THEME EXPLORATION

medieval literature

12 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev
1966 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
1944 · Sergei Eisenstein
Afire
Afire
2023 · Christian Petzold
Tourettes
Tourettes
1971 · David Cronenberg
A Castle Within a Castle
A Castle Within a Castle
1954 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947 · Kon Ichikawa
A Walk with Love and Death
A Walk with Love and Death
1969 · John Huston
Beatrice
Beatrice
1987 · Bertrand Tavernier
Copie conforme
Copie conforme
2010 · Abbas Kiarostami
Clouds of Glory
Clouds of Glory
1978 · Ken Russell
Francesco, giullare di Dio
Francesco, giullare di Dio
1950 · Roberto Rossellini
I racconti di Canterbury
I racconti di Canterbury
1972 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Paolo Sorrentino Italy

His films like 'The Canterbury Tales' and 'The Decameron' directly adapted medieval literature with unflinching fidelity to the source material's ribald humanism.

 Robert Eggers France

His sparse, spiritual aesthetic in 'Lancelot du Lac' and 'The Trial of Joan of Arc' captures the austere transcendence of medieval consciousness and religious devotion.

 Jean Eustache France

Though working in shorter form, his poetic surrealism in films like 'L'Atalante' channels the dreamlike, allegorical sensibility of medieval storytelling traditions.