THEME EXPLORATION

gold prospecting

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Two Men of the Desert
Two Men of the Desert
1913 · D.W. Griffith
Aguirre the Wrath of God
Aguirre the Wrath of God
1972 · Werner Herzog
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
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
Dynamite Joe
Dynamite Joe
1968 · Antonio Margheriti
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog Germany

His obsessive documentaries and films examine the desperate human drive for fortune and survival in extreme conditions, particularly in 'Aguirre, the Wrath of God' and 'Fitzcarraldo.'

 Charlie Chaplin United Kingdom

His film 'The Gold Rush' (1925) uses prospecting as both comedy and metaphor for human ambition, struggle, and the search for meaning during economic hardship.