THEME EXPLORATION

gold digging

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Aguirre the Wrath of God
Aguirre the Wrath of God
1972 · Werner Herzog
Escape from East Berlin
Escape from East Berlin
1962 · Robert Siodmak
Ali-Baba et les quarante voleurs
Ali-Baba et les quarante voleurs
1954 · Jacques Becker
A Romance of the Redwoods
A Romance of the Redwoods
1917 · Cecil B. DeMille
Barbary Coast
Barbary Coast
1935 · Howard Hawks & William Wyler
Friends
Friends
1912 · D.W. Griffith
Mackenna's Gold
Mackenna's Gold
1969 · J. Lee Thompson
Makwayela
Makwayela
1977 · Jean Rouch
Princess from the Moon
Princess from the Moon
1987 · Kon Ichikawa
The Flaw
The Flaw
1955 · Terence Fisher
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre *
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre *
1948 · John Huston
Acapulco
Acapulco
1952 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Billy Wilder Austria-USA

His films like 'Sunset Boulevard' and 'The Apartment' explore the moral compromises and transactional relationships inherent in pursuing wealth and status.

 Preston Sturges USA

His screwball comedies, particularly 'Sullivan's Travels' and 'The Lady Eve,' satirize gold-digging schemes and expose the absurdity of fortune-hunting in American society.