Gigi (1958 film) most French. The winner is Chevalier, in a performance that makes one feel as if you're gagging on pastry… Perhaps if the sweetness of "Gigi" was contrasted with elements of honest vulgarity, the picture could balance itself out… Ten minutes into the movie, you've resolved the plot and are left to wallow in lovely frou-frou. [The film] makes wonderful use of the usual Parisian landmarks, and benefits from extraordinary period costumes and sets." "Gigi" won a record-breaking nine Academy Awards (at the 1959 Oscars ceremony); however, this record only lasted for one year, as "Ben-Hur" broke this record the following
The Goodies (1959 film) comical mistakes, but eventually the two new couples reunite and all ends well. The West German Catholic Film Service regarded the film as one "with a weak plot line, the same old gags used over and over again." The film critic of the journal "Cinema" wrote that "even in the 1950s, it was not witty." The Goodies (1959 film) Musterknaben ("Role Models"; English-language title: "The Goodies") is an East German romantic comedy film, directed by Johannes Knittel. It was released in 1959. Bassi and Edwin are the two laziest, most irresponsible construction workers in their workers' brigade. When they fall