Cannes 1958
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1. The Thistles of the Baragan (1957)
116 min | Drama
Set on the eve of the 1907 peasants' revolt and told from the eyes of an orphaned boy, it is the story of the poverty, hardships, oppression and abuses that ordinary Romanian peasants were subjected to during that period.
Director: Louis Daquin | Stars: Nuta Chirlea, Ana Vladescu, Ruxandra Ionescu, Florin Piersic
Votes: 135
In Competition
2. The Haunted Castle (1960)
97 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
The ghosts of thieves help a beautiful young countess save her inherited castle from modern developers in this comic horror/musical.
Director: Kurt Hoffmann | Stars: Liselotte Pulver, Heinz Baumann, Hanne Wieder, Elsa Wagner
Votes: 578
In Competition
3. Desire Under the Elms (1958)
Approved | 111 min | Drama, Romance
Desperation and secret passions on a family farm lead to tragedy.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Burl Ives, Frank Overton
Votes: 1,448
In Competition
4. The Flute and the Arrow (1957)
75 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama
A documentary about the muria people of the Bastar jungle in central India.
Director: Arne Sucksdorff | Stars: Chendru, Ginjo, Martin Held, Riga
Votes: 129
In Competition
5. Young Husbands (1958)
98 min | Comedy, Romance
A movie about the mixed feelings of young adulthood. Main characters rather casually enter into marriage, never intending true fidelity to their spouses. When they realize that they're ... See full summary »
Director: Mauro Bolognini | Stars: Isabelle Corey, Antonio Cifariello, Franco Interlenghi, Raf Mattioli
Votes: 176
In Competition
6. Goha (1958)
83 min | Drama
In Egypt, an old man decides to marry a beautiful young woman, who happens to be in love with another poor young man.
Director: Jacques Baratier | Stars: Omar Sharif, Zina Bouzaiade, Lauro Gazzolo, Gabriel Jabbour
Votes: 115
In Competition
7. L'eau vive (1958)
96 min | Drama
Old Félix, a prosperous land owner in Haute Provence, will be expropriated because a dam is being built on the River Durance and his estate is to be flooded. He receives thirty million ... See full summary »
Director: François Villiers | Stars: Pascale Audret, Charles Blavette, Henri Arius, Odette Barencey
Votes: 74
In Competition
8. Man of Straw (1958)
108 min | Drama, Romance
Andrea Zaccardi has returned home from hunting. He and his wife Luisa are very close. Their young son Giulio develops a cough. The doctor recommends the seaside. Luisa leaves with Giulio ... See full summary »
Director: Pietro Germi | Stars: Pietro Germi, Luisa Della Noce, Franca Bettoia, Saro Urzì
Votes: 335
In Competition
9. La caleta olvidada (1958)
158 min
Realistic portrait of a small fishing town, which a businessman hopes to convert into a center of tourism.
Director: Bruno Gebel | Stars: Armando Fenoglio, Fernando Davanzo, Claudio Di Girolamo, Sara Astica
In Competition
10. Vengeance (1958)
122 min | Drama
In rural Spain, sister of an ex con convinces him to take revenge against the local who tipped off the authorities about the man's whereabouts, which led to his subsequent arrest. Unfortunately, she soon falls in love with the snitch.
Director: Juan Antonio Bardem | Stars: Carmen Sevilla, Raf Vallone, Jorge Mistral, José Prada
Votes: 369
In Competition
11. The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Romance, War
Veronica plans a rendezvous with her lover, Boris, at the bank of river, only for him to be drafted into World War II shortly thereafter.
Director: Mikhail Kalatozov | Stars: Tatyana Samoylova, Aleksey Batalov, Vasiliy Merkurev, Aleksandr Shvorin
Votes: 19,784 | Gross: $0.02M
In Competition
12. My Uncle (1958)
Not Rated | 116 min | Comedy
Monsieur Hulot visits the technology-driven world of his sister, brother-in-law, and nephew, but he can't quite fit into the surroundings.
Director: Jacques Tati | Stars: Jacques Tati, Jean-Pierre Zola, Adrienne Servantie, Lucien Frégis
Votes: 24,262
In Competition
13. Brink of Life (1958)
Not Rated | 84 min | Drama
Three women in a maternity ward reveal their lives and intimate thoughts to each other, where they face the choice of keeping their babies or offering them for adoption.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Eva Dahlbeck, Ingrid Thulin, Bibi Andersson, Barbro Hiort af Ornäs
Votes: 3,361
In Competition
14. Nine Lives (1957)
96 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
During World War II, nine members of the Norwegian Resistance are trapped by the Germans in a deadly ambush. Only one escapes, and a fierce hunt through the ice desert has begun.
