Cinematic Era: 1961 Vintage

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Richard killed his wife out of jealousy, but was acquitted. During the vacations, he meets a young girl and decides to start a new life with her. Knowing Richard's past, his father warns them of the risks involved, and once again blinded by jealousy, he tries to kill his wife. He is then shot dead by his father-in-law.

"First film, 1961, dedicated to Jean Wong. Featuring Ms Wong, Mamma Dog, Petey, (son of Mamma Dog), and San Francisco." -BB

17-year-old Bo's parents are divorced, and he lives with his mother in Aalborg. He travels to Copenhagen to visit his father. At his architect's studio, he meets a sweet young girl with whom he falls in love. However, she turns out to be his father's new friend.

The emergence of the educated middle-class. Shawkat’s life as a bohemian artist perfectly illustrates the life of an artist in Dhaka during the 60s. When Shawkat’s father loses his job, and eventually dies, the reality of living in a capitalist society as an artist dawns on him

Poetic documentary about the vanished culture of the Maya.

A young mechanic dreams of becoming rich one day. He, who also has a good figure and appearance, once meets a young woman using a stylish car that was entrusted to him for repair and introduces himself as a millionaire, and in the same way he meets three rich women. On the one hand, the young mechanic must solve the problem of his lack of money and on the other hand, he must be careful that the women do not notice his relationship with another woman. After a series of events, the truth is finally revealed, and this is when the young mechanic has come to the conclusion that he can relax.

Hussein is a train inspector who feels guilty after a passenger dies during his attempt to escape detection. His daughter, Aisha, battles a lot of existential questions about God.

A cousin and his female cousin love each other, but the girl's father marries his daughter to a man of his own choosing.

He expressed the idea that this issue should be a universal concern, while clearly stating that the care of parents has a special role in the development of children's morals.

It Is the Time in South Sfrica When Electricity Came to Households and Everyone Is Cheerful About It. Except One Man Who Doesn’t See the Need for It.

A Hector Heathcote Cartoon

The puppy wakes up at night due to strange unpleasant noises. The sounds don't stop, but eventually the puppy manages to fall asleep. In the morning he goes to see what it was and on the way to the pond he meets a hen sitting on eggs...

This is one of three 15 minute cat films made by Bretislav Pojar in 1960-61. It features mime artist Ladislav Fialka as the painter Honza. He gets into all sorts of trouble when he has to look after two little kittens. It's a mixture of live action and animation. The other two films in the trilogy are Cat’s Promise Cat School Narrator Rudolf Deyl also provided the voice for the first series for Pojar’s Pojdte Pane films in the mid 60s.

A drama detailing the transformation of Barabbas, a thief and murderer, who is chosen to survive by an angry mob and that Jesus shall die.

Kids from the same block hold a court trial to local cat who ate their canary.

A man is given orders by his boss to move a big redwood tree so that a new superhighway can go through. A stubborn woodpecker whose home is in the tree doesn't think that it's such a good idea and prevents its construction.

The film tells the love story of Çalıkuşu and Fahri. Çalıkuşu loses her family at a young age and goes to live with her aunts. There, she grows up with her cousin Fahri. When they reach adulthood, Çalıkuşu and Fahri decide to get married. Meanwhile, Fahri, who has graduated from school and become a famous poet, publishes his first book of poetry through his friend Suzan. However, the closeness between Suzan and Fahri upsets Çalıkuşu. At this time, Fahri visits Suzan due to his illness. Lütfiye, who plans to separate Çalıkuşu and Fahri, informs Çalıkuşu of the situation. Çalıkuşu leaves home, believing that Fahri has betrayed her. Çalıkuşu moves to Anatolia and will reunite with Fahri years later.

The film shows examples of furniture, ceramics, glass, silver, cutlery and textiles. It was produced in connection to an exhibition "The Arts of Denmark" that took place in USA 1960-1961.

Originally commissioned to record urban redevelopment in Osaka’s Kamagasaki district, Hideo Arai transcends reportage to capture a haunting portrait of displacement during Japan’s economic miracle. With a dissonant score by experimental composers Toshi Ichiyanagi and Yuji Takahashi, the film juxtaposes the brutal reality of shantytown "barracks" against the state's modernization projects. Slum remains a visceral critique of social erasure and a vital, observational work of Japanese documentary film.

