THEME EXPLORATION

political overthrow

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
State of Fear
State of Fear
1990 · Janusz Kijowski
LA PALOMA
LA PALOMA
2026 · Lu Yuan-chi
Power
Power
1986 · Sidney Lumet
¡Todos a la cárcel!
¡Todos a la cárcel!
1993 · Luis García Berlanga
Xala
Xala
1975 · Ousmane Sembène
The War Room
The War Room
1993 · Chris Hegedus
Babo 73
Babo 73
1964 · Robert Downey Sr
Nothing in Its Place
Nothing in Its Place
2024 · Burak Çevik
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Blind Chance
Blind Chance
1987 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
Deutschland im Herbst
Deutschland im Herbst
1978 · Alexander Kluge
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
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

His films like *Battleship Potemkin* and *October: Ten Days That Shook the World* are foundational cinematic documents of revolutionary upheaval and the mechanics of political transformation.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious films like *Kes* and *I, Daniel Blake* examine systemic oppression, though his earlier work *Land and Freedom* directly engages with revolutionary conflict during the Spanish Civil War.