Thursday, December 19

1952 National Board of Review – Best Foreign Language Films Winner and Nominees

1952 National Board of Review – Best Foreign Language Films Winner

Beauty and the Devil

Beauty and the Devil

The Faust story retold, with an aged alchemist accepting the gift of renewed youth from the devilish Mephistopheles.

Forbidden Games

Forbidden Games

A young French girl orphaned in a Nazi air attack is befriended by the son of a poor farmer, and together they try to come to terms with the realities of death.

Ivory Hunter

Ivory Hunter

A true story about an Englishman working as a game warden in Kenya who is disgusted by the ongoing destruction of African wildlife, and decides to create a national park to protect them. He…

The Man in the White Suit

The Man in the White Suit

An altruistic chemist invents a fabric which resists wear and stain as a boon to humanity, but big business and labor realize it must be suppressed for economic reasons.

The Sound Barrier

The Sound Barrier

Fictionalized story of British aerospace engineers solving the problem of supersonic flight.

The Sound Barrier

The Sound Barrier

Fictionalized story of British aerospace engineers solving the problem of supersonic flight.