Cannes 1954
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1. Before the Deluge (1954)
138 min | Crime, Drama
Self-centered parents of the 50's targeted by drama in which teenagers panicking after burglary supposed to finance the run from the Third World War.
Director: André Cayatte | Stars: Antoine Balpêtré, Paul Bisciglia, Bernard Blier, Jacques Castelot
Votes: 183
2. The Adventurer of Seville (1954)
92 min | Comedy, Musical
Figaro, a singing barber, gets caught by some bandits who use his abilities to attract travelers and assault them. To escape justice he joins the army where he meets no other than the ... See full summary »
Director: Ladislao Vajda | Stars: Luis Mariano, Lolita Sevilla, José Isbert, Danielle Godet
Votes: 70
3. Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953)
Approved | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Fierce competition among sponge fishermen forces a Greek-American family to fish in the dangerous 12-mile reef area off the western coast of Florida.
Director: Robert D. Webb | Stars: Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Gilbert Roland, J. Carrol Naish
Votes: 1,612
4. Neapolitan Carousel (1954)
129 min | Comedy, Musical
The life of a family of street singers.
Director: Ettore Giannini | Stars: Léonide Massine, Achille Millo, Agostino Salvietti, Clelia Matania
Votes: 255
5. Cirkus Fandango (1954)
87 min | Drama
Circus Fandango is a traveling workplace where everyone has to work together to make their living. A trade where occupational pride, commitment, but maybe also loneliness when getting old, like the clown Papa.
Director: Arne Skouen | Stars: Arne Arnardo, Joachim Holst-Jensen, Ilselil Larsen, Toralv Maurstad
Votes: 59
6. Cómicos (1954)
92 min | Drama
Ana Ruiz, a young actress who works in a traveling theater company, performs only small roles, but she hopes to succeed and puts her success before the love of Miguel. When the company ... See full summary »
Director: Juan Antonio Bardem | Stars: Elisa Galvé, Fernando Rey, Emma Penella, Mariano Asquerino
Votes: 210
7. Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1954)
107 min | Drama
In 1925 the young florentine typographer Mario moves to via del Corno to be near his girl-friend Bianca. Here he becomes friends with Maciste, his landlord, and Ugo, anti-fascists both of ... See full summary »
Director: Carlo Lizzani | Stars: Anna Maria Ferrero, Cosetta Greco, Antonella Lualdi, Marcello Mastroianni
Votes: 454
8. The Great Adventure (1953)
Approved | 77 min | Drama, Family
A year in the lives of the animals living near a small Swedish farm.
Director: Arne Sucksdorff | Stars: Anders Nohrborg, Kjell Sucksdorff, Arne Sucksdorff, Gunnar Sjöberg
Votes: 338
9. The Last Bridge (1954)
102 min | Drama, War
A German nurse gets sent to the front because she gives medical aid to a wounded Serbian partisan during World War II.
Director: Helmut Käutner | Stars: Maria Schell, Bernhard Wicki, Barbara Rütting, Carl Möhner
Votes: 452
10. Do Bigha Zamin (1953)
131 min | Drama
In the hope of earning enough money to pay off his debts and save his land, a poor farmer becomes a rickshaw puller in Calcutta and faces many difficulties.
Director: Bimal Roy | Stars: Balraj Sahni, Nirupa Roy, Ratan Kumar, Murad
Votes: 2,247
11. El mártir del Calvario (1952)
113 min | Drama, History
Mexican drama that follows the teachings to disciples and events in the life of Jesus Christ, previous and during his passion, then rising from the dead on the third day.
Director: Miguel Morayta | Stars: Enrique Rambal, Manolo Fábregas, Consuelo Frank, Alicia Palacios
Votes: 148
12. El niño y la niebla (1953)
TV-14 | 111 min | Drama, Mystery
Marta (Dolores del Río) es una mujer que vive obsesionada, ya que su madre y su hermano murieron de esquizofrenia. Temerosa de que la enfermedad sea congénita, sobreprotege hasta el extremo... See full summary »
Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: Dolores Del Río, Pedro López Lagar, Eduardo Noriega, Alejandro Ciangherotti
Votes: 114
13. The Monster (1954)
115 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Abdel Sabour [Mahmoud El-Meliguy] was a thief and a smuggler known as The Beast to the people in one of the villages of upper Egypt; everyone was afraid of him, including the police. He ... See full summary »
Director: Salah Abouseif | Stars: Anwar Wagdi, Mahmoud Al Meleji, Samia Gamal, Abbas Fares
Votes: 112
14. Naked Amazon (1954)
69 min | Adventure
Exploitation documentary: A white girl is part of an expedition into the dark Amazon jungle. In addition to native nudity (sex) there are animal killings (violence).
