Films by Director

This site allows users to access the collection of films organized by release date. The collection includes selected movies, TV productions and documentaries on the theme of gender, military and war in the periods covered by the Oxford Handbook of Gender and War since 1600 edited by Karen Hagemann (General Editor), Stefan Dudink, and Sonya Rose (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2018). Including films released between the 1920s and the present, the focus is on the wars of the twentieth century, because most movies relevant for the theme of gender, military and war focus on a conflict of this period. The filmography includes productions in English, French and German or films with English subtitles.


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Director(s): Paris, Rogelio
Release Date: 2008
Abstract:

The film takes place in the southern town of Kangamba, Angola, in August 1983, during the Angolan civil war. Troops of the Unión Nacional para la Independencia Total de Angola (UNITA – National Union for the Total Independence of Angola), trained by the South African armed forces, launch an offensive against the small town, in the hands of the Movimiento Popular de Liberación de Angola (MPLA...

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1765867/
Director(s): Pas, Klaus
Release Date: 2008
Abstract:

In Liberia, three former child soldiers invite us into their lives and show us how challenging it is for them to reintegrate the post civil war society. As they struggle to fight a discrimination which is rarely talked about, they stand as an example of how hope is a major key to success. In the outskirts of Paris, a young generation fears for its future. Its unemployment rate is twice as high...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1885197/
Director(s): Paskaljevic, Goran
Release Date: 1998
Abstract:

In a series of interlocking stories, director Goran Paskaljević explores the connection between violence and masculinity within the context of the then ongoing wars in former Yugoslavia. On a harsh winter night in Belgrade before the signing of the Dayton Agreement, an ex-con working as a taxi driver has a series of bizarre encounters with tragic passengers from all walks of life, each a part...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0169145/
Director(s): Paskaljevic, Goran
Release Date: 2004
Abstract:

A make-shift family develops in this allegorical tale of postwar Bosnia. After returning home from prison, Lazar finds a Bosnian Serb mother and her autistic daughter living in his former apartment. Rather than turning them out, Lazar seeks redemption for his sins.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402481/
Director(s): Paterson, Debs
Release Date: 2008
Abstract:

Based on a true story, this short film explores the tentative peace after the Rwandan Civil War. Four young people of Hutu and Tutsi backgrounds become friends at the Nyange school. When guerillas attack the school, they opt to protect each other rather than fall prey to ethnic divisions. 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1230590/
Director(s): Patino, Basilio Martín
Release Date: 1976
Abstract:

Canciones para después de una guerra (Songs for after a war) is a 1971 Spanish documentary film, which explores post-Civil War Spain through popular music to criticize Franco's rule. It was shot and produced in secret in 1971 and was not released until 1976, shortly after the death of Francisco Franco (1892-1975).

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066901/
Director(s): Pavlovic, Zivojin
Release Date: 2002
Abstract:

This allegorical film explores the disintegration of Yugoslavia through a family that represented its multiple ethnic and religious groups. When the Yugoslav wars break out, a Slovenian sergeant major of the Yugoslav People's Army moves to Belgrade with his family to assert his Yugoslav identity. Violence, ethnic hostility, and internal dynamics slowly break apart his family.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338151/
Director(s): Peck, Raoul
Release Date: 2005
Abstract:

This American televison drama about the Rwandan genocide (1994) written and directed by the Haitian  filmmaker  Raul Peck features on a  family fractures during the Rwandan Civil War (1990-94) and its genocide. Two brothers, Honoré Butera, a journalist, and Augustin Muganza, a Hutu and army captain, who whitness the devastating effects of war and genocide and become politicized by it. Their...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0400063/
Director(s): Peck, Raoul
Release Date: 1991
Abstract:

This documentary centers around Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961), who served as the first prime minister of the independent Democratic Republic of the Congo for two months until he was driven from office, and tells the story of his life, his goals, his accomplishments, and, ultimately, his assassination in the period immediately before and after the Congo achieved independence from Belgium. 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104775/
Director(s): Peckinpah, Sam
Release Date: 1977
Abstract:

Class conflict, greed, and blackmail characterize this film about German troops on the eastern front during World War II, directed by Sam Peckinpash. Stransky (Maximilian Schell), an aristocratic officer newly transferred from occupied France, states his goal of winning the prestigious Iron Cross on the battlefield, but his inexperience and arrogance jeopardize his troops and make his enemies...

