THEME EXPLORATION

gold mining

12 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Gold Is Where You Find It
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938 · Michael Curtiz
Aguirre the Wrath of God
Aguirre the Wrath of God
1972 · Werner Herzog
Airmail
Airmail
1932 · John Ford
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
El mégano
El mégano
1955 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
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
Trunk Conveyor
Trunk Conveyor
1954 · Lindsay Anderson
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog Germany

His documentaries like 'Greed of the Gold Rush' and 'Aguirre, the Wrath of God' obsessively explore human obsession with gold and its destructive power in remote landscapes.

 Charlie Chaplin United Kingdom

His film 'The Gold Rush' (1925) is a masterpiece of silent cinema that examines the human desperation and dreams underlying gold mining fever.