Direction: Joris Ivens
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Joris Ivens. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
The Seine Meets Paris
1957 · Documentary · 30 min. · France
Direction Joris Ivens
Cast Serge Reggiani
Plot Quotidian scenes of Paris along the quays beside the River Seine. Fishing, snoozing, cutting hair, washing clothes. Lovers embrace as nuns gaze. Students sketch, models pose. A diver recovers a...
7.6
117 votes
7.6
117 votes
Pour le mistral
1966 · Documentary · 30 min. · France
Direction Joris Ivens
Cast Roger Pigaut
Plot Scenes of life and landscape in Provence where a chilly wind called the Mistral blows down the valley of the Rhône to the Mediterranean. The Provençal terrain is dry and...
7.5
51 votes
7.5
51 votes
...to Valparaíso (S)
1964 · Documentary · 24 min. · Chile
Direction Joris Ivens
Plot A travelogue of Valparaiso, Chile, a city built on steep hills. Life is a constant struggle against geography. Neighbourhoods are reached by series of ramps, staircases, and funicular railway elevators....
7.4
377 votes
7.4
377 votes
Far from Vietnam
1967 · Documentary · 120 min. · France
Direction Claude Lelouch · Agnès Varda · Jean-Luc Godard · Chris Marker
Cast Anne Bellec · Karen Blanguernon · Bernard Fresson · Maurice Garrel
Plot Seven directors combine efforts for this documentary, a searing anti-American indictment of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Alain Resnais, Chris Marker, William Klein, Joris Ivens, Agnes Varda, Claude Lelouch, and Jean-Luc...
7.4
312 votes
7.4
312 votes
Misère au Borinage
1934 · Documentary · 36 min. · Belgium
Direction Joris Ivens · Henri Storck
7.3
92 votes
7.3
92 votes
A Tale of the Wind
1988 · Documentary · 80 min. · France
Direction Joris Ivens · Marceline Loridan Ivens
7.0
162 votes
7.0
162 votes
Komsomol (Song of Heroes, youth speaks)
1933 · Documentary · 50 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)
Direction Joris Ivens
6.9
55 votes
6.9
55 votes
The 17th Parallel
1968 · Documentary · 113 min. · France
Direction Joris Ivens · Marceline Loridan Ivens
6.9
28 votes
6.9
28 votes
6.9
62 votes
6.8
69 votes
6.7
149 votes
Rain (S)
1929 · Documentary · 14 min. · Netherlands
Direction Mannus Franken · Joris Ivens
Plot Rain falls on a Dutch city.
6.6
617 votes
6.6
617 votes
The Spanish Earth
1937 · Documentary · 54 min. · United States
Direction Joris Ivens
Plot A documentary showing the struggle of the Spanish Republican government against a rebellion by ultra-right-wing forces led by Gen. Francisco Franco and backed by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.
6.5
471 votes
6.5
471 votes
The 400 Million
1939 · Documentary · 53 min. · United States
Direction Joris Ivens
Cast Fredric March
Plot 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 Japanese. Civilian refugees...
6.3
27 votes
6.3
27 votes
6.3
24 votes
Études de mouvements à Paris (S)
1928 · Documentary · 4 min. · France
Direction Joris Ivens
5.9
124 votes
5.9
124 votes
Know Your Enemy: Japan
1945 · Documentary · 63 min. · United States
Direction Frank Capra · Joris Ivens
Plot The hour-long film sought to educate American soldiers about their adversary's history and society, particularly the course up to the Pacific War, and the totalitarian nature of the Japanese state....
5.8
130 votes
5.8
130 votes
The Flaming Arrow (S)
1911 · Movie · 7 min. · Netherlands
Direction Joris Ivens
Cast Joris Ivens · Hans Ivens · Jacoba Ivens · Peter Ivens
Plot On the age of 13 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...
4.7
77 votes
4.7
77 votes
Corvette Port Arthur (S)
1943 · Documentary · 22 min. · Canada
Direction Joris Ivens
Plot This short documentary examines the role of convoy ships during World War II, focusing on the Corvette Port Arthur. The corvette, a highly mobile weapon of destruction, is used to...
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Mein Kind (S)
1955 · Documentary · 22 min. · Germany - East Germany (GDR)
Direction Joris Ivens · Alfons Machalz · Vladimir Pozner
Plot Tribute to all the mothers in the world.
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