French New WaveThe New Wave (French: Nouvelle Vague, French pronunciation:), also called the French New Wave, is a French art film movement that emerged in the late 1950s. The movement was characterized by its rejection of traditional filmmaking conventions, favoring experimentation and a spirit of iconoclasm.
Hiroshima mon amourHiroshima mon amour (French pronunciation:, lit.'Hiroshima, My Love'; Japanese: 二十四時間の情事, romanized: Nijūyojikan no jōji, lit.'Twenty-four hour love affair') is a 1959 romanticdrama film directed by French director Alain Resnais and written by French author Marguerite Duras.Chris MarkerChris Marker (French: [maʁkɛʁ]; born Christian-François Bouche-Villeneuve; 29 July 1921 – 29 July 2012) was a French writer, photographer, documentary film director, multimedia artist and film essayist. His best known films are La Jetée (1962), A Grin Without a Cat (1977) and Sans Soleil (1983).
Agnès VardaAgnès Varda (born Arlette Varda; 30 May 1928 – 29 March 2019) was a Belgian-born French filmmaker, artist, and photographer. Varda's work employed location shooting in an era when the limitations of sound technology made it easier and more common to film indoors, with constructed sets and painted backdrops of landscapes, rather than outdoors, on location. Her use of non-professional actors was also unconventional for 1950s French cinema.
Muriel (film)Muriel (French: Muriel ou le Temps d'un retour, literally Muriel, or the Time of a Return) is a 1963 French psychological drama film directed by Alain Resnais, and starring Delphine Seyrig, Jean-Pierre Kérien, Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée, and Nita Klein. Its plot follows a middle-aged widow in Boulogne-sur-Mer and her stepson—recently returned from military service in the Algerian War—who are visited by her ex-lover and his new young girlfriend.Night and Fog (1956 film)Night and Fog (French: Nuit et brouillard) is a 1956 French documentary short film. Directed by Alain Resnais, it was made ten years after the liberation of Nazi concentration camps. The title is taken from the Nacht und Nebel (German for "Night and Fog") program of abductions and disappearances decreed by Nazi Germany. The documentary features the abandoned grounds of Auschwitz and Majdanek established in occupied Poland while describing the lives of prisoners in the camps.
Last Year at MarienbadLast Year at Marienbad (French: L'Année dernière à Marienbad), released in the United Kingdom as Last Year in Marienbad, is a 1961 French New Waveavant-gardepsychological drama film directed by Alain Resnais and written by Alain Robbe-Grillet.Je t'aime, je t'aimeJe t'aime, je t'aime ("I Love You, I Love You") is a 1968 French science fiction film directed by Alain Resnais from a screenplay by Jacques Sternberg. The plot centres on Claude Ridder (Claude Rich), who is asked to participate in a mysterious experiment in time travel when he leaves the hospital after a suicide attempt.
Jacques DemyJacques Demy (French:; 5 June 1931 – 27 October 1990) was a French director, screenwriter and lyricist. He appeared at the height of the French New Wave alongside contemporaries like Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut. Demy's films are celebrated for their visual style, which drew upon diverse sources such as classic Hollywood musicals, the plein-airrealism of his French New Wave colleagues, fairy tales, jazz, Japanese manga, and the opera.
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Nazi concentration campsTopicsAction 14f13Extermination through labourIdentification of inmatesBadgesLanguageDisciplinary and Penal CodeDeath marchesPostenpflicht PersonnelCommandantLagerführerSchutzhaftlagerführerFemale guardsLuftwaffe guards PrisonersNazi Germany built and operated a system of concentration camps (German: Konzentrationslager) between 1933 and 1945.
ModernismModernism was an early 20th-century movement in literature, visual arts, performing arts, and music that emphasized experimentation, abstraction, and subjective experience. Philosophy, politics, architecture, and social issues were all aspects of this movement. Modernism centered around beliefs in a "growing alienation" from prevailing "morality, optimism, and convention" and a desire to change how "human beings in a society interact and live together".*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.