Fantasy films 1950s

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 List

Years
TitleDirectorCastCountryNotes
1950
Beauty and the DevilRené ClairMichel Simon, Gérard Philipe, Nicole BesnardFrance
CinderellaClyde Geronimi Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske for Walt DisneyUnited StatesAnimated film
OrphéeJean CocteauJean Marais, Marie Déa, François PérierFrance
The Magic Sword (1950 film)Vojislav NanovićRade Marković, Vera Ilić-Đukić, Milivoje Živanović, Marko Marinković, Bata Paskaljević, Milan Ajvaz, Ljubiša JokanovićYugoslavia
1951
Alice in WonderlandClyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske for Walt DisneyVoices of: Katherine Beaumont, J. Pat O'Malley, Sterling Holloway, Ed Wynn, Jerry Colonna, Verna FeltonUnited StatesAnimated film
A Christmas CarolBrian Desmond HurstAlastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn JohnsUnited Kingdom
The Night Before ChristmasValentina Brumberg, Zinaida BrumbergMikhail Yanshin, Vera Maretskaya, Nikolai GritsenkoSoviet UnionAnimated film
The Tales of HoffmannMichael Powell, Emeric PressburgerMoira Shearer, Robert Rounseville, Pamela BrownUnited Kingdom
United States
1952
Jack and the BeanstalkJean YarbroughBud Abbott, Lou Costello, Buddy BaerUnited States
The Scarlet FlowerLev AtamanovNikolay Bogolyubov, Maria BabanovaSoviet UnionAnimated
The Snow MaidenIvan Ivanov-VanoSoviet UnionAnimated
1953
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.Roy RowlandPeter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy, Hans ConriedUnited States
Peter PanClyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton LuskeUnited StatesAnimated film
SadkoAlexander PtushkoSergei Stolyarov, Alla Larionova, Mikhail TroyanovskySoviet Union
UgetsuKenji MizoguchiMachiko Kyō, Masayuki Mori, Kinuyo Tanaka, Sakae OzawaJapan
1954
UlyssesMario CameriniKirk Douglas, Silvana Mangano, Anthony QuinnItaly
1955
A Kid for Two FarthingsCarol ReedCelia Johnson, Diana Dors, David KossoffUnited Kingdom
United States
The Enchanted BoyAleksandra Snezhko-BlotskayaValentina Sperantova, Erast Garin, Georgiy VitsinSoviet Union
KismetVincente MinnelliHoward Keel, Ann Blyth, Dolores GrayUnited States
1956
CarouselHenry KingGordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Cameron Mitchell, Barbara RuickUnited States
Ilya Muromets (US Title: Sword and the Dragon)Alexander PtushkoBoris Andreyev, Andrei Abrikosov, Natalya MedvedevaSoviet Union
Starik Khottabych (US Title: The Flying Carpet)Gennadiy KazanskyNikolai Volkov, Alexey LitvinovSoviet Union
The Seventh SealIngmar BergmanMax von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt EkerotSweden
The Twelve MonthsIvan Ivanov-VanoSoviet UnionAnimated
1957
The Pied Piper of HamelinBretaigne WindustDoodles Weaver, Kay Starr, Claude RainsUnited StatesTelevision film
Sabu and the Magic RingGeorge BlairJohn Doucette, George Khoury, John LommaUnited States
The Snow QueenLev AtamanovMaria Babanova, Sergei MartinsonSoviet UnionAnimated film
The Story of MankindIrwin AllenRonald ColmanUnited States
1958
Bell, Book and CandleRichard QuineJames Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack LemmonUnited States
The Seventh Voyage of SinbadNathan H. JuranKerwin Mathews, Kathryn Grant, Richard EyerUnited States
tom thumbGeorge PalRuss Tamblyn, Alan Young, Terry-ThomasUnited Kingdom
United States
1959
1001 Arabian NightsJack KinneyUnited StatesAnimated film
The Adventures of BuratinoIvan Ivanov-VanoGeorgiy Vitsin, Yevgeniy Vesnik, Aleksandr BaranovSoviet UnionAnimated
Black OrpheusMarcel CamusBreno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Léa GarciaBrazil
France
Italy
The Birth of JapanHiroshi InagakiYoko Tsukasa, Kyōko Kagawa, Kōji TsurutaJapan
Darby O'Gill and the Little PeopleRobert StevensonAlbert Sharpe, Janet Munro, Sean ConneryUnited States
Journey to the Center of the EarthHenry LevinPat Boone, James Mason, Arlene DahlUnited States
The Magic Weaver (Maria the Weaver)Aleksandr RouMikhail Kuznetsov, Georgy Millyar, Anatoly KubatskySoviet Union
Sampo (US Title: Day the Earth Froze)Alexander Ptushko, Gregg Sebelious, Holger HarrivirtaNina Anderson, Ingrid Elhardt, Marvin MillerFinland
Soviet Union
Sleeping BeautyLes Clark, Eric Larson, Clyde 

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