1956 Movies

“Why so?” as the original title says, alluding to the almost cartoonish, anti-social behaviour depicted here. But we could also now ask “what if?”: Stratobërdha was deemed a persona non grata soon after shooting these scenes for a purported portmanteau about w...

A look at the work of the master architect of the Franconian Baroque.

A short video about a girl who draws a picture with her rabbit's help.

The adventures of a young boy in Wishaw, Lanarkshire.

Documentary nature film. Two boys roam the pre-Alpine mountain forest. The camera accompanies them and observes birds, insects, foxes, weasels, and marmots. A local history excursion.

Part of BFI collection "They Stand Ready."

Documentary production with direct sound on optical tape

Shows interdependence of members of a pioneer family. A typical pioneer school is portrayed.

Mexican feature film

Christmas Eve somewhere in a small town. A Christmas choir sings the most beautiful melodies, the lights twinkle in the Christmas tree and mulled wine is drunk in a stall in the snow on the street.

A short Bulgarian cartoon for the youngest children, which teaches that they should always tell the truth so that good kind people will eventually grow out of them.

Documentary film from 1956, narrated by "the last Forest Finn" Nitahå-Jussi, as we follow him on a journey through the Finn forest on both sides of the border between Sweden and Norway. Finns migrated to Sweden and Norway from the 1600s, but by 1950s their way...

Part of BFI collection "On Yer Bike."

A male actor fails to cook properly on the set of a cooking short, so the filmmakers trick a woman into doing his job for him.