THEME EXPLORATION

theatrical adaptation

26 films · 1 director

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Mickey's Mellerdrammer
Mickey's Mellerdrammer
1933 · Wilfred Jackson
Vanya on 42nd Street
Vanya on 42nd Street
1994 · Louis Malle
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
The Leopard
The Leopard
1963 · Luchino Visconti
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
2016 · Vincent Kesteloot
The Slump Is Over
The Slump Is Over
1934 · Robert Siodmak
Barbe bleue
Barbe bleue
2009 · Catherine Breillat
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
1984 · Jiří Svoboda
Me You Them
Me You Them
2000 · Andrucha Waddington
Gaayapadda Simham
Gaayapadda Simham
2026 · Kasyap Sreenivas
Toy Story 5
Toy Story 5
2026 · Andrew Stanton
Second Life
Second Life
2026 · An Ching-hung
Appunti per un’Orestiade africana
Appunti per un’Orestiade africana
1970 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
2012 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947 · Kon Ichikawa
Glumov's Diary
Glumov's Diary
1923 · Sergei Eisenstein
French Dressing
French Dressing
1963 · Ken Russell
Heart, Head and Hand
Heart, Head and Hand
1979 · Peter Weir
It Droppeth as the Gentle Rain
It Droppeth as the Gentle Rain
1963 · Bruce Beresford
Musik i mörker
Musik i mörker
1948 · Ingmar Bergman
Three's Company
Three's Company
1953 · Terence Fisher
Crossing the Line
Crossing the Line
2008 · Peter Jackson
Loveable
Loveable
2024 · Lilja Ingolfsdottir
Actrius
Actrius
1997 · Ventura Pons
An Unfinished Story
An Unfinished Story
1971 · Mrinal Sen
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Olivier Assayas United Kingdom

Pioneered cinematic Shakespeare adaptations that preserved theatrical grandeur while exploiting film's visual possibilities.