32nd Academy Awards 32nd Academy Awards The 32nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, was held on April 4, 1960 and took place at the RKO Pantages Theatre to honor the best films of 1959. The epic drama "Ben-Hur" won 11 Oscars, breaking the record of nine set the year before by "Gigi". "Ben-Hur" remained the most honored motion picture in Academy Award history until "Titanic" equaled the feat in 1997, followed by "" in 2003. "Ben-Hur" was the third film to win both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, a feat not repeated until "Mystic River"
The Eagle (1959 film) submarine, under pressure from Germany and the Soviet Union, but it escaped. The Eagle (1959 film) The Eagle () is a 1959 Polish war film directed by Leonard Buczkowski. It is based on the true story of the Polish World War II submarine . Since the real "Orzeł" was sunk in the war, to assure authenticity her role was played by her sister ship, the . The film was entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival. The story is inspired by the Orzeł incident, when "Orzel", entered, in September 1939, the harbour of neutral Estonia and left its commanding