Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Rififi (1955)
- Dir. Jules Dassin
Feat. Jean Servais, Jules Dassin, Magali Noel… - The French reclaim film noir with this methodical and stylish heist movie, famous for its 35 minute real–time bank robbery, executed in virtual…
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…
Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens Leende) (1955)- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Ulla Jacobsson, Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson… - An enjoyable, ultimately serious comedy of deception set among the Swedish gentry of the early 20th century who are engaged in a poetic dance of…
Wajda's War Trilogy (A Generation, Kanal, Ashes & Diamonds) (1955-1958)- Dir. Andrzej Wajda
- Polish visionary Wajda's trilogy of war masterworks.
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.
4 by Agnès Varda (La Pointe Courte, Cléo from 5 to 7, Le bonheur and Vagabond) (1954-1985)- Dir. Agnes Varda
- Agnès Varda used the skills she honed early in her career as a photographer to create some of the most nuanced, thought–provoking films of the…
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.
Dov'e La Liberta...? (Where Is Freedom?) (1954)- Dir. Roberto Rossellini
Feat. Toto, Vera Molnar, Nita Dover - Legendary Italian comic Toto plays a barber who cannot abide the hypocritical society he is thrust into after spending two decades in prison, and…
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,…
Godzilla (Gojira) (1954)- Dir. Inoshiro Honda
Feat. Akira Takarada, Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura - The original Japanese version of GODZILLA, complete with the anti–nuclear subplot which was cut from the 1956 US version. Concerns a…
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