money lending

He repeatedly examined the predatory nature of money lending and economic exploitation as metaphors for power dynamics in films like 'The Merchant of Four Seasons' and 'Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?'

His revolutionary cinema critiques capitalist financial systems and the enslavement of workers through debt, most evident in 'October: Ten Days That Shook the World' and 'The Battleship Potemkin.'