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The History of Cinema: 1958

Albania - Ireland

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

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 (Kristaq Dhamo) [ADD]

Algeria

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

Argentina

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

Armenia

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 (A Road One Year Long) (Giuseppe De Santis) [ADD]

Cyprus

Roots [ADD]

Egypt

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

Estonia

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