1959 Movies

It is the 65th birthday of Wilhelm Lehmann, foreman of a chemical company. All members of the large family are expected. Preparations are also being made in the company: Wilhelm is to be awarded the »Labor banner« and, as every year, the sons are responsible f...

Through various misunderstandings young Basia gets into the custody of several people after her mother's death.

Snow White's mother, the Queen, dies when she is born. Her father, the King, remarries a beautiful but vain lady. The new Queen has a magic mirror that she asks every day, who is the fairest one of all?

Scientist discover a way to view the past.

A short movie inspired by cycle races.

This film focuses on the urban planning reform in the USSR; the early 1960s saw the emergence of Khrushchevki, allowing Soviet citizens—who had spent decades living in communal apartments—to finally obtain separate homes. Today, for many of us living in buildi...

A rich and orphaned heiress tries to establish a school in the Southern Lakes, but her uncle sets many traps for her.

In 1940 Osaka, a celebrated shamisen performer lives fast as war and shifting tastes erode his fame. The daughter of a restaurant owner quietly loves him, but circumstances drive them apart. Years later, in a changed postwar city, they meet again amid the rema...

A social drama centered on the miserable conditions experencied by cane cutters in Argentina's north.

Educational film about the life and habits of the praying mantis. Description of its diet, adolescence and awe-inspiring love customs.

Woody Woodpecker gets into a mêlée with a lumberjack in the north woods. When the woodchopper chops down Woody's tree.

Tawfiq, a contractor, and his wife Hafiza have no children so he adopts Ahmed, who then runs his business. As Tawfiq gets involved with a playful woman named Mahasin, Ahmed has an affair with her, unaware of the fact that she is Tawfiq's wife.

A Terrytoons cartoon of 1959 with Gaston le Crayon

This black and white documentary by Wolfgang Kiepenheuser for Ikaros-Film with a script advised by Dr. Kurt Zenter offers a German perspective on the tumultuous period immediately following the defeat of the Nazi Party and collapse of the Third Reich at the en...