1940 Movies

Japanese propaganda film

Hellert, a middle-aged man, lawyer and well-established, make the acquaintance of kindergarten teacher Birgit Steen. He falls in love with her and dis...

A group of political exiles conspire in France against their government. They are pursued by Daminoff, head of the intelligence service of the country...

Documentary by Andrew Buchanan illustrating a time when faith lay at the heart of the British Experience.

Helen Fielding, heir to the fortunes of the late millionaire Roger Fielding, Sr., has broken off her relationship with the unscrupulous Lew Covey to p...

Twenty-year-old Yoshiko (Setsuko Hara) and her younger sister Asako (Yōko Yaguchi) struggle to accept changes in their home during the preparations of...

A 1940 film directed by Fernando de Fuentes.

Krazy, voiced as a burlesque comic, is called in by a housewife who looks like Goofy in drag, to get rid of a mouse and the usual comic incidents ensu...

Adam Kavalír returns from abroad to take over the family factory from his father. But as a consequence of his father's bohemian lifestyle the business...

A detective investigates on the death of a factory owner.

Jidaigeki from 1940

Wartime public information film.

This medium-length documentary film, which is also slightly advertise-driven, goes through the process of selection and training of young talents at t...

The undercover agent Tsukinosuke Kigurumi successfully escapes with Kirisaku, who possesses the coveted Shinshu Mountain map targeted by the phantom g...

Prem Nagar is a small, happy and contented village somewhere in India. A tiny spark of anger flared up a misunderstanding, a quarrel, jealousy, and gr...

About the heroic passage of the Red Army detachment through the Pamirs. The action dates back to the 30s. A strong earthquake is taking place in the a...