THEME EXPLORATION

bumbling soldiers

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Life and Nothing But
Life and Nothing But
1989 · Bertrand Tavernier
Merrill's Marauders
Merrill's Marauders
1962 · Samuel Fuller
The Expendables 2
The Expendables 2
2012 · Simon West
The Fugitive
The Fugitive
1910 · D.W. Griffith
002 agenti segretissimi
002 agenti segretissimi
1964 · Lucio Fulci
A Time for Killing
A Time for Killing
1967 · Phil Karlson & Roger Corman
The Last Hunter
The Last Hunter
1980 · Antonio Margheriti
The Road Back
The Road Back
1937 · James Whale
The Shortest Day
The Shortest Day
1963 · Sergio Corbucci
Beasts of No Nation
Beasts of No Nation
2015 · Cary Joji Fukunaga
Counterattack
Counterattack
2025 · Chava Cartas
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
2007 · Hideaki Anno & Kazuya Tsurumaki
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Jacques Tati France

His film 'Les Vacances de M. Hulot' and comedic style pioneered the portrayal of well-meaning but accident-prone characters navigating absurd situations with physical comedy.

 Billy Wilder Austria-USA

His masterpiece 'Stalag 17' and 'The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes' feature bumbling military characters caught in comedic yet humanizing wartime scenarios.

 Mel Brooks USA

His films 'Blazing Saddles' and 'Life Stinks' directly satirize authority figures and incompetent soldiers through exaggerated physical comedy and absurdist humor.