THEME EXPLORATION

feudal nobility

12 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Marketa Lazarová
Marketa Lazarová
1967 · František Vláčil
Fatti di gente perbene (La Grande Bourgeoise/Drama of the Rich
Fatti di gente perbene (La Grande Bourgeoise/Drama of the Rich
1974 · Mauro Bolognini
Kagemusha
Kagemusha
1980 · Akira Kurosawa
Inn of Evil
Inn of Evil
1971 · Masaki Kobayashi
Le Tournoi
Le Tournoi
1928 · Jean Renoir
Love Among the Roses
Love Among the Roses
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Sansho the Bailiff
Sansho the Bailiff
1954 · Kenji Mizoguchi
Society for Sale
Society for Sale
1918 · Frank Borzage
The Shamrock Handicap
The Shamrock Handicap
1926 · John Ford
The Squaw Man
The Squaw Man
1918 · Cecil B. DeMille
The Wanderers
The Wanderers
1973 · Kon Ichikawa
Beatrice Cenci
Beatrice Cenci
1969 · Lucio Fulci
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Luchino Visconti Italy

Visconti's epics like 'The Leopard' and 'Ludwig' provide lavish, psychologically complex examinations of aristocratic decline and the clash between feudal traditions and modernity.

 Stanley Kubrick United States

Kubrick's 'Barry Lyndon' and 'Eyes Wide Shut' dissect aristocratic power structures, corruption, and decadence with meticulous visual storytelling and moral ambiguity.