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Subgenre Sampler
Lola Montes (1955)
- 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…
Ordet (1955)- 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…
Pather Panchali (1955)- Dir. Satyajit Ray
Feat. Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Subir Bannerjee - The first film from Asia's most respected film–maker also initiates his 'Apu trilogy', three of most admired films in history. A lyrical…
Sissi (1955)- Dir. Ernst Marischka
Feat. Romy Schneider - Regal saga finds 16–year–old princess Sissi fall in love with husband–to–be Franz Josef in the first of an ongoing series of…
Yokihi (Empress Yang Kwei-Fei) (1955)- Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori - Mizoguchi’s rare colour turn, a lush, poignant ancient fable centred on a commoner maid who marries an emperor, only to be destined for sacrifice.
Crucified Lovers, The (Chikamatsu Monogatari) (1954)- Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyoko Kagawa, Eitaro Shindo - Powerful, Bunraku–inspired tragidrama of adulterous lovers whose illicit romance is doomed in Feudal, 17th century Japan. Essential Mizoguchi.
Generation, A (Pokolenie) (1954)- Dir. Andrzej Wajda
Feat. Roman Polanski - Fast–moving account of the Polish Resistance during WWII, as a scrappy young recruit falls in love with his unit leader. Depicts the spirited,…
Sansho Dayu (Sansho the Bailiff) (1954)- Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyoko Kagawa… - One of Mizoguchi's great classics, based on an 11th century Japanese folktale elaborated into a sprawling vision of a cruel, mysterious cosmos, where…
Senso (1954)- Dir. Luchino Visconti
Feat. Alida Valli, Farley Granger, Christian Marquand - A period love story set in the tumultuous 1860's in Italy, when it was occupied by invading Austrians. Dir. Visconti turns his eye on a love…
Sound of the Mountain (Yama No Oto) (1954)- Dir. Mikio Naruse
Feat. Setsuko Hara, Ken Uehara, Soh Yamamura - Dir. Naruse reprises the disintegrating marriage (and cast) of his earlier film, REPAST, in this profoundly affecting tale of a young woman (Hara)…
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