THEME EXPLORATION

classical literature adaptation

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947 · Kon Ichikawa
I racconti di Canterbury
I racconti di Canterbury
1972 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
A TV Dante
A TV Dante
1990 · Peter Greenaway
Heart, Head and Hand
Heart, Head and Hand
1979 · Peter Weir
Have You Got Any Castles ?
Have You Got Any Castles ?
1938 · Frank Tashlin
Mickey's Mellerdrammer
Mickey's Mellerdrammer
1933 · Wilfred Jackson
Nachrichten aus der ideologischen Antike – Marx/Eisenstein/Das Kapital
Nachrichten aus der ideologischen Antike – Marx/Eisenstein/Das Kapital
2008 · Alexander Kluge
A Prophet
A Prophet
2009 · Jacques Audiard
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
2016 · Vincent Kesteloot
The Leopard
The Leopard
1963 · Luchino Visconti
Green Book
Green Book
2018 · Peter Farrelly
Symphonie D'Amour
Symphonie D'Amour
1936 · Robert Siodmak
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Joe Wright United Kingdom

He has directed multiple acclaimed literary adaptations including Pride and Prejudice, Atonement, and Anna Karenina, bringing visual sophistication to classic narratives.

 Yorgos Lanthimos Greece

His film Poor Things adapts an unconventional literary work with imaginative visual style, while his broader filmography shows fascination with adaptation as reimagining rather than mere translation.