In a Florida swamp, starving Gabby Gator lures Woody Woodpecker to his shack, promising him a luxurious feast. In actuality, Woody's to be the feast!

People in Czechoslovakia perceive the events of February 1948 differently. This movie tells how they behave depending on their views, beliefs and character.

An idle work crew is ordered to go and heat up an abandoned house before it is demolished. A road sign pointing in the wrong direction leads them astray, and the men end up at an empty hotel, where they begin a program of evening entertainment led by Severi Suhonen.

Documenting the maiden voyage of the SS Hope, a hospital ship operated by Project HOPE, where it brought medical care to Indonesia and South Vietnam in 1960-1961.

Taj Aur Talwar (1961) is a Pakistani Urdu-language costume drama released on May 26, 1961, directed by Riaz Ahmad Raju and produced by Films Hayyat. The film stars Rattan Kumar and featured the debut of actress Razia.

The story of a gang leader who dresses as a man, told by two journalists.

This romantic comedy revolves around a blind compeser played by Muzaffer Tema.

This little known documentary short is actually the first Iranian film to compete in the Cannes festival. It is one of several Iranian documentaries focused on the ancient ruins of Persepolis, a very popular symbol in the nationalist project led by the Shah around the legacy of "Cyrus the Great."

Experimental Finnish movie from 1961, about one night in the city. In 1960, the director Eino Ruutsalo spoke of the movie with these words: "The camera moves around the night - loose images are created - they create memories, consortia in us, or do not create. Man as such is interesting. Woman for a man. Man for a woman. There is no final destiny - there are only events. Different people touch each other - nothing is too solid and not ready. Everything hovers and gets new shapes".

Events and athletes that characterized the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. From the absolute protagonist Wilma Rudolph, called the black gazelle, to Livio Berruti, the first white to win the 200 meters, to the deeds of Ethiopian marathon runner Abebe Bikila, who won the marathon racing barefoot.

Palermo, pearl of the Mediterranean, is one of the most popular holiday resorts for European and American tourists. What they do not see, however, are the narrow lanes in the city centre, where thousands upon thousands crowd together in damp and dark holes. The fate of the children is especially moving. Only half of the children in Palermo go to school. Their life is nothing but work and misery. But when they grow up, unemployment awaits them.

By-the-numbers boxing melodrama.

The parents of twins Petr and Pavel are leaving for Afghanistan to build a dam. They entrust their offspring to their uncle Podlipný in Gottwaldov. The boys soon make friends with their new classmates. They are a little envious of their uncle, the pilot, because almost the entire class is interested in airplanes and attends a model-making club. Here, under the guidance of instructor Dáša, they build a model of an OK 12 airplane, with which they want to participate in a competition. The children assume that both Prague boys are also good at model-making. Petr and Pavel are ashamed to admit that they know nothing about this activity. To save their reputation, they decide to secretly learn it themselves.

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A short story based on the novel by Mykolas Sluckis.

The characteristic loves of Margarida and Clara, the distinct moral of Pedro and Daniel, the goodness of João Semana, and the dissidents, sensibility, tenderness, rituals and landscape involvement of the Minho.

Wildlife adventure in an African game reserve.

The film is content merely to walk among Douanier Rousseau's paintings, into a world beyond reality, to the heart of the painter's dream.

A TV film based on the stories by K. Paustovsky "Verdi's Music" and "Valor".

Petre Orsa, a young peasant gets a job at the Hunedoara Steel Mill with the dream of becoming a top-notch steel man, having Mihai Solca – a sort of communist industrial hero – as his role model. He starts low moving dirt around with a shovel but he soon gets into the team of an old steel man, foreman Tudor Baci.

As a house is demolished, flashbacks are shown of the lives of the people who lived in it.

A documentary short.

This early travelogue film, made in a Kenyan train station, captures an impromptu musical performance. Some passengers eagerly join in while others sleep—blissfully unaware of the performance taking place around them.

Olive tells Popeye and Brutus she'll go out with the first one who brings her back the North Pole -- which turns out to be an actual pole with red and white stripes.