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Bisclavret
Bisclavret (2011)
, 14minutes
Origin France
Genres Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Poésie, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, Adaptation d'un poème, Mise en scène d'un mammifère

Le court métrage alterne une narration faite par une voix off féminine et les dialogues entre les personnages. La narration de la voix off reprend de près le texte du Lai du Bisclavret de Marie de France, en octosyllabes rimés, traduit en français moderne.
Arjun: The Warrior Prince
Arjun: The Warrior Prince (2012)
, 1h36
Origin Inde
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films based on mythology, Poésie, Films about religion, Mythologie hindoue, Adaptation d'un poème, Children's films
Actors Aanjjan Srivastav, Sachin Khedekar, Ashok Banthia, Vishnu Vishal, Ila Arun, Rajeshwari Sachdev

The story is based on the early life of the Pandava brothers, loosely taken from the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata. The storyline begins with Arjun as a nine-year-old boy, and follows him until he grows into the warrior that the world knows him as. It explores his life with his brothers in Hastinapur, his training and education, and his ultimate discovery of the warrior within himself.
Dante's Inferno
Dante's Inferno (1911)
, 1h8
Directed by Giuseppe De Liguoro
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror
Themes Poésie, Adaptation d'un poème
Actors Giuseppe De Liguoro

Inspiré des illustrations de Gustave Doré, le film a été restauré. A cette occasion, le groupe Tangerine Dream a composé une nouvelle musique de film. Dans le film, Dante, accompagné par le poète, Virgile l'enfer et le purgatoire visite. L'iconographie développée par des cinéastes est basée sur des illustrations de Gustave Doré pour une édition du poème, la création d'un film plein de démons, des bêtes, le feu et de soufre, où Dante et Virgile sont de trouver un grand nombre de caractères dans l'histoire du monde et de ses contemporains. Pour ceux qui connaissent le film de Pier Paolo Pasolini, va réaliser les nombreuses références qui fait de ce film de 1911.
Dante's Inferno
Dante's Inferno (1935)
, 1h29
Directed by Harry Lachman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy
Themes Poésie, Films about religion, Adaptation d'un poème, Children's films
Actors Spencer Tracy, Claire Trevor, Rita Hayworth, Alan Dinehart, Sr., Henry B. Walthall, Scotty Beckett

Jim Carter, a former stoker, takes over a fairground show, run by 'Pop' McWade, which depicts scenes from Dante's Inferno. He marries Pop's niece Betty and they have a son, Alexander. Meanwhile the show becomes a great success, with Carter making it larger and more lurid. An inspector declares the fair unsafe but Carter bribes him into silence. There is a partial collapse at the fair which injures Pop. Recovering in hospital, he admonishes Carter and we see a lengthy vision of the Inferno. Undeterred, Carter establishes a new venture with an unsafe floating casino, only for disaster to strike again at sea.
Ramayana: The Epic
Ramayana: The Epic (2010)
, 1h40
Origin Inde
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films based on mythology, Poésie, Films about religion, Mythologie hindoue, Adaptation d'un poème
Actors Manoj Bajpayee, Juhi Chawla, Ashutosh Rana, Mukesh Rishi

The film is a retelling of the story of Lord Rama, from his birth until his battle with Ravan at Sri Lanka.Agencies (15 September 2010). "Warner Bros to distribute Ramayana-The Epic". ExpressIndia.com (The Indian Express Limited). </ref
Black Butterflies
Black Butterflies (2011)
, 1h40
Directed by Paula van der Oest
Origin German
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about writers, Pregnancy films, Poésie, Films about racism
Actors Carice van Houten, Rutger Hauer, Liam Cunningham

