Cinematic Era: 1958 Vintage

Wealthy land-owner poses as a bandit, robbing only his own properties, to get the romantic attention of a woman who lives down the road.

New York City’s bridges dissolve into shifting abstractions through montage, superimposition, and color. Set to an electronic score by Louis and Bebe Barron, the film transforms familiar urban structures into an uncanny, alien landscape (an alternate version of the film features a jazz score by Teo Macero).

A student and his love for a young woman, misunderstood by her father.

Nae Girimea, a barber from a late 19th-century Bucharest neighborhood, finds a new mistress, Didina. This event sparks the insane jealousy of his 'soulmate' mistress, Mita Baston, as well as that of the violent Pampon, Didina's official lover. Caught in this whirlwind of pursuit and punishment of the daring barber, all taking place during a carnival, is also Crăcănel, Mita’s official benefactor.

This movie depicts the personal life of Samrat Chandragupt, his trials, tribulations, and frustrations, as well as the challenges he faces to reclaim his kingdom; face-off the threat from Sikander; enlist the assistance of the Yunani Greeks; his love for Helena; and be forced to make a decision of beheading his own mother as per the laws of the land.

Two against a world on tyranny and greed.

An American sculptor, passioned by literature, comes to Paris to perfect his art, but ends up with barely no money, and to survive has to sell The New York Herald Tribune, at night, to his compatriots. A look at the bohemian Parisian life of the fifties.

Next to the Venice of canals, palaces and squares, in Marghera there is a modern Venice made up of factories and industries.

For nine years in the 1950s, Jan Troell worked as a teacher at the Sorgenfri primary school in Malmö (an experience he drew on for his study of a teacher's relationship with his class, Ole dole doff (Who Saw Him Die?) in 1968); he lived in a house once occupied by Ingmar Bergman. In Malmö, Troell made his first film, Stad (The City), about a day in the life of Malmö, showing the life of the people from dawn until dusk.

The unpredictable nature of the sea governs the world of Sicilian fishermen as they work, rest, and seek refuge from a storm.

A commissioner from Corrientes solves cases according to his own system. Based on the novel "Los casos de don Frutos Gómez", by Velmiro Ayala Gauna.

Leo Paulsen hires Oscar, who lives south of the border, to drive a transit load to Sweden. Oscar is stopped by customs and arrested. Leo seeks out his boss, Otto Hermansen, who explains that he can help Leo if Leo takes the blame for him—in exchange, Leo is offered a job in Jutland after his release. When Leo is released, Otto wants nothing to do with him: there is no job waiting for him. Together with his uncle, Mads, and the young office lady Ida, Leo plans revenge on Otto Hermansen.

During the dark days of the war of independence, Kemal (Ali Ekdal) sneaks his way to deliver the secret letter to Ankara.

Clint Hall and Kathy, his wife, see their honeymoon interrupted by the sudden illness of Kathy. On the way to find a doctor Clint is assaulted. Without money to buy medicines, he decides to intimidate the pharmacist to get the prescription by the doctor. When he refuses, Cint forces him but promises to give him the money the next day . Along the way he is arrested by police and sentenced to nine years of hard labor. Tired of hunger, thirst, abuse, hardship and violence, Clint makes ​​an attempt to escape but fails, and repression from Captain Black, director of the prison, is terrible. Morally and physically exhausted, Clint is about to die when it comes the recognition of his innocence and freedom.

A co-production of Columbia Pictures and USC’s Department of Cinema, this 1958 educational short hosted by William Holden explores the art of adaptation through behind-the-scenes footage of the production of David Lean's The Bridge on the River Kwai.

American airman loves English girl whose father refuses permission for their marriage out of hatred for all Yankees.

A short documentary by Stanisław Bareja showing the beauty of Masurian Lakes.

Rom-com set during Mexican Revolution.

Mexican singer touring Argentina wins a country estate in a poker game.

A paper-cut animation short about Zhu Bajie, the pig from Journey to the West

This documentary shows the early ideas about how nuclear war between the USA and the USSR could look like. It is made purely from the US side and takes place mostly in the US military command and control bunkers. The movie tries to be serious, however it is overly optimistic about the USAF chances to win the nuclear war.

