Be Ready with Bells and Drums (1961), Elizabeth Kata (book), A Patch of Blue (1965) (film)

A Patch of Blue is a 1965 American drama film directed by Guy Green about the relationship between a black man, Gordon (played by Sidney Poitier), and a blind white female teenager, Selina (Elizabeth Hartman), and the problems that plague their relationship when they fall in love in a racially divided America. Made in 1965 against the backdrop of the growing civil rights movement, the film explores racism from the perspective of "love is blind."

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The Astronauts (1961), Stanislaw Lem (book), First Spaceship on Venus (1960) (film)

First Spaceship on Venus, German: Der schweigende Stern (en: The Silent Star), Polish: Milczaca Gwiazda, is a 1960 East German/Polish science fiction film directed by Kurt Maetzig and based on the novel The Astronauts by Stanislaw Lem. The film is also known as Planet of the Dead, Silent Star, and Spaceship Venus Does Not Reply.

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Aimez-vous Brahms? (1959), Françoise Sagan (book), Goodbye Again (1961) (film)

Goodbye Again, released in Europe as Aimez-vous Brahms?, is a 1961 romantic drama film produced and directed by Anatole Litvak. The screenplay was written by Samuel A. Taylor, based on the novel Aimez-vous Brahms? by Françoise Sagan. The film, released by United Artists, stars Ingrid Bergman, Anthony Perkins, Yves Montand, and Jessie Royce Landis.

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The Agony and the Ecstasy (1961), Irving Stone (book), The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) (film)

The Agony and the Ecstasy is a 1965 American film directed by Carol Reed, starring Charlton Heston as Michelangelo and Rex Harrison as Pope Julius II. The film was partly based on Irving Stone's biographical novel of the same name. This film deals with the conflicts of Michelangelo and Pope Julius II during the painting of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling. It also features a soundtrack co-written by prolific composers Alex North and Jerry Goldsmith.

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491 (1961), Lars Görling (book), 491 (1964) (film)

491 is a 1964 Swedish black-and-white drama film directed by Vilgot Sjöman, based on a novel by Lars Görling. The story is about a group of youth criminals who are chosen to participate in a social experiment, where they are assigned to live together in an apartment while being supervised by two forgiving social workers. The tagline is: It is written that 490 times you can sin and be forgiven. This motion picture is about the 491st.

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