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Subgenre Sampler

 
KanalKanal (1956)
Dir. Andrzej Wajda
Feat. Teresa Izewska, Tadeusz Janczar
The darkest chapter of dir. Wadja's WWII 'Trilogy', is an unremitting portrayal of the last gasps of the 1944 Warsaw uprising. With desperate…
Roof, TheRoof, The (Tetto, Il) (1956)
Dir. Vittorio De Sica
Feat. Gabriella Pallotta, Giorgio Listuzzi
Moving (and until recently, exceptionally hard to find) neo–realist drama that latches onto the hard times of a newly married couple who…
Sissi - The Young EmpressSissi - The Young Empress (1956)
Dir. Ernst Marischka
Feat. Romy Schneider
Royal life is not quite the bed of roses for Princess Sissi, now married to her beloved Franz but under the constant gaze of her meddling…
DreamsDreams (Kvinnodröm; Journey Into Autumn) (1955)
Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson, Gunnar Bjornstrand
Early, flawed Bergman microscope on relationships focuses on two women – a photographer and her model on a fashion shoot – as they…
French Can CanFrench Can Can (French Cancan, Only the French Can) (1955) Recommended
Dir. Jean Renoir
Feat. Jean Gabin, Michel Piccoli, Dora Doll
Jean Renoir returned to France after 15 years absence to make this vibrant tribute to the Parisian world of his father, the Impressionist painter…
I Live in FearI Live in Fear (Ikimono no Kiroku) (1955)
Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura
Convinced a nuclear holocaust is imminent, an elderly industrialist (Mifune) decides to uproot his reluctant family (even his mistresses!) from Tokyo…
Il BidoneIl Bidone (The Swindlers) (1955)
Dir. Federico Fellini
Feat. Broderick Crawford, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart
An early work from dir. Fellini in which a trio of conmen roam the Italian countryside swindling peasants in order to fund the future they believe…
La StradaLa Strada (The Road) (1955) Recommended
Dir. Federico Fellini
Feat. Anthony Quinn
Fellini hit his stride and won a Foreign Film Oscar with this gentle road odyssey about a simple–minded clown whose loyalty to her boorish…
Lola MontesLola Montes (1955) Recommended
Dir. Max Ophuls
Feat. Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook
The life of the famous 19th century courtesan provides the basis for this sophisticated portrayal of the capriciousness of fate, which leads to the…
OrdetOrdet (1955) Recommended
Dir. Carl Dreyer
Hailed by many critics as dir. Dreyer's masterpiece, this deep exploration of the true meaning of Christianity, set in rural Denmark, will repay the…

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