Roman Kroitor Movies

  • 1977
    Bekevar Jubilee

    Bekevar Jubilee

    Bekevar Jubilee

    01977HD

    A warm and lively film, Bekevar Jubilee dips into history to look at a time when the first Hungarian peasants came to settle the plains of...

    Bekevar Jubilee
  • 1959
    The End of the Line

    The End of the Line

    The End of the Line

    01959HD

    This documentary short offers a nostalgic look at the steam locomotive as it passes from reality to history. In its heyday, the big smoke-belching...

    The End of the Line
  • 1977
    Flora: Scenes from a Leadership Convention

    Flora: Scenes from a Leadership Convention

    Flora: Scenes from a Leadership Convention

    01977HD

    This feature documentary offers an incisive look at Canadian politics at the 1976 Progressive Conservative Party leadership convention. Cape Bretoner...

    Flora: Scenes from a Leadership Convention
  • 1961
    Festival in Puerto Rico

    Festival in Puerto Rico

    Festival in Puerto Rico

    01961HD

    This short documentary features Canadian contralto Maureen Forrester as she sings at the Festival Casals, a musical event founded by the great...

    Festival in Puerto Rico
  • 1974
    Circus World

    Circus World

    Circus World

    01974HD

    A vivid, behind-the-scenes look at the Big Top, the Greatest Show on Earth as presented by Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey. Seen from the...

    Circus World
  • 1970
    Why Men Rape

    Why Men Rape

    Why Men Rape

    01970HD

    An unusual documentary investigating rape from the assailant's point of view. Ten men convicted of rape tell their stories, describing their...

    Why Men Rape
  • 1960
    I Was a Ninety-pound Weakling

    I Was a Ninety-pound Weakling

    I Was a Ninety-pound Weakling

    01960HD

    A short 1960 documentary about physical fitness trends in the big city. Here you see modern man brought to bay by his own poundage, resolved to erase...

    I Was a Ninety-pound Weakling
  • 1952
    Age of the Beaver

    Age of the Beaver

    Age of the Beaver

    01952HD

    This film provides a brief history of the fur trade in Canada, showing its effects on exploration and settlement. Engravings and paintings from the...

    Age of the Beaver
  • 2006
    Live Before the Letter

    Live Before the Letter

    Live Before the Letter

    02006HD

    Thanks to the development of techniques and the adventurous spirit of pioneering filmmakers, among whom Michel Brault occupies a central place, a new...

    Live Before the Letter
  • 1966
    The Baymen

    The Baymen

    The Baymen

    01966HD

    Baymen, no matter where they go, remain above all else Newfoundlanders. They were born to the sea, to a place in the life of their cliffside village,...

    The Baymen
  • 1977
    Strangers at the Door

    Strangers at the Door

    Strangers at the Door

    01977HD

    This drama tells the harrowing story of an immigrant family in the New World. On arrival in Canada, their hopes for a better life were dashed when...

    Strangers at the Door
  • 1970
    Starbreaker

    Starbreaker

    Starbreaker

    01970HD

    Unique sound-generated visual effects and special effects using a blue screen, a rotoscope, pyrotechnics, computer graphics, and matte photography...

    Starbreaker
  • 1959
    Emergency Ward

    Emergency Ward

    Emergency Ward

    01959HD

    This 1959 documentary short is a frank portrait of the daily operations inside the Montreal General Hospital’s emergency ward.

    Emergency Ward
  • 1985
    We Are Born of Stars

    We Are Born of Stars

    We Are Born of Stars

    01985HD

    WE ARE BORN OF STARS is the first Anaglyph single projector 3D film created for IMAX/IMAX Dome projection. Using computer graphics, the film traces...

    We Are Born of Stars
  • 1962
    The Living Machine

    The Living Machine

    The Living Machine

    01962HD

    In two half-hour parts, The Living Machine explores the progress made in electronics technology and looks forward to an exciting world-to-be....

    The Living Machine
  • 1958
    A Foreign Language

    A Foreign Language

    A Foreign Language

    01958HD

    This film observes, in a Montréal public school, the teaching of English to immigrant children. To thousands of children arriving in Canada...

    A Foreign Language
  • 1957
    It's a Crime

    It's a Crime

    It's a Crime

    01957HD

    A suave safecracker offers his reflections on wintertime unemployment in Canada.

    It's a Crime
  • 1953
    Rescue Party

    Rescue Party

    Rescue Party

    01953HD

    Designed for civil defense rescue, this film demonstrates five stages of rescue in removing trapped or injured persons from a building damaged by...

    Rescue Party
  • 1958
    The Days Before Christmas

    The Days Before Christmas

    The Days Before Christmas

    01958HD

    This short documentary depicts Christmastime in Montreal. The milling crowds, department store Santas, Brink's messengers, kindergarten angels and...

    The Days Before Christmas