THEME EXPLORATION

medieval hardship

34 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev
1966 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Umberto D.
Umberto D.
1952 · Vittorio De Sica
The Slump Is Over
The Slump Is Over
1934 · Robert Siodmak
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
1944 · Sergei Eisenstein
To Live
To Live
1994 · Zhang Yimou
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility
1995 · Ang Lee
Utama
Utama
2022 · Alejandro Loayza Grisi
A Children's Story
A Children's Story
2004 · Andrea Frazzi & Antonio Frazzi
Tourettes
Tourettes
1971 · David Cronenberg
Hi, Tereska
Hi, Tereska
2001 · Robert Gliński
Kes
Kes
1970 · Ken Loach
Restoration
Restoration
2011 · Yossi Madmoni
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
1974 · Martin Scorsese
All the Good Eyes
All the Good Eyes
2026 · Zhi Zheng
Gaayapadda Simham
Gaayapadda Simham
2026 · Kasyap Sreenivas
Monkey Business
Monkey Business
2026 · Daniel Guzmán
Young Mothers
Young Mothers
2026 · Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Yellow Letters
Yellow Letters
2026 · İlker Çatak
A Castle Within a Castle
A Castle Within a Castle
1954 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
A Child’s Faith
A Child’s Faith
1910 · D.W. Griffith
A Great American Tragedy
A Great American Tragedy
1972 · J. Lee Thompson
A Woman’s Story
A Woman’s Story
1963 · Mikio Naruse
Beatrice
Beatrice
1987 · Bertrand Tavernier
Cumbite
Cumbite
1964 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Kah-chan
Kah-chan
2001 · Kon Ichikawa
Nacional III
Nacional III
1982 · Luis García Berlanga
Vision
Vision
2009 · Margarethe von Trotta
Babe: Pig In the City
Babe: Pig In the City
1998 · George Miller
At Full Throttle
At Full Throttle
2021 · Miro Remo
Celebration
Celebration
2024 · Bruno Anković
And Quiet Rolls the Dawn
And Quiet Rolls the Dawn
1979 · Mrinal Sen
Barren Lives
Barren Lives
1963 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Dancer in the Dark
Dancer in the Dark
2000 · Lars von Trier
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

His film 'Alexander Nevsky' portrays medieval warfare and the suffering of common people during foreign invasion with revolutionary visual power.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His film 'Andrei Rublev' deeply explores the spiritual and physical hardships of medieval Russian life through the struggles of an iconic iconographer.

 Ingmar Bergman Sweden

His film 'The Seventh Seal' confronts medieval plague, mortality, and existential despair with haunting philosophical depth.