Wolf Koenig Movies

  • 1961
    Festival in Puerto Rico

    Festival in Puerto Rico

    Festival in Puerto Rico

    101961HD

    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
  • 1985
    Discussions in Bioethics: The Courage of One's Convictions

    Discussions in Bioethics: The Courage of One's Convictions

    Discussions in Bioethics: The Courage of One's Convictions

    101985HD

    A 17-year-old girl refuses medical treatment that will prolong her life due to religious convictions.

    Discussions in Bioethics: The Courage of One's Convictions
  • 1959
    The Back-breaking Leaf

    The Back-breaking Leaf

    The Back-breaking Leaf

    9.51959HD

    Here is a graphic picture of the tobacco harvest in southwestern Ontario. At the end of July, transient field workers move in for a brief bonanza...

    The Back-breaking Leaf
  • 1973
    The Family That Dwelt Apart

    The Family That Dwelt Apart

    The Family That Dwelt Apart

    7.81973HD

    A family of seven lives on a New England island with nobody else. One winter, they got stranded because the bay froze over. This didn't much matter...

    The Family That Dwelt Apart
  • 1974
    Who Are We?

    Who Are We?

    Who Are We?

    101974HD

    Canadians in search of the national identity will not find it fully fleshed in this film. An animated cartoon, it sees Canadians as pragmatists,...

    Who Are We?
  • 1980
    Nose and Tina

    Nose and Tina

    Nose and Tina

    91980HD

    Nose and Tina are a couple in love. The film captures the domestic details of their life together and documents their hassles with work, money and...

    Nose and Tina
  • 1959
    Glenn Gould: On the Record

    Glenn Gould: On the Record

    Glenn Gould: On the Record

    8.51959HD

    This short documentary (the second of two parts) follows Glenn Gould to New York City. There, we see the renowned Canadian concert pianist kidding...

    Glenn Gould: On the Record
  • 1966
    The Drag

    The Drag

    The Drag

    6.81966HD

    The film offers a comical look at dangers of addiction and the difficulties of quitting through the story of a chain smoker.

    The Drag
  • 1960
    I Was a Ninety-pound Weakling

    I Was a Ninety-pound Weakling

    I Was a Ninety-pound Weakling

    71960HD

    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
  • 1986
    Connection

    Connection

    Connection

    71986HD

    A half-hour drama based on a short story by Alice Munro in which a young woman has to deal with her snobbish husband when her aunt comes to dinner....

    Connection
  • 2006
    Rebels with a Camera

    Rebels with a Camera

    Rebels with a Camera

    02006HD

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

    Rebels with a Camera
  • 1978
    Canada Vignettes: Trading Post

    Canada Vignettes: Trading Post

    Canada Vignettes: Trading Post

    5.71978HD

    An animated film about the Hudson's Bay trading post, and the relationship between fur traders and Indians.

    Canada Vignettes: Trading Post
  • 1973
    Man: The Polluter

    Man: The Polluter

    Man: The Polluter

    71973HD

    A richly illustrated cartoon film that enlarges on man's capacity to foul his own nest, and to ignore it. Made by a joint team of Canadian and...

    Man: The Polluter
  • 1958
    The Days Before Christmas

    The Days Before Christmas

    The Days Before Christmas

    6.51958HD

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

    The Days Before Christmas
  • 1977
    Poets on Film No. 1

    Poets on Film No. 1

    Poets on Film No. 1

    81977HD

    This short film brings together animated interpretations of four poems by great Canadian wordsmiths: "Riverdale Lion" by John Robert Colombo, "A Kite...

    Poets on Film No. 1
  • 1977
    The Street

    The Street

    The Street

    5.81977HD

    This film deals with a Jewish family in Montreal, Canada as they care for a dying grandmother and the young boy who is impatient to get the room he...

    The Street
  • 1985
    Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem

    Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem

    Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem

    91985HD

    One of a series of short, open-ended dramas designed to stimulate discussion of values and ethics in relation to modern medical technology. This film...

    Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem
  • 1967
    What on Earth!

    What on Earth!

    What on Earth!

    6.51967HD

    In this Academy Award–nominated animated satire, Martian observers analyze life on Earth and reach a startling conclusion: automobiles appear...

    What on Earth!
  • 1977
    Canada Vignettes: Fashion Designer

    Canada Vignettes: Fashion Designer

    Canada Vignettes: Fashion Designer

    7.51977HD

    A young designer, Selma Bryant-Fournier, starts her career in a large clothing manufacturing firm in Montreal. She hopes to design clothes for mass...

    Canada Vignettes: Fashion Designer
  • 1973
    Ten: The Magic Number

    Ten: The Magic Number

    Ten: The Magic Number

    91973HD

    An amusing introduction to the metric system, presented through the person of George, a tropical fish fancier who is stymied in estimating the weight...

    Ten: The Magic Number