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The History of Cinema: 1958

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Albania - Ireland

   
 

Cairo Station (Egypt, 1958)

   
   
   

 

Armenia

 

 

17/4 -

Erazm Karamyan and Stepan Kevorkov’s Andzamb tchanachum em (Personally Known), the first film of the trilogy about the Armenian Bolshevik revolutionary Simon Ter-Petrosyan (AKA Kamo) is released. [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   

 

Austria

 

 

 

– Austria boasts a total of 1,244 cinemas – one cinema for every 5,600 inhabitants.   Cinema admissions are around 122 million – approximately 17 visits per person per year. [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   

 

Azerbaijan

 

 

 

– The Filmmakers’ Union of Azerbaijan is established. [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   

 

Bangladesh

 

 

 

– The Film Development Corporation (F.D.C.) is established by the legislation of East Bengal Provincial Assembly. [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   

 

Belgium

   
  Battleship Potemkin (1925)

 

 

12/10 -

At the Brussels World's Fair, the Belgian Cinémathèque organises a poll of the best films of all time:   The top 12 pictures are:

      1.      Bronenosets Potyomkin (The Battleship Potemkin) (100 votes)

2.      The Gold Rush (85)

3.      Ladri di biciclette (The Bicycle Thief) (85)

4.      La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (The Passion of Joan of Arc) (78)

5.      La Grand illusion (72)

6.      Greed (61)

7.      Intolerance (61)

8.      Mat (Mother) (54)

9.      Citizen Kane (50)

10.  Zemlya (Earth) (47)

11.  Der Letzte Mann (The Last Laugh) (45)

12.  Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) (43)

 The selection is made by 117 film historians from 26 countries, including John Grierson, Iris Barry, André Bazin and Henri Langlois. [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   

 

Czechoslovakia

 

 

 

Alfred Radok’s Lanterna Magika concept, a combination of film, ballet, shadow play and pantomime, has its premiere at the World Expo Exhibition in Brussels. [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   

 

Denmark

 

 

10/10 -

Mania is the first Danish film to be broadcast on Danish TV. [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   

 

Egypt

 

 

20/1 -

Youssef Chahine's Bab el Hadid (Cairo Station) is released.   Chahine also plays the lead role of a simpleton who turns to crime. [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   

 

Holland

 

 

 

– The Nederlandse Film Academie (Dutch Film Academy) is founded. [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   

 

India

 

 

 

D. N. Sampath, founder of Kohinoor Talkies, dies. [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   

 

Iraq

 

 

 

– The film industry is nationalised following the military coup. [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   

 

Ireland

 

 

 

– The Ardmore Studios open at Bray, near Dublin. [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
   
 

Other Key Films of 1958

 

Albania

   
  Tana (1958)
 

 

 

Tana (Kristaq Dhamo) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Algeria

 

 

 

Sakiet (Sidi Youssef) (Pierre Clement) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Argentina

 

 

 

El Jefe (The Boss) (Fernando Ayala) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Armenia

   
  Arajin siro yerge (1958)
 

 

 

Arajin siro yerge (Song of the First Love) (Laert Vagharshyan, Yuri Yerzinkyan) [ADD]

 

 

 

Mor sirte (Mother’s Heart) (Grigori Melik-Avakyan) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Bulgaria

 

 

 

Na malkija ostrov (On the Small Island) (Rangel Vulchanov) [ADD]

   
   
   
 

Croatia

   
  Cesta Duga Godinu Dana (1958)
 

 

 

Cesta duga godinu dana (A Road One Year Long) (Giuseppe De Santis) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Cyprus

 

 

 

Roots [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Egypt

 

 

 

Djamilah (Jamila, The Algerian) (Youssef Chahine) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Estonia

   
  Peetrikese unenägu (1958)
 

 

 

Peetrikese unenägu (Little Peter's Dream) (Elbert Tuganov) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Georgia

 

 

 

Withered Beech (Merab Kokochashvili) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Greece

 

 

 

The Final Lie (Michael Cacoyannis) [ADD]

 

 

 

The Lake of Desire (Giorgos Zervos) [ADD]

 

 

 

The Outlaws (Nikos Koundouros) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Holland

 

 

 

Glass (Bert Haanstra) [ADD]

   
   
   
 

The History of Cinema: 1958

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