1949

Från vinterviste till sommarfjäll 1949

In From winter stay to summer mountains, Wesslén follows the nomadic life of the Jokkmokkaks. The film began in 1942 and took seven years to make. Wesslén wanted to document the Sami migrations as he thought it might soon be too late. He follows them and their reindeer through different seasons in the mountain fields.

Category: Documentary

5.5 IMDB Rating 268 Views
Farlig vår 1949

A young prostitute, Gullan Svan, is murdered one night. The police suspects that the murderer is a student, since she had a lot of students as customers.

Category: Crime, Drama

Stars: Karl-Arne Holmsten, Birger Malmsten, Jan Molander

6.3 IMDB Rating 272 Views
Bara en mor 1949

About serf wife Maria, called Rya-Rya, her life from a young beautiful girl with dreams of love to a worn-out mother, who only lives for her children.

Category: Drama

Stars: Eva Dahlbeck, Ragnar Falck, Ulf Palme

6.8 IMDB Rating 306 Views
White Heat 1949

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist.

Category: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Stars: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien

8.1 IMDB Rating 321 Views
Adam’s Rib 1949

Domestic and professional tensions mount when a husband and wife work as opposing lawyers in a case involving a woman who shot her husband.

Category: Comedy, romance, Romantic

Stars: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday

7.4 IMDB Rating 308 Views
Pluto’s Sweater 1949

Minnie Mouse knits a sweater for Pluto. When she puts it on him, Pluto does whatever he can to try to get it off, eventually shrinking it to the perfect size for Figaro.

Category: Animation, Comedy, Family, Kids, Short

Stars: Ruth Clifford, Pinto Colvig, Leone Le Doux

6.6 IMDB Rating 778 Views
All in a Nutshell 1949

Donald steals Chip and Dale's nuts for his nut-butter shop, which is shaped like a giant walnut, Chip and Dale, roll and "shoot" Donald into a nearby lake.

Category: Animation, Comedy, Family, Kids, Short

Stars: Grace Christianson, Dessie Flynn, Clarence Nash

7.2 IMDB Rating 876 Views
D.O.A. 1949

Frank Bigelow, told he's been poisoned and has only a few days to live, tries to find out who killed him and why.

Category: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler

7.2 IMDB Rating 658 Views
Flickan från tredje raden 1949

Is man's existence really meaningful and hopeful? As a reply to Ingmar Bergman's Prison (1949), this movie claims that it is. A ring passes between a lot of different people, giving the bearer or someone close a new meaning to life. Actors, embezzlers, old ladies, and cheated husbands all seem to gain temporary hope from misery and disillusionment.

Category: Comedy, Drama

Stars: Hilda Borgström, Gunnar Olsson, Sigge Fürst

7.2 IMDB Rating 642 Views
Åsa-Nisse 1949

At a parish meeting Åsa-Nisse suggests that they should hire a common home help, who could give their wives some relief by staying one week at each household. The meeting assents and decides that the order of her rotation should be established by lot.

Category: Comedy

Stars: John Elfström, Artur Rolén, Emy Hagman

4.4 IMDB Rating 985 Views
All the King’s Men 1949

The rise and fall of a corrupt politician, who makes his friends richer and retains power by dint of a populist appeal.

Category: Drama, Film-Noir

Stars: Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Joanne Dru

7.4 IMDB Rating 876 Views
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad 1949

An animated adaptation of "The Wind in the Willows" followed by an adaptation of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow".

Category: Animation, Comedy, Family, Kids

Stars: Bing Crosby, Basil Rathbone, Eric Blore

6.8 IMDB Rating 1,468 Views
Twelve OClock High 1949

In this story of the early days of daylight bombing raids over Nazi Germany, General Frank Savage must take command of a "hard luck" bomber group. Much of the story deals with his struggle to whip his group into a disciplined fighting unit in spite of heavy losses, and withering attacks by German fighters over their targets. Actual combat footage is used in this tense war drama.

Category: Drama, War

3,678 Views
The Third Man 1949

Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.

Category: Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller

Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli

8.1 IMDB Rating 6,352 Views