THEME EXPLORATION

resistance to fascism

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Passage to Marseille
Passage to Marseille
1944 · Michael Curtiz
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Alphaville
Alphaville
1965 · Jean-Luc Godard
Amarcord
Amarcord
1973 · Federico Fellini
Closely Watched Trains
Closely Watched Trains
1966 · Jiří Menzel
Pyramid of the Sun God
Pyramid of the Sun God
1965 · Robert Siodmak
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
Ashes and Diamonds
Ashes and Diamonds
1958 · Andrzej Wajda
Avatar: The Way of Water
Avatar: The Way of Water
2022 · James Cameron
Blood of the Condor
Blood of the Condor
1969 · Jorge Sanjinés
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
1975 · Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Divine Intervention
Divine Intervention
2002 · Elia Suleiman
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

His montage theory and films like 'Battleship Potemkin' became foundational to anti-fascist cinema through revolutionary visual language.

 Roberto Rossellini Italy

His neorealist masterpieces 'Rome, Open City' and 'Paisà' directly confronted fascism and Nazi occupation through intimate, unflinching humanist perspectives.

 Rainer Werner Fassbinder West Germany

He systematically deconstructed fascism's psychological roots and persistence in post-war German society through innovative, often provocative cinema.