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THEME EXPLORATION

religious prophecy

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Il Vangelo secondo Matteo
Il Vangelo secondo Matteo
1964 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
Religulous
Religulous
2008 · Larry Charles
Francis of Assisi
Francis of Assisi
1961 · Michael Curtiz
Dorothea Angermann
Dorothea Angermann
1959 · Robert Siodmak
Giovanna d’Arco
Giovanna d’Arco
1989 · Werner Herzog
Mission
Mission
1987 · Christian Petzold
The Exorcist
The Exorcist
1973 · William Friedkin
Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev
1966 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Breaking the Waves
Breaking the Waves
1996 · Lars von Trier
Fanny och Alexander
Fanny och Alexander
1982 · Ingmar Bergman
En nombre de Dios
En nombre de Dios
1987 · Patricio Guzmán
Ida
Ida
2013 · Paweł Pawlikowski
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Pier Paolo Pasolini → Italy

His films like *The Gospel According to St. Matthew* and *Salò* wrestle with religious mythology, apocalyptic vision, and prophetic critique of society through provocative visual theology.

Carl Theodor Dreyer → Denmark

His masterpiece *Ordet* and *Vampyr* explore faith, miracles, and supernatural prophecy with profound spiritual intensity and metaphysical questioning.

Andrei Tarkovsky → Soviet Union/Russia

Films like *Stalker* and *The Mirror* engage with prophecy, mysticism, and transcendent spiritual revelation through meditative, philosophical cinema.

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