Chris Marker Movies

  • 1967
    Far from Vietnam

    Far from Vietnam

    Far from Vietnam

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

    Far from Vietnam
  • 1960
    America as Seen by a Frenchman

    America as Seen by a Frenchman

    America as Seen by a Frenchman

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    At the end of the 1950s, French documentarian François Reichenbach spent eighteen months traveling the United States, documenting its diverse...

    America as Seen by a Frenchman
  • 1994
    The Last Bolshevik

    The Last Bolshevik

    The Last Bolshevik

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    A documentary on Soviet filmmaker Aleksandr Medvedkin, examining his tumultuous career, the rediscovery of his masterpiece Happiness, and Russia's...

    The Last Bolshevik
  • 1953
    Statues Also Die

    Statues Also Die

    Statues Also Die

    6.91953HD

    Commissioned by the journal Présence Africaine, this short documentary examines how African art is devalued and alienated through colonial and...

    Statues Also Die
  • 1957
    Django Reinhardt

    Django Reinhardt

    Django Reinhardt

    6.51957HD

    One of the first filmed portraits of a jazz musician.

    Django Reinhardt
  • 1985
    Tokyo-Ga

    Tokyo-Ga

    Tokyo-Ga

    7.11985HD

    German director Wim Wenders tries to explore the Tokyo that was depicted in the films of Yasujiro Ozu and finds a very different city.

    Tokyo-Ga
  • 1957
    The Mystery of Workshop 15

    The Mystery of Workshop 15

    The Mystery of Workshop 15

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    A documentary film about occupational diseases shot in 1957 at the Francolor factory in Oissel. It takes the form of a scientific investigation to...

    The Mystery of Workshop 15
  • 1966
    If I Had Four Dromedaries

    If I Had Four Dromedaries

    If I Had Four Dromedaries

    71966HD

    Composed entirely of still photographs taken by Chris Marker across 26 countries, If I Had Four Dromedaries presents a dialogue between three voices...

    If I Had Four Dromedaries
  • 1984
    2084: Video Clip for the Trade Unions' Reflection and Pleasure

    2084: Video Clip for the Trade Unions' Reflection and Pleasure

    2084: Video Clip for the Trade Unions' Reflection and Pleasure

    6.21984HD

    Made for the centenary of France’s trade union laws, Chris Marker’s 2084 imagines a future in which a computer looks back on the labor...

    2084: Video Clip for the Trade Unions' Reflection and Pleasure
  • 1974
    The Loneliness of the Long Distance Singer

    The Loneliness of the Long Distance Singer

    The Loneliness of the Long Distance Singer

    6.41974HD

    This documentary chronicles an Yves Montand concert for Chilean refugees in France.

    The Loneliness of the Long Distance Singer
  • 1960
    Description of a Struggle

    Description of a Struggle

    Description of a Struggle

    7.31960HD

    Chris Marker’s documentary portrays Israel twelve years after its founding, blending location and archival footage to explore its diverse...

    Description of a Struggle
  • 1958
    Des Hommes Dans Le Ciel

    Des Hommes Dans Le Ciel

    Des Hommes Dans Le Ciel

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    Des Hommes Dans Le Ciel
  • 1990
    Détour Ceausescu

    Détour Ceausescu

    Détour Ceausescu

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    After the Romanian Revolution reached its peak during the Christmas Holidays of 1989, Romania’s Communist patriarch and his wife Elena were...

    Détour Ceausescu
  • 1968
    The Sixth Side of the Pentagon

    The Sixth Side of the Pentagon

    The Sixth Side of the Pentagon

    6.81968HD

    Chris Marker and François Reichenbach document the massive anti–Vietnam War protest held in Washington, D.C., on October 21, 1967, where...

    The Sixth Side of the Pentagon
  • 1964
    Valparaiso

    Valparaiso

    Valparaiso

    7.0251964HD

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

    Valparaiso
  • 1971
    You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London

    You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London

    You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London

    6.61971HD

    Artur London was arrested in 1951 in a Stalinist purge, imprisoned and tortured for two years and forced to confess in the Slansky Trial, one of the...

    You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London
  • 1971
    The Train Rolls On

    The Train Rolls On

    The Train Rolls On

    6.61971HD

    This half-hour documentary by Chris Marker explores Aleksandr Medvedkin’s 1930s “Cine-Train,” a mobile film studio equipped with...

    The Train Rolls On
  • 1976
    The Spiral

    The Spiral

    The Spiral

    6.81976HD

    Documentary on the events provoked by the systematic attack of imperialism on the Popular Unity government in Chile, presided by Salvador Allende.

    The Spiral
  • 2019
    Lluvia de jaulas

    Lluvia de jaulas

    Lluvia de jaulas

    6.12019HD

    Popular neighborhoods that are open-air prisons. Where beauty flirts with violence. The kingdom of the insubordinate children, veterans of the lead....

    Lluvia de jaulas
  • 1981
    Junkopia

    Junkopia

    Junkopia

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    Filmed along the Emeryville Mudflats near San Francisco, Junkopia captures a landscape of sculptural installations made from driftwood and discarded...

    Junkopia