1949 Movies

Set during the dark years of the German occupation of Crete, it depicts the resistance movement, the heroism of the locals, acts of sabotage, and the...

A daredevil disguises herself as a man, calling herself Delhi Express, while in search of her detective friend Navin’s father who was kidnapped on his...

The beer making process and a dramatized part of beer history.

During the Japanese occupation in World War 2, a soldier was tasked by a ranking officer to go undercover and be a government official, but under Japa...

Salesmen Heckle and Jeckle set up shop in a hotel lobby selling mechanical shoes - they do the walking for you - and the hotel detective, an irritable...

A social drama that focuses on the struggles of a cherished daughter as she navigates societal expectations and family conflicts that threaten her per...

The Trombonist is a 1949 comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Paul Dahlke, Sabine Peters and Ludwig Körner.

The audience takes a tour through a baby factory run by storks. Next, we're invited to follow the bouncing ball and sing along to "Pretty Baby".

A film by P. K. Atre.

A wealthy man forces his wife and their new-born daughter, Soshila, out of the house because he had hoped his wife would deliver a son. Years later, S...

The "image hunger" was enormous in the post-war years. The Finnish film industry joined forces in the autumn of 1949 and held the first Finnish film w...

Father dances to Jazz in the kitchen with the maid, his family won't tolerate his behaviour anymore. And now he has to deal with Uncle Adam's strange...

(ca.1949, 16mm, b/w, sound, 3min.)

Shipments of silver are going astray after leaving the mine, and Tex and his pals investigate. With 3 songs.

Set in the 1880s, the story opens when Johan de Villiers inherits the family farm and asks for childhood sweetheart Sarie Marais’s hand in marriage. S...

Trade union film portraying dock work