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His film 'Alexander Nevsky' (1938) dramatizes the 13th century Battle of the Ice with innovative montage techniques that capture medieval warfare and Russian history.
Paolo Sorrentino ItalyHis 'Canterbury Tales' (1972) adapts 14th century Chaucer but his entire body of work engages deeply with medieval European culture, Christianity, and 13th-14th century social structures.