Incom week 01643 of 04/18/1958 Young people and work.

The Salvation Army in action. Band rehearsals, personal reminiscences of an Army officer, and an unrehearsed "coming to Christ" in the Army Citadel make for a revealing film study of men and women dedicated to a life of service to humanity.

Presents general shots of the central mountain range of Puerto Rico.

The first-half story of this two-story cartoon finds "Hattie" greeting the coming of "Spring" with an earful of music and an eyeful of romance between her two dolls; the second one has Hamilton Ham & His World Players presenting the tale of a Japanese woodcutter who wants to be an Imperial Soldier. The regular soldiers laugh at his banner...but it is his banner that makes the bandits laugh, and be easily captured.

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A short, humorous history of aviation based on Kamil Lhoták's book "Balloons, Wings, Propellers."

From 1958 Brussels World’s Fair to the election of Pope John XXIII

Mohan lives a middle-class life with his ailing mother, and works as a college professor. His mother would like him to get married, but he asks her to be patient as he awaits his probationary period to end at the college. At the college he lectures his students about Vasantsena, the evils of prostitution and his personal hatred of courtesans, who sell their lives for money. Things take a turn for the worse, when his mother suddenly collapses, loses consciousness, and is not expected to live long. The only way he can bring peace to his dying mother is to get married. His neighbor, Jeevan Ram, agrees to find a woman who will pose as a wife for a fee, and introduces him to a woman named Rajni, who is then introduced to his mother.

Romantic triangle. One of the guys is a very bad man.

The film introduces the famous national model worker, textile worker Huang Baomei, who is played by the real Huang Baomei herself.

Based on CBN's top radio program "Sebya, Mahal Kita" aired over DZXL.

The film takes place during work on the water reservoir, outside Beijing's Ming Tombs, in 1958 at the beginning of the Great Leap Forward. The film follows how workers and leaders are working together to get it done. The film's final 25 minutes is a future interpretation of how it will look like 20 years after it has been completed with the water reservoir.

Deals with young people dealing and using drugs of all kind.

The movie tells the story of two filmmakers seeking talented people for acting in a musical entitled Maftuningman (Delighted by You). One of the filmmakers travels to different parts of the Uzbek SSR in search of potential actors. Wherever he goes he meets exceptionally talented people and hears about other gifted people in different parts of the country. The actors for the movie were in fact chosen in this way from different parts of Uzbekistan.

Social democratic election film.

In the Nineteenth century a were-cat is cursed to live nine lives unless he can perform an act of sacrifice.

Animated photographs (made with Jan Lenica) with elements of animated cartoon. A display of military drill.

Clint falls in love with a woman who has arrived to the apartment. The combination of love and spring, makes Clint forget about his duties, leading one of the flats to become flooded.

Masked avenger on horseback, one of a series.

Macedonia on the turn of the century is enslaved by decaying Ottoman Empire. Freedom fighters, in order to raise money for their cause, kidnap American lady who works in Protestant mission.

On orders from the command, the wife of the commander of the 4th Army, Hua Xiaofeng, infiltrates enemy lines to establish contact with an underground organization and rally the masses to take up arms against the Kuomintang. Under difficult conditions, risking her life, the young woman carries out her combat mission. The red seeds she sows among the people sprout—the peasants help the 4th Army defeat the Kuomintang.

The school counselor Vanja believe neither in love, marriage or a woman's subservient role to the man. One day she meets the student Björn. Their romance is full of problems. Along comes a man from Vanjas past.

The document shows the staging of the Catholic Mystery of the Passion, which takes place every year in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska.

Trade counselor Lillukka leaves his entire fortune to Pekka Puupää, who, thanks to cartoons and films, has become closer to him than his immediate family, who are pursuing their own interests. Pekka starts running a toy factory and hires a freckle-faced bowling boy as the company's errand boy. Widowed trade counselor Gunilla Lillukka tries to get married to Pätkä, who has been promoted to assistant director.

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