Chris Marker Movies

  • 1979
    The Battle of Chile: Part III

    The Battle of Chile: Part III

    The Battle of Chile: Part III

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    Guzmán’s final installment shifts from covering the actions of Allende’s opponents to those who battled to revive & promote their...

    The Battle of Chile: Part III
  • 1960
    Description of a Struggle

    Description of a Struggle

    Description of a Struggle

    7.3081960HD

    Working primarily in the arena of nonfiction, Marker rejected conventional narrative techniques, instead staking out a deeply political terrain...

    Description of a Struggle
  • 1957
    Letter from Siberia

    Letter from Siberia

    Letter from Siberia

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    A faceless traveller takes a journey through the barren reaches of a Siberia caught between tradition and modernity, imparting his philosophical...

    Letter from Siberia
  • 1990
    Détour Ceausescu

    Détour Ceausescu

    Détour Ceausescu

    01990HD

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

    Détour Ceausescu
  • 1966
    If I Had Four Dromedaries

    If I Had Four Dromedaries

    If I Had Four Dromedaries

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    Composed entirely of still photographs shot by Marker himself over the course of his restless travel through twenty-six countries, If I Had Four...

    If I Had Four Dromedaries
  • 2001
    Remembrance of Things to Come

    Remembrance of Things to Come

    Remembrance of Things to Come

    6.82001HD

    Through photos made by the French photographer Denise Bellon, a personal history of France.

    Remembrance of Things to Come
  • 1968
    Be Seeing You

    Be Seeing You

    Be Seeing You

    61968HD

    A documentary look at striking workers in a textile plant in Besançon, France, centering on interviews with workers about their motivations...

    Be Seeing You
  • 1953
    Statues Also Die

    Statues Also Die

    Statues Also Die

    6.6931953HD

    Short documentary commissioned by the magazine Présence Africaine. From the question "Why is the African in the anthropology museum while...

    Statues Also Die
  • 1999
    One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich

    One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich

    One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich

    71999HD

    A documentary about the Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky. The film was an episode of the French documentary film series Filmmakers of our time. The...

    One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich
  • 2004
    Green Vinyl

    Green Vinyl

    Green Vinyl

    6.5162004HD

    A mother gives her daughter a box full of old, coloured little vinyl records. The daughter may listen to them, but she should never, ever, play the...

    Green Vinyl
  • 1993
    The Last Bolshevik

    The Last Bolshevik

    The Last Bolshevik

    7.31993HD

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

    The Last Bolshevik
  • 1973
    You Speak of Chile: What Allende Said

    You Speak of Chile: What Allende Said

    You Speak of Chile: What Allende Said

    5.81973HD

    Salvador Allende interviewed by Régis Debray in 1971.

    You Speak of Chile: What Allende Said
  • 1985
    From Chris to Christo

    From Chris to Christo

    From Chris to Christo

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    In the fall of 1985, Christo "packed" the Pont Neuf. In the space of a week, enthusiasts, critics and curious people drastically change the...

    From Chris to Christo
  • 1957
    The Mystery of Workshop 15

    The Mystery of Workshop 15

    The Mystery of Workshop 15

    61957HD

    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
  • 1957
    Django Reinhardt

    Django Reinhardt

    Django Reinhardt

    5.71957HD

    One of the first filmed portraits of a jazz musician.

    Django Reinhardt
  • 1958
    Les hommes de la baleine

    Les hommes de la baleine

    Les hommes de la baleine

    61958HD

    In a small fishermen's village in the Azores, an enormous whale is being jointed, carved and stocked. Once this task is over, the whalers ready...

    Les hommes de la baleine
  • 1988
    Tokyo Days

    Tokyo Days

    Tokyo Days

    5.21988HD

    This idiosyncratic view of Tokyo begins with a live mannequin in a store window and French actress Arielle Dombasle chatting with Marker as they...

    Tokyo Days
  • 1960
    America as Seen by a Frenchman

    America as Seen by a Frenchman

    America as Seen by a Frenchman

    6.41960HD

    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
  • 1966
    The Forbidden Volcano

    The Forbidden Volcano

    The Forbidden Volcano

    01966HD

    Set in Zaire, the film follows an expedition exploring the crater of the Niragongo volcano of the Virunga chain, whose eruptions are known for their...

    The Forbidden Volcano
  • 1970
    Report on Brazil: Carlos Marighella

    Report on Brazil: Carlos Marighella

    Report on Brazil: Carlos Marighella

    51970HD

    On November the 4th 1969, Carlos Marighella is caught in an ambush and killed by the bullets of 80 policemen armed with revolvers and machine guns....

    Report on Brazil: Carlos Marighella