THEME EXPLORATION

wartime resourcefulness

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
The Notebook
The Notebook
2004 · Nick Cassavetes
Senso
Senso
1954 · Luchino Visconti
Children of Heaven
Children of Heaven
1997 · Majid Majidi
Theeb
Theeb
2014 · Naji Abu Nowar
Dunkirk
Dunkirk
2017 · Christopher Nolan
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
Transit
Transit
2018 · Christian Petzold
Pressure
Pressure
2026 · Anthony Maras
1776, Or the Hessian Renegade
1776, Or the Hessian Renegade
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Across the Pacific
Across the Pacific
1942 · John Huston
Fly By Night
Fly By Night
1942 · Robert Siodmak
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Roberto Rossellini Italy

His neorealist trilogy documents Italian survival and ingenuity during WWII's devastation, particularly in Rome, Open City and Germany Year Zero.

 Kon Ichikawa Japan

Films like The Burmese Harp and Fires on the Plain explore Japanese soldiers' resourcefulness and moral resilience amid wartime hardship and impossible circumstances.

 Billy Wilder Austria-United States

Stalag 17 and A Foreign Affair showcase Allied ingenuity and cunning under wartime constraints, blending dark humor with authentic depictions of resourceful survival.