1960s – rarefilmm | The Cave of Forgotten Films

AIDO (1969)

Jon W. — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:36:24 +0000

After wandering into a cemetery, a young man named Shusei is led by the mysterious Madame Enjoji to a secluded mansion. There, he is introduced to Aido, an ethereal woman who seems to be the living embodiment of his most surreal erotic fantasies. Caught between the real world and a haunting dreamscape, Shusei becomes obsessed with Aido.

Director: Susumu Hani. AKA 愛奴 / Slave of Love
Writers: Susumu Hani, Isamu Kurita.
Stars: Yuri Suemasa, Kenzô Kawarasaki, Kimiko Nukamura, Rumiko Tanuma, Kenzaburo Shirai, Takamitsu Masuda, Jusaburô Tsujimura.
Cinematographer: Yûji Okumura.
Composers: Teizô Matsumura, Noatada Odaka, Akio Yashiro, Saori Yuki.

1969 Berlin International Film Festival – Nominated for the Golden Bear.

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BALTIE ZVANI (1961)

Jon W. — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:00:38 +0000

The first film of Latvian cinema’s “new era”, that of the Riga School of Poetic Documentary Cinema. The story of a little girl in a white dress wandering the streets of Riga in search of the flowers she has seen in a shop window was originally conceived and shot as a short film, but its documentary character is so abundant and artistically valuable that this little film became a turning point in cinema history and the beginning of a new era.

Director: Ivars Kraulitis. AKA White Bells
Writer: Herz Frank.
Stars: Ilze Zarina.
Cinematographer: Uldis Brauns.

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LES GOMMES (1969)

Jon W. — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 06:50:54 +0000

A police chief goes in search of a professor who has mysteriously disappeared after death threats. Throughout the investigation, he is obsessed with the presence of small erasers and seeks to escape a strange fatality. Variation of the Nouveau Roman inspired by the myth of Oedipus.

Directors: Lucien Deroisy, René Micha (uncredited).
Writers: Lucien Deroisy, René Micha, Alain Robbe-Grillet (novel).
Stars: Claude Titre, Françoise Brion, Georges Genicot, André Gevrey, Fernand Abel, Jacques Lippe, Lucien Charbonnier, Senne Rouffaer, Jean Rovis.
Cinematographer: Frédéric Geilfus.
Composer: Georges Delerue.

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KASTÉLYOK LAKÓI (1966)

Jon W. — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 06:37:58 +0000

KASTÉLYOK LAKÓI shows the clash between old structures and Hungary’s socialist present. “In 1966, I made the documentary KASTÉLYOK LAKÓI about five castles in Gödöllő that used to be the Habsburgs’ royal residence. When I filmed there, parts of the building had been repurposed, converted into an old people’s home and a Russian barrack. Everything was in a very run-down state. Dilapidated palaces in which old, confused people lived who still had their own opinions about the world and fateful stories to tell. And behind them, one can still see the baroque facades and snow-white fireplaces in the film.” – Judit Elek.

Director: Judit Elek.
Writer: Judit Elek.
Stars: Gyula Hernádi, Lajos Kassák, Erzsi Palotai, György Somlyó, Sándor Weöres.
Cinematographer: István Zöldi.
Composer: Bálint Bakfart.

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RIP Judit Elek (1937-2025)

HAKOB HOVNATANYAN (1967)

Jon W. — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 04:28:50 +0000

With a playful associative montage, Parajanov offers an overview of portrait paintings by Hakob Hovnatanyan, the “Raphael of Tiflis.” Combining sights and sounds from both Hovnatanyan’s paintings and 19th century Tbilisi, Parajanov’s short documentary can be seen as a direct precursor to The Color of Pomegranates (1969).

Director: Sergei Parajanov. AKA Հակոբ Հովնաթանյան
Writer: Sergei Parajanov.

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MUČEDNÍCI LÁSKY (1966)

Jon W. — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 09:24:16 +0000

Featuring pop stars Karel Gott and Marta Kubišová (who later became the director’s second wife) in lead roles, with cameos by the two girls from Chytilová’s Daisies and director Lindsay Anderson as traffic policeman, Martyrs of Love is the most perfect embodiment of Němec’s vision of a film world independent of reality. The nearly dialogue-free music comedy about three timid lovers, which combines aesthetics of 1920s silent slapstick cinema with romantic music of the 1960s, cemented the director’s reputation as the kind of unrestrained nonconformist the Communist establishment considered the most dangerous to their ideology.

Director: Jan Nemec. AKA Martyrs of Love
Writers: Ester Krumbachová, Jan Nemec.
Stars: Petr Kopriva, Marta Kubisová, Hana Kuberová, Jan Klusák, Karel Gott, Vladimír Preclík, Josef Konícek, Denisa Dvoráková, Jiri Reichel, Jana Hana Duffková, Zdena Korcáková, Jan Krumbach, Alena Cepková, Pavel Bosek, Zdenek Fanta, Milon Novotny, Lubomíra Jancová, Marie Sixtová, Helena Anýzová, Vlasta Bambulová, Sárka Horácková, Jirina Jandová, Marta Kadlecíková, Ela Kvétonová, Jana Lichtenbergová, Jana Masíková, Irena Pejsková, Zuzana Schnöblingová, Marie Simínová, Olga Svetelská, Antonín Bahenský, Libor Fára, Míla Hotový, Pavel Jaderník, Herbert Kizsa, Jirí Kovárik, Jirí Mucha, Emanuel Pejska, Antonin Prazak, Milos Safránek, Václav Vodák, Jirí Verberger, Ferdinand Havlík, Zdena Skvorecky, Jitka Cerhová, Ivana Karbanová, Ema Olmerová, Pavel Vitoch, Eugen Jegorov, Jaroslav Bota.
Cinematographer: Miroslav Ondrícek.
Composer: Jan Klusák, Karel Mares.

1967 Locarno Film Festival – Special Mention.
1968 Chicago International Film Festival – Nominated for the Gold Hugo.

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FARYADE NIMESHAB (1961)

Jon W. — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 08:49:46 +0000

Amir, desperate to earn enough money to marry his fiancée Maryam, becomes involved in the illegal operations of a gang run by a man named Afshar. Complications arise when Afshar’s wife develops feelings for Amir—feelings he does not return. But when Afshar finds the two of them alone one day, suspicion and danger begin to close in.

Director: Samuel Khachikian (as Samouel Khachikian).
Writer: Samuel Khachikian (as Samouel Khachikian).
Stars: Armais Vartani Hovsepian, Parvin Ghaffari, Mohamad Ali Fardin, Vida Ghahremani, Akbar Khajavi, Nasser Kourehchian, Toros Peshtmalchian, Toni Amadoni.
Cinematographer: Enayatallah Famin.

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IN THE NICK (1960)

Jon W. — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 09:19:12 +0000

A gang of smalltime criminals is sent to an experimental prison where inmates are to be reformed, not punished. The leader of the gang plans to use this to his advantage and take control of the place through manipulation.

Director: Ken Hughes.
Writers: Ken Hughes, Frank Norman (story).
Stars: Anthony Newley, Anne Aubrey, Bernie Winters, James Booth, Harry Andrews, Al Mulock, Derren Nesbitt, Niall MacGinnis, Victor Brooks, Ian Hendry, Kynaston Reeves, Barry Keegan, Diana Chesney, Andria Lawrence.
Cinematographer: Ted Moore.
Composer: Ron Goodwin.

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Many thanks to Michael for sending me a copy of this film. Quality isn’t very good for this one but it’s very rare, never released on VHS, DVD, etc, this copy is a telecine from a 16mm print.