THEME EXPLORATION

Western Europe 1940

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Shoot First… Ask Questions Later
Shoot First… Ask Questions Later
1975 · Sergio Corbucci
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 · Sergio Leone
Aferim!
Aferim!
2015 · Radu Jude
Jules and Jim
Jules and Jim
1962 · François Truffaut
Visions of Europe
Visions of Europe
2004 · Béla Tarr & Peter Greenaway
3 Bad Men
3 Bad Men
1926 · John Ford
A Flickering Light
A Flickering Light
1916 · Frank Borzage
Crook Buster
Crook Buster
1925 · William Wyler
Forty Guns
Forty Guns
1957 · Samuel Fuller
During the Round-Up
During the Round-Up
1913 · D.W. Griffith
La rabbia
La rabbia
1963 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
L'Abbé Constantin
L'Abbé Constantin
1925 · Julien Duvivier
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Roberto Rossellini Italy

His neorealist masterpiece 'Rome, Open City' directly confronts the Nazi occupation and resistance in 1940s Europe with unflinching authenticity.

 Michael Curtiz Hungary

His iconic film 'Casablanca' epitomizes the intrigue, moral ambiguity, and escape narratives of 1940s occupied territories in North Africa and Vichy France.