Joris Ivens Movies

  • 1977
    The Kazakhs

    The Kazakhs

    The Kazakhs

    61977HD

    This documentary examines the lives of the Kazakh ethnic minority in western China at the end of the Cultural Revolution. Directed by Joris Ivens and...

    The Kazakhs
  • 1951
    Peace Will Win

    Peace Will Win

    Peace Will Win

    6.51951HD

    "Peace Will Win" documents the Second World Congress of Peace Defenders, held in Warsaw in November 1950 after the event was relocated from...

    Peace Will Win
  • 1934
    Borinage

    Borinage

    Borinage

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    Henri Storck and Joris Ivens’ landmark of social documentary, blending staged scenes with locals and on-the-spot reportage to depict the 1932...

    Borinage
  • 1968
    The 17th Parallel

    The 17th Parallel

    The 17th Parallel

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    On the border of North and South Vietnam, civilians live underground and cultivate their land in the dead of night, farmers take up arms, and bombs...

    The 17th Parallel
  • 1957
    The Seine Meets Paris

    The Seine Meets Paris

    The Seine Meets Paris

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

    The Seine Meets Paris
  • 1937
    The Spanish Earth

    The Spanish Earth

    The Spanish Earth

    6.71937HD

    Joris Ivens’s advocacy documentary for the Republican cause intercuts a besieged Madrid with a nearby village digging an irrigation canal,...

    The Spanish Earth
  • 1980
    Ciné-mafia

    Ciné-mafia

    Ciné-mafia

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    Three pioneers of documentary filmmaking – Joris Ivens, Henri Storck, and the man behind the camera, Jean Rouch – recall the early days...

    Ciné-mafia
  • 2008
    Een oude vriend van het Chinese volk

    Een oude vriend van het Chinese volk

    Een oude vriend van het Chinese volk

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    The Dutch documentary filmmaker Joris Ivens (1898-1989) received the honorary title 'Old friend of the Chinese people' from the Chinese communist...

    Een oude vriend van het Chinese volk
  • 1930
    We Are Building

    We Are Building

    We Are Building

    01930HD

    Documentary celebrating the 10th anniversary of the General Dutch Construction Workers Union, providing a multifaceted view of the union and...

    We Are Building
  • 1962
    To Arms, We Are Fascists!

    To Arms, We Are Fascists!

    To Arms, We Are Fascists!

    71962HD

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

    To Arms, We Are Fascists!
  • 1966
    The Mistral

    The Mistral

    The Mistral

    7.21966HD

    Dutch documentary filmmaker Joris Ivens follows the course of the famous wind as it originates in the Alps and finds its way to the Mediterranean...

    The Mistral
  • 1964
    Le train de la victoire

    Le train de la victoire

    Le train de la victoire

    91964HD

    A film about Salvador Allende's 1964 presidential campaign.

    Le train de la victoire
  • 1961
    Cuba, a People Armed

    Cuba, a People Armed

    Cuba, a People Armed

    61961HD

    Shot in Cuba in 1961, this documentary follows a volunteer militia brigade organized in defense of the Cuban Revolution. Joris Ivens and his crew...

    Cuba, a People Armed
  • 1977
    The Uyghurs

    The Uyghurs

    The Uyghurs

    61977HD

    Filmed in western China in the late 1970s, this documentary portrays the Uyghur people, a Turkic-speaking Muslim minority living in the Xinjiang...

    The Uyghurs
  • 1963
    The Small Tent

    The Small Tent

    The Small Tent

    61963HD

    Shot alongside "À Valparaíso," "The Small Tent" observes a small circus performance perched high above the city and focuses on the...

    The Small Tent
  • 1929
    Branding

    Branding

    Branding

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    Between documentary and fiction, "Branding" (also know as "Breakers") stars an unemployed sailor from Katwijk, a land that sparked Ivens’...

    Branding
  • 1960
    Italy Is Not a Poor Country

    Italy Is Not a Poor Country

    Italy Is Not a Poor Country

    91960HD

    A documentary about Italy's underground oil and metan deposits, sponsored by Italian state-owned oil company, ENI. Pictures of the state-of-the-art...

    Italy Is Not a Poor Country
  • 1942
    Our Russian Front

    Our Russian Front

    Our Russian Front

    7.51942HD

    Using footage taken by Soviet battlefront cameramen, this penetrating documentary about Russian life during World War II is narrated by Walter Huston...

    Our Russian Front
  • 1970
    Meeting with President Ho Chi Minh

    Meeting with President Ho Chi Minh

    Meeting with President Ho Chi Minh

    01970HD

    This brief interview film, released in 1970, is one of the last given by Ho Chi Minh, and one of the rare ones in colour.

    Meeting with President Ho Chi Minh
  • 1976
    The Pharmacy: Shanghai

    The Pharmacy: Shanghai

    The Pharmacy: Shanghai

    81976HD

    Filmed inside Pharmacy No. 3 in Shanghai, Joris Ivens and Marceline Loridan-Ivens document the daily work of a state pharmacy that functions as both...

    The Pharmacy: Shanghai