Joris Ivens Movies

In 1962 Joris Ivens was invited to Chile for teaching and filmmaking. Together with students he made …À Valparaiso, one of his most...

A lyrical portrait of Amsterdam and its changing appearance during a rain-shower.

In seven different parts, Godard, Ivens, Klein, Lelouch, Marker, Resnais, and Varda show their sympathy for the North-Vietnamese army during the...

A propaganda film made during the Spanish Civil War in support of the Republican government against the rebellion by Gen. Francisco Franco's forces...

It is an autobiographical fiction starring Ivens as an old man who has spent his life trying to "tame the wind and harness the sea" by capturing them...

Documentary compiled from archives and accompanied by a poet's commentary, shows the sweep of modern Italian history from 1911 to 1961, centering on...

Frank Capra-directed propaganda film produced during World War II depicting the United States' new enemy: Japan.

A poetic ode to the River Seine, Ivens' distinguished camera eye surveys its lively banks and step-stone canals with a vérité candor, a...

A documentary showing the struggle to bring electricity to rural areas of the United States.

The 400 million people of China are heirs to a great civilization, as their pagodas and stone lions can attest. But they are under attack from the...

Directed by Joris Ivens.

In the 16th century, as Flanders is invaded by the Spanish, Till the Mischievous uses stratagems to enter the service of Ferdinand Alvare de Toledo,...

An international anthology about the struggles of female workers around the world.

At the age of 14 Joris Ivens was fond of Cowboys and Indians stories, so he decided to invent one himself. He made a script and used a camera from...

Directed by Joris Ivens and Jean-Pierre Sergent.

About the way of life in the East, in China, during the months before spring. An early spring.

The film is a documentary portraying a struggle as man tries to subdue nature. To prevent flooding and for purposes of land reclamation, the people...

Documentary about a miner's strike in Borinage.

In a port city, a youth plays a computer game that determines the fate of a woman (whose interracial romance is threatened by white punks) and other...