THEME EXPLORATION

1917 cinema

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
And the Show Goes On
And the Show Goes On
1996 · Mrinal Sen
Kings of the Road
Kings of the Road
1976 · Wim Wenders
The Salesman
The Salesman
2016 · Asghar Farhadi
Lumière & Company
Lumière & Company
1995 · Bigas Luna & Cédric Klapisch & Lasse Hallström & Michael Haneke & Peter Greenaway & Spike Lee
2017
2017
2017 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Where Are You, Jafar Panahi?
Where Are You, Jafar Panahi?
2026 · Jafar Panahi
Chronicle of a Summer
Chronicle of a Summer
1961 · Jean Rouch
46) Officier de la Legion d’Honneur from Ministry of Culture and Art of France
46) Officier de la Legion d’Honneur from Ministry of Culture and Art of France
1996 · Abbas Kiarostami
Flying Colors (, incomplete
Flying Colors (, incomplete
1917 · Frank Borzage
Le court des grands
Le court des grands
2005 · Terry Gilliam
Marquitta
Marquitta
1927 · Jean Renoir
North of Hudson Bay
North of Hudson Bay
1923 · John Ford
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

His revolutionary montage technique in films like 'Battleship Potemkin' (1925) directly emerged from and celebrated the 1917 Russian Revolution's transformative power.

 Dziga Vertov Soviet Union

He pioneered documentary cinema to document the post-1917 Soviet state and experimented with radical editing styles that embodied revolutionary ideology in 'Man with a Movie Camera' (1929).

 Sam Mendes United Kingdom

His 2019 film '1917' presents the historical year through innovative continuous-shot cinematography that immerses viewers in the brutal reality of World War I's final year.