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Subgenre Sampler
Sissi (1955)
- Dir. Ernst Marischka
Feat. Romy Schneider - Regal saga finds 16–year–old princess Sissi fall in love with husband–to–be Franz Josef in the first of an ongoing series of…
Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens Leende) (1955)- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Ulla Jacobsson, Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson… - An enjoyable, ultimately serious comedy of deception set among the Swedish gentry of the early 20th century who are engaged in a poetic dance of…
Yokihi (Empress Yang Kwei-Fei) (1955)- Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori - Mizoguchi’s rare colour turn, a lush, poignant ancient fable centred on a commoner maid who marries an emperor, only to be destined for sacrifice.
Crucified Lovers, The (Chikamatsu Monogatari) (1954)- Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyoko Kagawa, Eitaro Shindo - Powerful, Bunraku–inspired tragidrama of adulterous lovers whose illicit romance is doomed in Feudal, 17th century Japan. Essential Mizoguchi.
Dov'e La Liberta...? (Where Is Freedom?) (1954)- Dir. Roberto Rossellini
Feat. Toto, Vera Molnar, Nita Dover - Legendary Italian comic Toto plays a barber who cannot abide the hypocritical society he is thrust into after spending two decades in prison, and…
Generation, A (Pokolenie) (1954)- Dir. Andrzej Wajda
Feat. Roman Polanski - Fast–moving account of the Polish Resistance during WWII, as a scrappy young recruit falls in love with his unit leader. Depicts the spirited,…
Godzilla (Gojira) (1954)- Dir. Inoshiro Honda
Feat. Akira Takarada, Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura - The original Japanese version of GODZILLA, complete with the anti–nuclear subplot which was cut from the 1956 US version. Concerns a…
Les Diaboliques (1954)- Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot
Feat. Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, Paul Meurisse… - Simone Signoret stars as one of two women who conspire to murder the man they share – a sadistic schoolmaster. Iconic French thriller with a…
Lesson in Love, A (1954)- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Eva Dahlbeck, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Harriet Andersson… - Eva Dahlbeck and Gunnar Bjornstrand play a couple who have recently separated, following the doctor husband's affair with a patient. When they…
Peek-a-Boo (Ah! Les belles bacchantes) (1954)- Dir. Jean Loubignac
Feat. Louis de Funès, Robert Dhéry - Peppy parody of musical revues, with Louis de Funès's small–town copper finding himself inadvertently cast in an all–singing,…
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