THEME EXPLORATION

national resistance

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
1938 · Leni Riefenstahl
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
1975 · Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Dachimawa Lee
Dachimawa Lee
2008 · Ryoo Seung-wan
Passage to Marseille
Passage to Marseille
1944 · Michael Curtiz
De Gaulle: Tilting Iron
De Gaulle: Tilting Iron
2026 · Antonin Baudry
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Alphaville
Alphaville
1965 · Jean-Luc Godard
Germany in Autumn
Germany in Autumn
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Busch singt – Sechs Filme über die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts
Busch singt – Sechs Filme über die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts
1982 · Konrad Wolf
Pyramid of the Sun God
Pyramid of the Sun God
1965 · Robert Siodmak
Closely Watched Trains
Closely Watched Trains
1966 · Jiří Menzel
Ashes and Diamonds
Ashes and Diamonds
1958 · Andrzej Wajda
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

Pioneer of revolutionary cinema whose films like 'Battleship Potemkin' and 'October' celebrate popular uprising and resistance against oppressive regimes.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films consistently explore working-class resistance to systemic oppression, particularly in 'The Wind That Shakes the Barley' about Irish independence.