A sequel to the film “Elusive Avengers”, recounting the adventures of the magnificent foursome of brave teenagers assigned by their commanders to get the operational map of an important area’s fortifications. Having learnt that this top-secret map is being kept in the Counterintelligence Chief’s safe, one of “the elusives”, Danka, pretends to be a bootblack and puts up an observation post by the Counterintelligence Headquarters. By staging a distracting operation, the friends steal the map from the safe. The Counterintelligence people go to great lengths in order to recover the operational map. Are they going to succeed?Read More »
1960s
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Edmond Keosayan – Novye priklyucheniya neulovimykh AKA New Adventures of the Elusives (1968)
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Peter Watkins – The War Game (1966)
1961-1970DramaPeter WatkinsUnited KingdomWarQuote:
Peter Watkins’ The War Game, which was filmed in handheld documentary fashion, speculates on the aftereffects of a nuclear war. Some of the images are almost impossible to look at; they truly illustrate the theory that, in the wake of such a holocaust, the living will envy the dead. The most heart-wrenching scene is the simplest. Asked what he wants to be when he grows up, a sullen young boy, physically unhurt but with obviously deep emotional scars, mutters “I don’t want to be nothin’.” Filmed for BBC television, The War Game was rejected by that august concern as being too graphic. The 47-minute film was released to theatres, making it eligible for the Best Documentary Academy Award, which it won in 1966Read More »
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Geoffrey Jones – Rail (1967)
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Geoffrey Jones – Snow (1963)
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Documental account of trains, railway workers, passengers and landscapes in the winter of 1963 in the UK (The Big Freeze).Read More » -
Stanislaw Kokesz – Gubernator (1965)
1961-1970PolandSci-FiStanislaw KokeszTVMad scientist Professor Fogg invites an unsuspecting friend into his futuristic mansion. He begins to tell him about plans to control Earth with the help of invaders from another planet.Read More »
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Bo Widerberg – Elvira Madigan (1967)
1961-1970Bo WiderbergDramaRomanceSwedenA count and a tightrope dancer fall madly in love, so much so that he deserts the army and his family to run away with her. Set to a Mozart concerto, this film was released in 1967 to rapturous critical acclaim and went on to win Best Actress Award at Cannes for its then 17-year old star, Pia Degermark.Read More »
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Mani Kaul – Yatrik AKA Passenger (1966)
1961-1970IndiaMani KaulShort Film
STUDENT DOCUMENTARY – IT CONCERNS TWO YOUNG COUPLES ON A VISIT TO THE AJANTA CAVES. THE FILM OBSERVES THEIR INTERACTION THEREBY WEAVING SUBTLE CHARACTER STUDIES ON A PERSONAL KEY.Read More »
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Ingmar Bergman – Såsom i en Spegel AKA Through a Glass Darkly (1961) (HD)
1961-1970ArthouseDramaIngmar BergmanSwedenSynopsis:
Recently released from a mental hospital; Karin rejoins her emotionally disconnected family and their island home, only to slip from reality as she begins to believe she is being visited by God.Read More »
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Giorgi Shengelaia – Pirosmani (1969)
Drama1961-1970ArthouseGiorgi ShengelaiaUSSRQuote:
his film is about the great Georgian painter – primitivist Niko Pirosmanashvili (1862-1918). An unknown, self-taught painter roams the streets of a city, painting his pictures. The local people only know that his name is Nikola Pirosmani, that he is a kind and honest person, but nobody takes his painting seriously. To make his living and be able to buy paints, Nikola opens up a food shop. But very soon he goes bankrupt, for he is giving away butter and cheese to anyone who got no money. Already gravely ill, he paints his last picture, imbued with light, joy and love for life.Read More »