Director: Arne Skouen | Stars: Jack Fjeldstad, Henny Moan, Alf Malland, Joachim Holst-Jensen
Votes: 1,894
In Competition
15. Orders to Kill (1958)
93 min | Drama, Thriller, War
American agent faces an engrossing moral dilemma when he is parachuted into France to eliminate a suspected traitor in the French Resistance.
Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Eddie Albert, Paul Massie, Lillian Gish, James Robertson Justice
Votes: 737
In Competition
16. The Philosopher's Stone (1958)
111 min | Comedy, Fantasy
An underpaid middle-aged clerk finds a 'parash pathar', a stone that changes iron to gold on touch.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Tulsi Chakraborty, Kali Bannerjee, Rani Bala, Gangapada Basu
Votes: 1,317
In Competition
17. Pardesi (1957)
Not Rated | 152 min | Adventure, Biography, History
The film is based on travelogues of XV century Russian traveler Afanasy Nikitin called "A journey beyond the three seas"
Directors: Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Vasili Pronin | Stars: Prithviraj Kapoor, Balraj Sahni, Nargis, Padmini
Votes: 130
In Competition
18. Rosaura a las 10 (1958)
100 min | Drama, Mystery
Out of the blue, a meek, old painter begins receiving love letters from Rosaura. This intrigues his fellow boarding house tenants, so they involve themselves into his relationship until one day the mysterious Rosaura appears.
Director: Mario Soffici | Stars: Juan Verdaguer, Susana Campos, María Luisa Robledo, Alberto Dalbés
Votes: 529
In Competition
19. Sissi - Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin (1957)
109 min | Drama, History, Romance
The final film in a highly romanticized trilogy about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria finds the young empress traveling throughout Europe.
Director: Ernst Marischka | Stars: Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Gustav Knuth
Votes: 5,996
In Competition
20. The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
Approved | 145 min | Drama, Romance
Drama based on Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky's homonymous novel about the proud Karamazov family in 1870s Russia.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Yul Brynner, Maria Schell, Claire Bloom, Lee J. Cobb
Votes: 3,056
In Competition
21. The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama
Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.
Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Orson Welles
Votes: 12,416
In Competition
22. A Matter of Dignity (1958)
112 min | Drama
A daughter discovers her wealthy family is actually on the verge of bankruptcy and decides to charm a millionaire for his money in marriage. Soon she is torn between living a lie and keeping up appearances.
Director: Michael Cacoyannis | Stars: Ellie Lambeti, Athena Michaelidou, Eleni Zafeiriou, Giorgos Pappas
Votes: 689
In Competition
23. Vasvirág (1958)
101 min | Drama, Romance
A shop girl falls in love with a well-meaning but homeless man, but eventually her boss blackmails her into a relationship.
Director: János Herskó | Stars: Mari Törőcsik, István Avar, Zoltán Várkonyi, Margit Dajka
Votes: 76
In Competition
24. Visages de bronze (1958)
Documentary
A young Frenchman travels through mountainous Bolivia and Ecuador.
Director: Bernard Taisant
In Competition
25. Snow Country (1957)
133 min | Drama, Romance
It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with Komako, a geisha he met on a previous trip, and it seems like love. She's the ... See full summary »
Director: Shirô Toyoda | Stars: Ryô Ikebe, Keiko Kishi, Kaoru Yachigusa, Akira Kubo
Votes: 177
In Competition
26. Zizkovská romance (1958)
100 min | Drama, Romance
Plasterer Mirek Helebrandt and the post-office car driver Helena Dobiásová meet over a minor car crash, spawning a game of cat and mouse, and eventually leading to a more complex relationship.
Director: Zbynek Brynych | Stars: Renata Olarova, Jirí Vala, Frantisek Kreuzmann, Milada Smolíková
Votes: 33
In Competition
27. Gigi (1958)
G | 115 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Weary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic friendship which may not stay platonic for long.
Directors: Vincente Minnelli, Charles Walters | Stars: Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan, Hermione Gingold
Votes: 24,509
Out of Competition
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