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Subgenre Sampler
Loyal 47 Ronin, The (47 Ronin) (1941)- Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Yoshizaburo Arashi - Sombre rendition of a famous Japanese legend that's both quietly dignified and overtly nationalistic, tooled as propaganda during the height of…
Jour Se Leve, Le (Daybreak) (1939)
- Dir. Marcel Carne
Feat. Jean Gabin, Arletty - A renowned example of 'poetic realism', Jean Gabin gives another consummate performance as a doomed anti–hero. His tragic story is told in…
La Regle Du Jeu (Rules of the Game) (1939)
- Dir. Jean Renoir
Feat. Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Roland Toutain… - Considered one the greatest films in history, this downbeat yet incisive satire centres around weekend shooting party that results in a myriad of…
Story of the Last Chrysanthemums, The (1939)- Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Shôtarô Hanayagi - The story of an aspiring kabuki actor in late 19th–century Japan, and the woman who loves and supports him at a great cost to herself. A…
Alexander Nevsky (1938)- Dir. Sergei Eisenstein
Feat. Nikolai Cherkassov, Nikolai Okhlopkov - Eisenstein's first sound film is a patriotic epic about the 13th century hero who led his people against the Teutonic Knights. Monumental battle…
I Accuse (J'Accuse) (1938)- Dir. Abel Gance
Feat. Victor Francen, Line Noro, Marie Lou - Dir. Gance’s own remake of his 1919 silent classic, in which a soldier traumatised by the slaughter of WWI attempts to prevent future…
Marseillaise, La (1938)- Dir. Jean Renoir
Feat. Pierre Renoir, Lisa Delamare, Leon Larive… - Renoir's classic depicts events leading up to the French revolution in the 18th Century, electing to extract history from the heart of the common…
Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion) (1937)- Dir. Jean Renoir
Feat. Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim… - The heroics and hypocrasies of war are illustrated through an imprisoned French squadron in WW1 and their cultured German commandant. A hailed…
César (1936)- Dir. Marcel Pagnol
Feat. Raimu, Orane Demazis, Pierre Fresnay… - Playwright Marcel Parcol takes over the director's reins himself for this concluding part of his Marseille trilogy, following 'Marius' and 'Fanny'.…
Osaka Elegy (1936)- Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Isuzu Yamada, Yoko Umemura - A counterpart to Mizoguchi's other 1936 film SISTERS OF THE GION, featuring some of the same cast and crew and again focusing on the hardships faced…
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