Director: Zygmunt Sulistrowski | Stars: Kazuo Aoki, Andrea Bayard, Ary Blaustein, Bapista de Lima
Votes: 57
15. From Here to Eternity (1953)
Passed | 118 min | Drama, Romance, War
At a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his commanding officer's wife and top aide begin a tentative affair.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed
Votes: 50,838 | Gross: $30.50M
16. Gate of Hell (1953)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, History
A samurai pursues a married lady-in-waiting.
Director: Teinosuke Kinugasa | Stars: Machiko Kyô, Kazuo Hasegawa, Isao Yamagata, Yatarô Kurokawa
Votes: 4,280
17. Kärlekens bröd (1953)
90 min | Drama, War
Four Swedish soldiers are trapped in Russia. In front of them lies the front with enemy outposts and patrols, behind them the enemy minefields.
Director: Arne Mattsson | Stars: Folke Sundquist, Georg Rydeberg, Nils Hallberg, Lennart Lindberg
Votes: 23
18. Kiskrajcár (1953)
107 min | Comedy
A young woman goes to work on the construction site for the future Stalin City.
Director: Márton Keleti | Stars: Ági Mészáros, Ádám Szirtes, Erzsi Pápai, Imre Soós
Votes: 21
19. Knave of Hearts (1954)
Approved | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A philanderer fakes suicide with unexpected consequences.
Director: René Clément | Stars: Gérard Philipe, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood, Margaret Johnston
Votes: 509
20. Knights of the Round Table (1953)
Approved | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
King Arthur's rule is threatened by the adulterous love between Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere, a relationship the king's enemies hope to exploit.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer, Anne Crawford
Votes: 4,074
21. Love Letter (1953)
98 min | Drama, Romance
Explores the wounds of war, the limits of love and the need to forgive. A sad and troubled man, Reikichi Mayumi finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.
Director: Kinuyo Tanaka | Stars: Masayuki Mori, Yoshiko Kuga, Jûkichi Uno, Jûzô Dôsan
Votes: 518
22. Komedianti (1954)
95 min | Drama
Literary adaptation: The life of a family of wandering comedians.
Director: Vladimír Vlcek | Stars: Jaroslav Vojta, Ladislav Pesek, Jaroslav Mares, Alena Martinovská
23. Windfall in Athens (1954)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
On a lazy Athenian Sunday, a young and fresh saleswoman loses her soon-to-be winning lottery ticket, only to meet its handsome new owner. Of course, she wants it back; however, what if fortune and ardent Cupid are already on her doorstep?
Director: Michael Cacoyannis | Stars: Ellie Lambeti, Giorgos Pappas, Dimitris Horn, Tasso Kavadia
Votes: 662
24. Flesh and the Woman (1954)
100 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Bankrupt and disbarred, Parisian lawyer Pierre Martel heads for Algiers where he's supposed to rejoin his high-maintenance Italian girlfriend Sylvia but when she fails to show-up a heart-broken Pierre joins the French Foreign Legion.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Jean-Claude Pascal, Raymond Pellegrin, Peter van Eyck
Votes: 155
25. Little Boy Lost (1953)
Approved | 95 min | Drama
A war correspondent who was stationed in Paris during World War II married a French girl who was murdered by the Germans. After the war he returns to to try to find his son, whom he lost ... See full summary »
Director: George Seaton | Stars: Bing Crosby, Claude Dauphin, Christian Fourcade, Gabrielle Dorziat
Votes: 313
26. Maddalena (1954)
90 min | Drama
During the annual Good Friday pageant in a tiny Italian village, local priest Don Vincenzo faces a crisis when the girl selected to play the Virgin Mary shows up pregnant.
Director: Augusto Genina | Stars: Märta Torén, Gino Cervi, Charles Vanel, Jacques Sernas
Votes: 55
27. Man of Africa (1953)
73 min | Drama
Dramatisation of the Bakiga people's attempt to cultivate the Kigezi district of Uganda, region inhabited by Pygmies. Jonathan, educated clerk, son of the village's chief, goes along with ... See full summary »
Director: Cyril Frankel | Stars: Asaza, Erisa Bashungula, Frederick Bijuerenda, Mattayo Bukwirwa
Votes: 19
28. Stars of the Russian Ballet (1954)
80 min | Documentary, Music
Scenes from three ballets, staged on the works of Russian classics, immerse the viewer in a fabulous atmosphere. You can watch the story of the noble prince and beauty Odette. The magic ... See full summary »
Director: Gerbert Rappaport | Stars: Galina Ulanova, Konstantin Sergeyev, Natalya Dudinskaya, V. Bakanov
Votes: 36
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