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THEME EXPLORATION

class disguise

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Her First Mate
Her First Mate
1933 · William Wyler
Viktor und Viktoria
Viktor und Viktoria
1933 · Reinhold Schünzel
Lady of the Pavements
Lady of the Pavements
1929 · D.W. Griffith
Plácido
Plácido
1961 · Luis García Berlanga
Mannequin
Mannequin
1938 · Frank Borzage
Let’s Make Love
Let’s Make Love
1960 · George Cukor
Sullivan’s Travels
Sullivan’s Travels
1941 · Preston Sturges
Up in the Clouds
Up in the Clouds
1965 · Mrinal Sen
China Is Near
China Is Near
1967 · Marco Bellocchio
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai
1954 · Akira Kurosawa
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Luis Buñuel → Spain

His surrealist films systematically deconstruct class hierarchies and expose the absurdity of social pretense through dark comedy and visual metaphor.

Rainer Werner Fassbinder → Germany

He relentlessly explored how individuals perform class identity and the psychological violence of social climbing and disguise in capitalist societies.

Denis Villeneuve → France

Her films investigate power dynamics, colonial legacies, and the performative nature of class and race, particularly how bodies betray or conceal social position.

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