1957 Movies

Promotional film showing the role of atomic energy in medicine, agriculture, industry, and research and the potential for nuclear-generated electrical...

A closer look at the art of black-and-white photography.

A love torn apart by divine fate.

Short movie by Marko Babac.

Records the life and work of Ansel Adams. Dwells on his equipment, home, interests, and his attitude toward art, photography and life.

Shows independence festivities in Ghana, formerly the Gold Coast, which on 6th March had become the first African colony to gain independence.

In the years 1955-59, the repatriation of the Polish population from the USSR continued. The camera accompanies the repatriates from the border crossi...

The kitchen is an alchemist’s workshop, and the chef is a master of secret teachings. He commands molecules to bubble, boil, rise, change their state,...

While playing, the children start drawing on the walls of the room. A painter comes to whitewash the flat. To entertain the children, the painter pain...

Things are peaceful in John Doormat's neighborhood until he gets a new neighbor, and the new neighbor comes with a dog that likes to grab and gnaw on...

Ruby Alcow becomes assistant manager of a factory, twenty years after failing his baccalaureate five times, engaging in absurdist shenanigans with his...

A German Film Award winning short documentary about the collection and disposal of rubbish.

The "call of the gods" is the religious faith that is deeply rooted among 300 million people of India, from the Himalayan mountain dwellers to the bat...

First five minutes of the film show a weird fellow who is playing marbles with kids and seems to be just biding his time. Film after the titles contin...

Haneda’s debut as full director, made after four years spent as an assistant, is set in a farming village in Shiga Prefecture (east of Kyoto). The fil...

In 1957, Ghatak premiered Oraon. This is often regarded as a preparatory work for Ajantrik and is based on the Oraon tribes. It was shot in 1955 in Ch...

A film about the painter Ludwig Richter

President Kekkonen's skiing trip in January 1957 begins in Taipalsaari. From there, the President skis towards Puumala along the frozen Lake Saimaa. F...