a Giant (Naissance d'un géant in French) is a 29-minute 1957 Canadian documentary film, directed by Hugh O'Connor and produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) television series, Perspective. The film depicts the role of story of the conception, construction and testing of the Canadair Argus aircraft, designed as a maritime patrol and anti-submarine aircraft for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). The title is an acknowledgement, that at the time, the Argus was the largest aircraft ever built in Canada. Note: This film was distributed separately on 16mm for schools and libraries, qualifying it as a standalone documentary.

1957 Vampire/ghost horror/drama from Malaysia

An absorbing record of the advance preparations for the historic first crossing of the Antarctic Continent by Dr. Vivian Fuchs and Sir Edmund Hillary.

A look at the people that shot the footage for Disney's True-Life Adventures.

An Iraqi film follows the story of the teacher, Said, as he moves from one house to another, eventually settling in the home of Azzat, a neighboring coffee seller. The film unveils the hypocrisy of the neighborhood residents who conceal malicious intentions and feign love, all the while observing signs of neglect permeating the area. When the owner of the house requests Said to leave, the residents vehemently oppose his departure. They unite against the homeowner, sparking a confrontation between Said's son and Azzat's sons, ultimately prompting Said's son to seek revenge.

Waada is a Pakistani Romantic Drama Directed by W. Z. Ahmed.

Armansyah Perkasa Alam, a rising movie and radio star, receives a lot of fan letters that he uses to indulge his playboy behaviour. His friend, Trisno, keeps cautioning him to no avail. Armansyah begins to juggle too many appointments with too many girls. Finally, all eight girls that he is trying to seduce realise his trick and they all leave Armansyah.

Part of Reichenbach's series of short documentaries on America.

A careless family learns the hard way that neglecting home safety leads to constant accidents. By changing their habits and using proper precautions, they transform their household into a safer, happier place.

Bansari Bala is a movie released in 1957.