THEME EXPLORATION

Spanish conquest

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
El Cid
El Cid
1961 · Anthony Mann
A Trip to the Moon
A Trip to the Moon
1902 · Georges Méliès
Aguirre the Wrath of God
Aguirre the Wrath of God
1972 · Werner Herzog
Henry V
Henry V
1989 · —
La ley de deseo
La ley de deseo
1987 · Pedro Almodóvar
The Devil's Backbone
The Devil's Backbone
2001 · Guillermo del Toro
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires
2026 · Juan Jose Meza-Leon
Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice
Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice
1976 · Jean Rouch
Behold a Pale Horse
Behold a Pale Horse
1964 · Fred Zinnemann
Fort Apache
Fort Apache
1948 · John Ford
Cuban Fight Against Demons
Cuban Fight Against Demons
1972 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Il momento della verità
Il momento della verità
1964 · Francesco Rosi
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

His unfinished film *Que Viva México!* (1930s) directly explored the legacy of Spanish conquest and indigenous Mexican history through revolutionary cinema aesthetics.

 Werner Herzog Germany

*Aguirre, the Wrath of God* (1972) and *Fitzcarraldo* (1982) obsessively examine the madness and folly of Spanish conquistadors in the Amazon through visionary, hallucinatory filmmaking.