THEME EXPLORATION

Spanish occupation

33 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Closely Watched Trains
Closely Watched Trains
1966 · Jiří Menzel
Pyramid of the Sun God
Pyramid of the Sun God
1965 · Robert Siodmak
The Shop on Main Street
The Shop on Main Street
1965 · Ján Kadár
Divine Intervention
Divine Intervention
2002 · Elia Suleiman
The Handmaiden
The Handmaiden
2016 · Park Chan-wook
The Goat Horn
The Goat Horn
1972 · Metodi Andonov
Rome Open City
Rome Open City
1945 · Roberto Rossellini
La ley de deseo
La ley de deseo
1987 · Pedro Almodóvar
The Devil's Backbone
The Devil's Backbone
2001 · Guillermo del Toro
Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur
1959 · William Wyler
Behold a Pale Horse
Behold a Pale Horse
1964 · Fred Zinnemann
Cuban Fight Against Demons
Cuban Fight Against Demons
1972 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Hearts of the World
Hearts of the World
1918 · D.W. Griffith
Il momento della verità
Il momento della verità
1964 · Francesco Rosi
Land and Freedom
Land and Freedom
1995 · Ken Loach
L’Armée des ombres
L’Armée des ombres
1969 · Jean-Pierre Melville
La vaquilla
La vaquilla
1985 · Luis García Berlanga
Les Routes du Sud
Les Routes du Sud
1978 · Joseph Losey
The People from the Train
The People from the Train
1961 · Kazimierz Kutz
A History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess
A History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess
1970 · Shohei Imamura
Enamorada
Enamorada
1946 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
I Was Nineteen
I Was Nineteen
1968 · Konrad Wolf
The Lost People
The Lost People
1949 · Muriel Box
To Be or Not to Be
To Be or Not to Be
1942 · Ernst Lubitsch
Fist of Fury
Fist of Fury
1972 · Lo Wei
8
8
2025 · Julio Medem
Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen
Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen
2010 · Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Occupied City
Occupied City
2023 · Steve McQueen
Operation Undead
Operation Undead
2024 · Kongkiat Khomsiri
Purple Butterfly
Purple Butterfly
2003 · Lou Ye
The Battleship Island
The Battleship Island
2017 · Ryoo Seung-wan
Timbuktu
Timbuktu
2014 · Abderrahmane Sissako
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Guillermo del Toro Mexico

His films like 'Pan's Labyrinth' directly address Spanish occupation and fascism through magical realism, exploring how power structures shape individual lives.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His film 'Land and Freedom' dramatizes the Spanish Civil War and foreign volunteers' struggle against fascist occupation, centering on class and colonial themes.