Movies 1961 Page 47

Director Emil Rantamo goes with his family to the country for the summer. The family's son Fritsu gets engaged to Tipuli Niemi. Sausage maker Niemi...

The murder took place at a hotel in Matsushima. The victim is a woman about 28 years old. The suspect is a young man who visited her the night...

A gentle comedy offering the promise of easy social consensus. Harry (Helmuth) is a simple old-time shop porter offered a chance at self-realisation...

Co-pilot Horst Schubert is a braggart and a true Don Juan. Thus, he tells young Ilse that he is in fact an "aircraft commander". This assertion...

On the Faroe Islands in the North Sea lives the seductive and mysterious Barbara, who plunges men into misfortune. She is married to the island...

Just like millions of others, the man wakes up and gets up. Work awaits him. But while he gets ready, he can't help getting lost in daydreams. He...

Two formerly rich men try to get back on their feet, counting on their respective son and daughters marriage prospectives. The two youths meet and...

Every year the Chincoteague fire department rounds up the wild ponies of Assateague Island and holds an auction to thin out the herd. The young...

Habu (1961) is notable as Pakistan's first "jungle film," directed by Rahim Gul and released on April 28, 1961. Starring Husna and Habib, with a...

A European circus family is torn apart by greed and jealousy.

Luo Ya-nan and Liang Ai-lun grow up together and never stop teasing each other. Liang, a doctor by profession, has a crush on the nurse Gao Shi-wen....

Eva, who earns her money as a call girl, learns that she has inherited the Palace Hotel in St. Wolfgang. She immediately quits her job and travels to...

A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles through life, she learns to live not just...

This Finlandia Survey compilation ranges from 1949 to 1961, and in it we get to see glimpses of news from both local matches and early international...

A family gather together as their mother lies dying. Death brings conflicts into sharp focus - not least between brothers Edgar and Richard…

A young daughter of poor farmers is forced by her mother to ditch her young boyfriend in order to marry an old rich neighbor but the girl rebels by...

This feature-length film was created by Alberta filmmakers Mel and Ethel Ross and documents an epic road journey that the couple undertook in 1960-61...

A Modern Madcap animated short from Famous Studios.

Film starring Iftekhar, Amirbai Karnataki and Anoop Kumar

Documentary short on how to do the twist.

A film by Richard Preston.

As the thousands of passengers move about Britain every day, the railway system they use is being transformed : soaring concrete sustains new...

A look at English folk dancing, including the Hobby Horse Dance and the Furry Dance.

Synthetic rain; Camera-less film.

While hunting in the woods, a Maori boy is kidnapped by a grotesque winged creature - the Birdwoman. In her cave he finds his tribe's missing Maori...

Paul and his two friends come across a new convertible that is parked with the keys still in the ignition. While Paul's friends want to hop in the...

Educational film on the funeral process.

Animated Short

A look at the Ordnance Survey and the maps it has been producing for over two centuries.

Short film directed by Jorge Tabachnik.

The Air Force Thunderbirds present air shows for civilians in Southeast Asia as a gesture of U.S. goodwill.

Directed by Niazi Mustafa.

Celebratory film from Ford commemorating Detroit's 250th anniversary. Reenacts scenes from the city's history and presents a tour of its streets,...

A film by Richard Preston.

A film by Galician surrealist painter Granell made with two Japanese spinning tops. These were a present from Marcel Duchamp.