1950s – rarefilmm | The Cave of Forgotten Films

EDES ANNA (1958)

Jon W. — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 01:49:16 +0000

The heroine of this drama played out at the beginning of the Horthy era is a chambermaid who has travelled up from the countryside to work in the capital. Through her vulnerability we clearly see the interdependency of society at that time. Anna moves from paradise to a family lacking in love or compassion, where she loses everything and everyone who once loved her. The director of the film based on the novel of the same name by Dezső Kosztolányi worked out the scenes with absolute precision. Thanks to this and the finest actors of the age, we have one of the most moving films ever made in Hungary.

“From the very moment when Anna turns up in the story, everything you see is presented from her point of view… My purpose was to make the viewer experience along with her the complicated psychological process she is undergoing: the mental stages of heart-sickening solitude, of endless humiliation, of suddenly awakening love, of sudden ecstasy, of the pangs of love, of forsakenness, of ultimate depression, and of final exaltation.” – Zoltán Fábri.

Director: Zoltán Fábri. AKA Sweet Ana
Writers: Péter Bacsó, Zoltán Fábri, Dezsö Kosztolányi (novel).
Stars: Mari Töröcsik, Mária Mezei, Károly Kovács, Zsigmond Fülöp, Béla Barsi, Anna Báró, Kati Böröndi, Zoltán Greguss, Hilda Gobbi, János Horkay, Zoltán Makláry, Gellért Raksányi, Erzsi Simor, Viktória Ujváry, György Kálmán, Éva Vadnai, József Vándor, János Zách.
Cinematographer: Ferenc Szécsényi.
Composer: György Ránki.

1959 Cannes Film Festival – Nominated for the Palme d’Or.

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LA NEGRA ANGUSTIAS (1950)

Jon W. — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 09:30:12 +0000

During the Mexican Revolution, Angustias, a proud and rebellious mixed-race woman, defies gender and racial oppression in her rural village. After killing a man who tries to rape her, she flees to the mountains and joins the Zapatista rebels. Proving her courage and leadership, she rises to become a coronela, fighting for justice and equality. Torn between love and her revolutionary ideals, Angustias ultimately dedicates herself to the struggle for freedom.

Director: Matilde Landeta.
Writers: Matilde Landeta, Francisco Rojas González.
Stars: María Elena Marqués, Agustín Isunza, Eduardo Arozamena, Gilberto González, Enriqueta Reza, Fanny Schiller, Ramón Gay, Noemí Beltrán, Esteban Mayo, Agustín Fernández, Guillermo Calles, Carlos Riquelme, Felipe de Flores, Lola Tinoco, Elda Peralta, Genaro de Alba, Rogelio Fernández, Salvador Godínez.
Cinematographer: Jack Draper.
Composer: Gonzalo Curiel.

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Languages: Spanish | Subtitles: English (hard)

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Thanks a lot to my dear friend lumumbista for all his efforts to find and preserve this film. I think this one has been restored but this is the only subtitled copy I’ve been able to find and which surfaced just recently, in better quality than others I’ve seen. If anyone out there has a copy of the restored version please contact me, thank you. Enjoy!

IKARI NO MACHI (1950)

Jon W. — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 08:30:41 +0000

Sudo and Mori are two university students who make money by picking up rich girls in dance clubs and conning them into giving them cash. Mori is the brains of the operation, and Sudo is the suave dancer who picks up the girls. Over the course of the film, Sudo becomes involved with three different girls and is drawn into the gangster milieu, which he seems unable to resist even though he is responsible for his mother, grandmother, and sister, Masako. In this world of bad boys and girls, Masako is the pillar of strength and moral virtue who finally enables Mori to straighten out.

Director: Mikio Naruse. 怒りの街 / AKA The Angry Street.
Writers: Mikio Naruse, Motosada Nishiki (screenplay), Fumio Niwa (novel).
Stars: Jûkichi Uno, Yasumi Hara, Yuriko Hamada, Setsuko Wakayama, Yoshiko Kuga, Mayuri Mokushô, Takashi Shimura, Ichirô Sugai, Kan Yanagiya, Mitsue Tachibana, Mie Asô, Chieko Higashiyama, Sachiko Murase, Keiko Kishi, Isao Kimura, Fujio Nagahama, Isao Ubukata, Hiroshi Kondô, Kiyoshi Kamoda, Kô Ishida, Sachio Sakai, Tadashi Okabe, Hiroshi Imaizumi, Ichirô Tetsu.
Cinematographer: Masao Tamai.
Composer: Nobuo Iida.

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MKV | 7.88 GB | 1440×1080 | 29.970 FPS | 10,000 kb/s | AC3 640 kb/s & E-AC3 224 kb/s (boosted+denoised & untouched audio track)
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More Naruse in HD! Also in an unrestored print. The audio was pretty bad for this one, very quiet for the first 20 minutes or so and with a lot of noise and crackling, I boosted and denoised it with Audacity, I think it sounds much better but if you’re not happy with the result the 1080p includes both the original & denoised audio tracks.

