1953 Movies

A group of royalists during the French Revolution make several attempts to rescue Marie Antoinette from prison, in this combination of genres: swashbuckler, melodrama, psychological drama, and historical tragedy. Based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas.

An aging actress has a hard time admitting she is too old to play the ingenue role anymore.

American soldiers undertake a mission to capture a Japanese admiral who has survived an air crash in China during WWII.

Norman is working in the stock room of a large London department store, but he has ambition (doesn't he always !!),he wants to be a window dresser making up the public displays. Whilst trying to fulfill his ambition, he falls in love (doesn't he always !!),w...

Gemma, caught between her desires and reality, struggles to navigate her marriage and personal ambitions.

Framed as a mother’s bedtime narration to her child, this short documentary observes a city at night, revealing the factories, tram depots, and essential services that operate while most people sleep. Directed by Andrzej Wajda, the film turns nocturnal labor i...

The film is about the Yamato's suicide mission to Okinawa in March 1945 to defend the homeland threatened by U.S. bombers. Adapted from Mitsuru Yoshida's 1952 book "Requiem for the Battleship Yamato".

To save his critically ill son from poverty, a poor man agrees to a dangerous deal with his boss's devious wife. His desperate choice pulls him into a world of crime and blackmail, ruining his family's peace and leaving a dark secret that haunts them for years...

Norman McLaren instructs Grant Munro on the movements he is to make. The film technique for Two Bagatelles is pixillation, where the actor is animated frame by frame, as in the film Neighbours/Voisins.

An Indian and his beautiful sister attempt to destroy a cavalry patrol trying to deliver a peace treaty to their chief.

Adaptation of John Gay's 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffith as the Beggar.

Two sisters enter the fairy tale realm of Frau Holle and must prove their diligence and helpfulness. The good and hardworking girl receives a golden dress. The lazy sister is given a dress made of pitch for her bad services. The pitch will only come off her wh...

A young journalist, Sylvia, has to interview a writer, Claude Chatel, whose success is due to his misogyny.