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074695/
Director(s): Peckinpah, Sam
Release Date: 1983
Abstract:

Based on the 1972 novel of the same title by Robert Ludlum, The Osterman Weekend  is an American suspense thriller film about late Cold War tensions. The film plot follows an outspoken television personality, John Tanner (Rutger Hauer), who has an annual tradition of going away with three college buddies. However, when Tanner is informed that these friends – Bernard Osterman (Craig T...

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086058/
Director(s): Pérez, Fernando
Release Date: 2010
Abstract:

This biopic drama imagines the childhood and adolescense of Cuba's revolutionary leader José Martí. As the son of a magistrate, young Martí soon develops a rebellious spirit and quest for justice. 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1956538/
Director(s): Perold, Jan
Release Date: 1963
Abstract:

The Dutch and the British fight for control over South Africa during the Boer War (1899–1902). Elite farmers hire the rider, who uses guerilla tactics to disrupt the British forces. The film also explores the origins of apartheid while obscuring the British perpetuation of it, as well as the struggle for freedom by black South Africans. 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0267897/
Director(s): Perret, Gilles
Release Date: 2013
Abstract:

Based on interviews, this documentary explores the role of National Council of the Resistance (NCR) in creating the French welfare state during and after World War II. Entitled “Happy Days,” the NCR envisioned a vast program of pensions, social security, and union rights to unite the occupied nation around a similar vision of democratic socialism during war. The documentary also explores the...

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3320632/
Director(s): Petch, Tom
Release Date: 2013
Abstract:

Veteran and first-time director Tom Petch explores fear and disillusionment during the Afghan War. A three-day tour for a group of British soldiers turns into an open-ended conflict after an Allied strike prompts fierce attrack by the Taliban. The men slowly lose morale and discipline and question their presence in the war. 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2101507/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Director(s): Peter, Jan
Release Date: 2014
Abstract:

This serial and epic documentary uses re-enactments and animations to tell the story of World War I through the eyes of ordinary people. It explores the lives of housewives, journalists, workers, and volunteers across Europe and North America based on their diaries and correspondence. 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3543084/
Director(s): Petersen, Wolfgang
Release Date: 1981
Abstract:

This classic war film tells the story of a German U-Boat crew during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II. Presenting the crew as ordinary men, some embittered by and some new to war, director Wolfgang Petersen presents a claustrophobic depiction of war as the crew try to evade the British fleet and Royal Air Force while desperately holding onto the reasons  they fight.  

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082096/
Director(s): Petzold, Christian
Release Date: 2014
Abstract:

Phoenix explores the multiple layers of deceit during and after World War II. Nelly, a Holocaust survivor, returns to Germany with the intention of reuniting with her husband, but surgery to repair her wounds leaves her face unrecognizable. She keeps her identity a secret, as her husband wants to use her to claim his wife's inheritance. A friend warns Nelly that her husband had turned her over...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2764784/
Director(s): Phélizon, Franck
Release Date: 2010
Abstract:

This film tells the story of forbidden love in occupied France during World War II. Sarah, a young Jewish woman, and Hans, an SS officer, fall in love. He uses his connections to protect her, placing her in a home of a Resistance fighter. While their love affair continues, jealousy and betrayal soon find them. 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1666710/
Director(s): Phillipps, Loch
Release Date: 2009
Abstract:

This short documentary, made for UNICEF and UNFPA, gives voice to the young women and girls in Liberia. They talk about their hopes and dreams and implore viewers to protect and promote women's rights.

https://vimeo.com/35263563

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