1961 Movies

HK mystery film.

Musical comedy set in show-biz milieu.

In the community of Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, the main character, played by the esteemed comedian José Miguel Agrelot, buys a washing machine for his wife. However, the town has no electrical power. The movie’s depiction of the jíbaro as naive and comical create...

Pietro is a thirteen-year-old shepherd boy who lives in the sixties in Cappadocia, an isolated village in the mountains of Abruzzo where life has kept the same rhythms as always. His uncle emigrated to Venezuela and has promised him that he will send him the n...

The Man in Gray is a 1961 Italian short documentary film produced by Benedetto Benedetti. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

Honored Master of Sports, celebrated champion — speed skater Alexey Streshnev feels that his time of success has passed and that it is better to leave the ice rink undefeated than to tempt fate again and again. His decision is opposed by his sports colleagues...

The workday is over. Today, the factory pays out salaries. Andrey Kuzmich Vinogradov, a foreman, also receives his paycheck. He and his wife have agreed to buy an expensive gift for their daughter's birthday, but they lack the necessary funds.

Notizen aus dem Altmühltal shows the West German south as mezzogiorno of the Wirtschaftswunder republic: the simple folk, as they say, vegetate a bit dully through their days; meanwhile, the authorities do nothing to promote the economic, and hence social, dev...

Works on Rua Farani, reception of the Cuban ambassador and Dom Jaime Câmara, day of scouting, nakedness of the employees of the Guanabara Palace. Film 16mm, PB, silent. Directed by Esdras Baptista, 1961. LUPA-UFF collection.

On May 22, 1960, an earthquake with an intensity of 9.6 on the Richter Scale was recorded in the city of Valdivia, considered to date the largest and most violent earthquake ever recorded in the world. The cataclysm devastated the entire Chilean territory betw...

In this tale based on a Brothers Grimm story, Prince Alfred searches for an enchanted castle that holds a magic fountain whose waters can cure his seriously ill father, the king. His two evil brothers are determined to stop him so they can have the kingdom for...

The low-grade variety show in Rome, in the old Altieri cinema-theater.

Zenó (Mazzaropi) is a poor gardener of a traditional school in São Paulo who falls in love with one of the local girls, much richer and younger than him. Willing to conquer her, he decides to get rich, getting involved in the most varied and funny situations.

Poetic documentary about the vanished culture of the Maya.