1956 Movies

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An examination of a specialist school for twin siblings and the theme of heredity and environment on human development

8mm short by Carlo Fuzzi.

9 minute-long short film by Enrico Cocozza from 1956.

Arto's watch factory releases non-operating watches through the fault of the quality controller. One of these watches causes a lot of trouble for the...

This documentary addresses some of the first cinematographically documented actions of Mexican indigenous politics in the mid-20th century. The narrat...

During the Ming dynasty, a poor worker family, working day and night, is still unable to pay its taxes.

Inspired by the surrealists, this short movie is made of found film reels bought from flea markets.

Janghwa Hongryeonjeon (literally The Story of Janghwa and Hongryeon) is 1956 South Korean horror film. The film is based on a popular Korean fairy tal...

In 1955, the team of the Polish Film Chronicle documented life in communist Vietnam for almost half a year. There was an opportunity to do so, as Pole...

A history of Henry Lawson and the Australian workers press.

Passions and confrontations for a woman on a ship of fur smugglers.

This documentary focuses on the archaeological excavations at Skálholt in 1954 when the sarcophagus of bishop Páll Jónsson (bishop 1195-1211) was unea...

A slapstick domestic comedy about a middle-aged couple trying to live more economically.

Khajuraho, the city of Gods is shown in this film. During the period of Hindu renaissance, temple architecture received a striking impetus and its mos...