TOGETHER (1956)

Jon W. — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 10:18:59 +0000

Together is set in London’s East End, with its bombsites, narrow streets, riversides, warehouses, markets and pubs. It follows two deaf-mute dockers who are completely cut-off from the outside world and are constantly pursued by groups of jeering children. Its modern depiction of everyday working-class life and its new approach to realism were inspired by Italian neo-realism and by the techniques used by Mazzetti’s Free Cinema friends.

Directors: Lorenza Mazzetti, Denis Horne.
Writer: Denis Horne.
Stars: Michael Andrews, Eduardo Paolozzi, Vali Myers, Denis Richardson, Cecilia May.
Cinematographer: Hamed Hadari.
Composer: Daniele Paris.

Optional English subtitles are available for this film, to enable them click on the subtitles icon (to the left of the cogweel icon), and they will be turned on.

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MKV | 8.23 GB | 1480×1080 | 24 FPS | 22,700 kb/s | FLAC 210 kb/s & AAC (Audio Commentary & Audio Description)
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS WITH BING AND FRANK (1957)

Jon W. — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 05:37:29 +0000

In the only episode of this series filmed in color (but probably broadcast only in black-and-white), legendary crooner Bing Crosby is guest star. Crosby joins Sinatra in performing many classic Christmas songs, among them Sinatra’s version of “Mistetoe and Holly” and Crosby’s famed “White Christmas”. Some of the songs are performed on a set with a backdrop of Victorian England; other songs were performed on a set that resembled a hip late-1950’s bachelor apartment.

Director: Frank Sinatra.
Writer: William Morrow.
Stars: Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, The Ralph Brewster Singers, Nelson Riddle and his Orchestra.
Cinematographer: Sam Leavitt.
Composer: Melvyn Lenard.

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INNOCENT SINNERS (1958)

Jon W. — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 10:52:12 +0000

A young girl in a bombed-out part of London wants to make something beautiful, so she plants a garden in a ruined church with help from her friend. None of the adults in her life understand why she wants to do this.

Director: Philip Leacock.
Writers: Rumer Godden (novel), Neil Paterson & Rumer Godden (screenplay).
Stars: June Archer, Christopher Hey, Brian Hammond, Flora Robson, David Kossoff, Barbara Mullen, Catherine Lacey, Susan Beaumont, Lyndon Brook, Edward Chapman, John Rae, Vanda Godsell, Hilda Fenemore, Pauline Delaney, Andrew Cruickshank, William Squire, Victor Brooks.
Cinematographer: Harry Waxman.
Composer: Philip Green.

Optional English subtitles are available for this film, to enable them click on the subtitles icon (to the left of the cogweel icon), and they will be turned on.

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MP4 | 1.74 GB | 698×568 | 25 FPS | 2521 kb/s | AAC 192 kb/s
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A HATFUL OF RAIN (1957)

Jon W. — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 10:38:01 +0000

The first film dealing with dope addiction made with the prior approval of the industry’s self-governing Production Code, A Hatful of Rain is more than a story of a junkie. It touches knowingly and sensitively on a family relationship. Michael V. Gazzo has converted his Broadway play into a provocative and engrossing film drama.

Director: Fred Zinnemann.
Writers: Michael V. Gazzo (play), Michael V. Gazzo & Alfred Hayes (screenplay), Carl Foreman (screenplay) (originally uncredited).
Stars: Eve Marie Saint, Don Murray, Anthony Franciosa, Lloyd Nolan, Henry Silva, Gerald S. O’Loughlin, William Hickey.
Cinematographer: Joseph MacDonald.
Composer: Bernard Herrmann.

1957 Venice Film Festival – Nominated for the Golden Lion.
1958 Academy Awards – Nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Anthony Franciosa).
1958 Golden Globes – Nominated for Best Actress – Drama (Eva Marie Saint)
1958 Golden Globes – Nominated for Best Actor – Drama (Anthony Franciosa)
1958 Golden Globes – Nominated for Best Director – Drama (Fred Zinnemann)

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LA SORCIÈRE (1956)

Jon W. — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 10:30:37 +0000

Brulard, a French civil engineer on assignment in a remote Swedish village, meets Ina, who has been raised in forested isolation by her haggish mother and believes herself to be a witch. He falls in love with her and tries to convert her to civilization; but in the meantime, his female boss, Kristina, has fallen in love with him, while the villagers turn against him for consorting with someone they believe is cursed by the Devil.

Director: André Michel. AKA The Sorceress / The Blonde Witch
Writers: Paul Andréota, Jacques Companéez, Christiane Imbert, Aleksandr Kuprin (novel) (as Kouprine)
Stars: Marina Vlady, Maurice Ronet, Nicole Courcel, Michel Etcheverry, Rune Lindström, Erik Hell, Eric Hellström, Ula Lagnell, Naima Wifstrand, Ulf Palme.
Cinematographer: Marcel Grignon.
Composers: Norbert Glanzberg, André Lafosse.

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MP4 | 1.46 GB | 640×480 | 23.976 FPS | 2000 kb/s | AAC 160 kb/s
Languages: French, Swedish | Subtitles: English (hard)

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