The film is a depiction of the life of Ingrid Jonker (1933–65) (played by Van Houten), an Afrikaner. Her mother has died in a mental hospital, she lives with her sister at her grandmother's. After the passing of her grandmother Ingrid and her sister come to live with their father Abraham (played by Hauer), who treats them as outsiders. Ingrid marries, and gives birth to a daughter, but the marriage does not last. It is the era of apartheid, of which her father is a strong proponent, being South Africa's Minister of Censorship. Ingrid is opposed to the apartheid regime, and has a strained relationship with her father. He opposes her relationship with author Jack Cope (played by Cunningham) and her anti-apartheid poetry, which is inciteful in his eyes. He would like to ban one of her works but doesn't, fearing a widespread riot.
Friedrich Schiller – The Triumph of a Genius
Friedrich Schiller – The Triumph of a Genius (1940)
, 1h42
Directed by Herbert Maisch
Genres Drama
Themes Films about writers, Poésie
Actors Horst Caspar, Hannelore Schroth, Heinrich George, Lil Dagover, Eugen Gottlob Klöpfer, Paul Dahlke

Sous la coupe d'un prince autoritaire, le jeune poète Friedrich Schiller affirme sa liberté créatrice.
Enoch Arden
Enoch Arden (1915)
, 40minutes
Directed by Christy Cabanne
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Poésie, Adaptation d'un poème
Actors Alfred Paget, Lillian Gish, Wallace Reid, D. W. Griffith, Mildred Harris, Betty Marsh

Based on a summary in a film magazine, Enoch, Annie, and Walter grow up as friends. Later, Annie decides to marry Enoch, but Walter, though bitter about the decision, remains their friend. Enoch and Annie have two children. Then business takes Enoch on a sailing voyage, which he states will take less than one year, and he asks Walter to look over his family while he is gone. Enoch does not return, and Walter dutifully cares after Enoch's wife and children. After ten years word comes of a wreck seen in the Pacific, and everyone believes Enoch has died. Walter and Annie then marry. One night a stranger comes to the house and through a window sees Walter, Annie, and the children happy. The stranger, who is Enoch, finds an old woman who tells him what happened. Enoch tells her to keep his secret, and then leaves. He later dies with a smile on his face.
Faust
Faust (1926)
, 1h40
Directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Poésie, Films about religion, Demons in film, Adaptation d'un poème, Films based on plays
Actors Gösta Ekman, Sr., Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, William Dieterle, Frida Richard, Yvette Guilbert

The demon Mephisto has a bet with an Archangel that he can corrupt a righteous man's soul and destroy in him what is divine. If he succeeds, the Devil will win dominion over earth.
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales (1972)
, 1h58
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Erotic, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Poésie, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Adaptation d'un poème, LGBT-related film
Actors Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Laura Betti, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Hugh Griffith, Alan Webb

Near London, Oxford and Canterbury in the Middle Ages, stories and adventures of peasants, noblemen, clergy and demons are interwoven. In the first vignette of the film, the merchant Sir January loses his sight, allowing the bride to join with her young lover in secret. In the second story, the Devil ensures that two young peasants are killed by the arm of the Inquisition for their libertine pleasures. In the third, the fool Perkin is involved in an intrigue; he tries to find work, but his attempts ultimately wreak havoc in the city of Oxford. In the fourth story of two youths, Nicolas and Alison, seduce the wife of a carpenter, and when in danger of being caught, they pretend to be two visionaries who predicted the arrival of the new Flood. In the fifth, in the village of Bath, a matron marries Giannozzo; however, their happiness is short-lived. In the sixth story in Cambridge, two students spend fabulous nights with Molly, the wife of a miller. One night Molly, waiting to make love with each of the two boys, goes to bed believing that she is conversing with one of the youths, disclosing their secret. In fact, the one who is on the bed is the consort! In the seventh story three students, cruel in their actions, are achieved by an old man who predicts them to a bad end. Young guys do not get scared, but when the three ingest a poisoned wine, soon find themselves in the company of Gloomy Grim Reaper. In the eighth and final story, a pleasure-loving monk is trying to earn as much food in exchange for extreme unction to a dying man. That same night in the man's convent comes an angel, which leads him to Hell, to show him the terrible punishments that belong to the friars that subvert the message of Christ.