1949 Movies

Feature film by Gustav Ucicky

In a relaxed and conversational style, famed writer of uncanny and fantastical fiction Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) retells his story of the old lady and the pockmarked railway porter. The author's delivery is thoughtful, as if he is recounting the incident...

Li's first directorial work in Hong Kong is adapted, by himself, from the Hollywood movie The Great Lie (1941) starring Bette Davis. When a husband disappears in an accident, the wife is dismayed by a social butterfly pregnant with her husband's child. To pres...

Having become famous, a painter marries his model whom he soon brings to despair by deceiving her.

Mohamed, a carefree Bedouin, falls in love with Laila, a brave warrior. After proving his courage in a duel, he wins her hand. When a jealous rival kidnaps her, Mohamed rescues her and they marry

A young girl holds a special place in her heart for a place called Shamrock HIll, and she tries to stop it from having a television station built on it.

In the remote village of Hurula, the mistress of the house has forbidden her henpecked husband from enjoying himself and playing the accordion. The ceremonious host Ernesti courts the Hurulas' daughter Pirkko to be his wife. However, she falls in love with the...

A Government agent is sent to track an outlaw who has stolen gold boulion. The chase leads into a desolate desert region where the agent is forced to utilize his survival skills.

A woman returns to her hometown along the French coast, seeking answers about the death of her brother.

The movie tells about the life of Soviet scientists. Professor Dobrotvorsky, together with his colleague Losev, is on his way to completing a scientific work of great importance in medicine. Professor Dobrotvorsky's friend Academician Vereisky learns from a fo...

A documentary intended to promote tourism in the Belgian Congo. It was sponsored by the Belgian airline SABENA. While promoting tourism and emphasizing how easy and comfortable it is to travel in Africa, the film focuses on the country's natural beauty and fas...

Fabian Bom, auctionist in a small town, one day finds a baby boy in a small crib that is for sale at an auction. He places the boy at an orphanage but returns the next day since he realizes that he misses the boy. Since a single man is not permitted to adopt a...

This film gives the viewer impressions of Shantiniketan, an institute for the arts established by the poet and artist Rabindranath Tagore in 1901 at Bolpur, not far from Calcutta. The school gradually came to be known as Vishva Bharati.