1954 Movies

This film presents a version of Edgar A. Poe’s “The Raven” complemented by the engravings of Gustave Dore. The intense and emotional black and white e...

A BAFTA award nominated animation looking at the development of oil prospecting techniques since the 19th century.

Documentary on the first stage in oil exploration: the first drill.

A three-day carnival featuring Momo the God of Pleasure and some floats designed by celebrated artists and sculptors.

1954 / Nafsu / Temptation / L. Krishnan / Keris [f]

In school, Laila goes steady with Hamid. Her father, Abdullah the trader, opposes their relationship as he thinks it will hamper her education. When t...

In Salvador Dalí’s home movies, the 50-year-old Surrealist artist plays with a kitten, an animal skull, and a rake to entertain a friend filming him o...

Venice Film Festival 1954

A film by Naz Achnas attributed to 1951 and/or 1953. Some press reviews date to 1954.

Tod Slaughter’s last big screen appearance on camera, delivering a Sweeney Todd monologue.

Short film about foxes

Images from places around Sweden, among them Gothenburg, Gotland, Mårbacka mansion and Norrland.