THEME EXPLORATION

French military

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Breaker Morant
Breaker Morant
1980 · Bruce Beresford
Chasers
Chasers
1994 · Dennis Hopper
La Bandera
La Bandera
1935 · Julien Duvivier
Operation Petticoat
Operation Petticoat
1959 · Blake Edwards
The Road to Glory
The Road to Glory
1936 · Howard Hawks
The Train
The Train
1965 · John Frankenheimer
Jeanne d’Arc
Jeanne d’Arc
1900 · Georges Méliès
Cop Game
Cop Game
1988 · Frank Miller
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Breathless
Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard
Day of Freedom
Day of Freedom
1935 · Leni Riefenstahl
Flesh and the Woman
Flesh and the Woman
1954 · Robert Siodmak
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Jean-Pierre Melville France

His films explore French resistance, military honor, and wartime morality through stylized narratives like 'Army of Shadows' and 'Le Samouraï'.

 François Truffaut France

He depicted French military experience and the absurdity of war in films like 'Fahrenheit 451' and his semi-autobiographical war-era works.

 Alain Resnais France

His documentaries and narrative films, including 'Hiroshima Mon Amour' and 'Night and Fog', deeply examine military conflict and its psychological aftermath.