1949 Movies

India has finally won independence from British rule, and there are signs of progress among the population. One such sign of progress is in the villag...

A glass blower imagines that his creations come to life. A story of love contained within a single drop of rain. A voyage into ethereal beauty.

An archaeologist dies, leaving behind his wife and daughter alone. A handsome man, a representative of the Antiquities Authority, visits the house. Th...

A social drama revolves around two lovers striving to reach their shared "destination" in life—be it marriage, success, or acceptance—despite signific...

1949 Japanese film

Presentation of goldsmithing and silversmithing, making jewelry by hand. Studying at a goldsmith school. The school was the only school in the Nordic...

Propaganda film presenting the Soviet side of the Iran crisis of 1946 and the short-lived Azerbaijan People's Government.

Azucena, daughter of a Gypsy burnt at the stake, to take her revenge kidnaps one of the children of Count de Luna and raises him in secret as her own.

A short about Romanis in Sweden breaking up camp and moving on.

The Fox and Crow have a band-act in a nightclub, but the Fox walks out on his partner when he gets the position of a symphony-orchestra conductor. The...

Kenji Comes Home is a 1949 documentary film produced by Paul F. Heard. Written and directed by Charles F. Schwep, it was filmed on location in Japan a...

Comic short starring Hal Monty and Max Bygraves as two sailors on leave. Hal tries his hand at boxing, but gets more than he bargained for.

A 'Jerky Journeys' cartoon.

1949 movie version of the Rossini opera

Biography of the first Catholic Saint to be born in Mexico.

In the remote village of Hurula, the mistress of the house has forbidden her henpecked husband from enjoying himself and playing the accordion. The ce...

A tiny Quebec community is thrown into an uproar when a tall young Texan named Bill arrives to claim a farm he has inherited. Bill's inability to spea...

Drama directed by Kōzō Saeki.