THEME EXPLORATION

WWI era

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Green Book
Green Book
2018 · Peter Farrelly
Insignificance
Insignificance
1985 · Nicolas Roeg
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde
1967 · Arthur Penn
Blue Sky
Blue Sky
1994 · Tony Richardson
Boxcar Bertha
Boxcar Bertha
1972 · Martin Scorsese
Colonel Bogey
Colonel Bogey
1948 · Terence Fisher
“Dante’s Inferno”
“Dante’s Inferno”
1967 · Ken Russell
Hearts Divided
Hearts Divided
1936 · Frank Borzage
Kumoemon Tochuken
Kumoemon Tochuken
1936 · Mikio Naruse
La royale goumbé
La royale goumbé
1958 · Jean Rouch
My Love Has Been Burning
My Love Has Been Burning
1949 · Kenji Mizoguchi
Mesmerized / Shocked (Michael Laughlin, ) story
Mesmerized / Shocked (Michael Laughlin, ) story
1986 · Jerzy Skolimowski
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Stanley Kubrick United States

His masterpiece 'Paths of Glory' (1957) provides a devastating critique of WWI military hierarchy and the senseless brutality of trench warfare.

 Peter Weir Australia

'Gallipoli' (1981) intimately explores the Australian experience in WWI through the perspectives of two young soldiers facing the tragic campaign.

 Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

'October: Ten Days That Shook the World' (1928) uses WWI's backdrop to depict the Russian Revolution and its revolutionary transformation of society.