THEME EXPLORATION

wartime imprisonment

24 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Fly By Night
Fly By Night
1942 · Robert Siodmak
The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption
1994 · Frank Darabont
Senso
Senso
1954 · Luchino Visconti
Oldboy
Oldboy
2003 · Park Chan-wook
The Notebook
The Notebook
2004 · Nick Cassavetes
Theeb
Theeb
2014 · Naji Abu Nowar
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
2018 · Radu Jude
The Castle of Cagliostro
The Castle of Cagliostro
1979 · —
Pressure
Pressure
2026 · Anthony Maras
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2008 · Mark Herman
Besieged
Besieged
1998 · Bernardo Bertolucci
Hanagatami
Hanagatami
2017 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Ivan’s Childhood
Ivan’s Childhood
1962 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Landru
Landru
1963 · Claude Chabrol
Les Amants criminels
Les Amants criminels
1999 · François Ozon
Sons of the Good Earth
Sons of the Good Earth
1965 · King Hu
The Crossing I
The Crossing I
2014 · John Woo
Farewells
Farewells
1958 · Wojciech Has
The People from the Train
The People from the Train
1961 · Kazimierz Kutz
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
1980 · Theodoros Angelopoulos
The Hungarian Dressmaker
The Hungarian Dressmaker
2024 · Iveta Grófová
Catch a Fire
Catch a Fire
2006 · Phillip Noyce
Face to Face with Death
Face to Face with Death
1970 · Yannis Dalianidis
Las Islas Marias
Las Islas Marias
1951 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrzej Wajda Poland

His films like 'A Generation' and 'Kanal' directly depict Polish resistance and imprisonment during Nazi occupation with unflinching emotional depth.

 Alain Resnais France

His landmark documentary 'Night and Fog' and narrative works confront the trauma and memory of wartime imprisonment with innovative cinematic language.