THEME EXPLORATION

wrongful persecution

12 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Fixer
The Fixer
1968 · John Frankenheimer
The Man in the Net
The Man in the Net
1959 · Michael Curtiz
The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption
1994 · Frank Darabont
The Imitation Game
The Imitation Game
2014 · Morten Tyldum
Phantom Lady
Phantom Lady
1944 · Robert Siodmak
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
1975 · Margarethe von Trotta
Wild Game
Wild Game
1972 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Zu Neuen Ufern
Zu Neuen Ufern
1937 · Douglas Sirk
The Tenant
The Tenant
1976 · Roman Polanski
Black Book
Black Book
2006 · Paul Verhoeven
Hibiscus Town
Hibiscus Town
1988 · Xie Jin
Accused
Accused
1964 · Anubhuti Kashyap
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Stanley Kubrick United States

His films like 'Paths of Glory' and 'Barry Lyndon' meticulously examine how individuals become scapegoats within institutional systems of power.

 Carl Theodor Dreyer Denmark

His masterpiece 'The Passion of Joan of Arc' is a profound meditation on the persecution of the innocent, captured through devastating close-ups of injustice.