1953 Movies

An elderly Catherine de Medici reflects back on how the prophecies of Nostradamus accurately predicted the fates of her husband, her three sons and he...

Over 10 years of Italian history, drawn together from newsreels.

Three young men train to become motorcycle cops.

A meek and simple-minded boarding school teacher falls in love with a prostitute and gets the boot from school. He tries to have her change her way of...

A woman has to live with a daughter in law who hates her and a son who does not dare take her side. While the unhappy family lives in a Houston apartm...

Enrico Rossi is accused of polygamy for having married six different women over the years.

Alain Brécourt, a former pilot who distinguished himself during the war, meets Françoise Clozat, a test pilot. They become lovers, but Françoise learn...

The first film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

A group of drifting youngsters train to commit petty thefts. A certain André puts them on the trail of a real hold-up. They might carry it out if a su...

The biographical story of Puccini spans his creative life from early student days to the height of success, including his early flop Madama Butterfly...

In this preliminary study for Study IV “Liberation” a man hauls his alter ego through various spaces. The scene is reminiscent of Luis Buñuel’s “An An...

A French jeweler travels to India in search of a fabulous diamond.

Young actress advances her career by choosing boyfriends judiciously.

Coming of age, a girl is told the truth about her dead father: he is alive, but imprisoned for several crimes he did not commit... With the help of an...

Spend a winter holiday in Pelkosenniemi. Ski in the fell landscapes.

Yosemite Sam hears that Granny has inherited fifty million dollars. Good guy Bugs tries to save Granny from Sam's clutches.

Commissioned by a Swedish newspaper, this news-reel like short on the life of the famous Swedish actress is a kind of ‘at home with Ingrid Bergman’ re...

Lili St. Cyr is about ready for bedtime, which of course she does in the nude. Live stage performance includes chorus girl act, The Folliettes, and th...

A veteran of World War II returns to civil life and the collective farm he once led, only to find his wife has re-married.