Classic masterpiece light and shadow interpretation List of Nobel Prize-winning masterpieces

Looking back at the classics, let's see what are the film works adapted from the Nobel Prize for Literature?

1

Away from Her (2006)

Director: Sarah Polly

Starring: Julie Christie Michael Murphy

Adapted from the short story "The Bear Came Over The Mountain" by 2013 Nobel Laureate in Literature Alice Monroe.

2

Red Sorghum (1987)

Director: Zhang Yimou

Starring: Jiang Wen Gong Li

Adapted from the novel "Red Sorghum Family" by 2012 Nobel Prize winner Mo Yan

3

Nuan (2003)

Director: Huo Jianqi

Starring: Li Jia Guo Xiaodong

Adapted from the novel "White Dog Swing Frame" by 2012 Nobel Prize winner Mo Yan

4

Happy Times (2000)

Starring: Zhao Benshan Dong Jie

Adapted from the novel "The Master Is Getting More and More Humorous" by the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature winner Mo Yan

5

Captain Pandaron and the Lady of the Labors/ Pantaleón y las visitadoras (2000)

Directed by: Francisco J. Lombardy

Starring: Salvador del Solar Angie Sepeda

Adapted from the novel of the same name by 2010 Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa

6

Shame /Disgrace (2008)

Director: Steve Jacob

Starring: John Markovich Eric Abernani

Adapted from the novel of the same name by 2003 Nobel Laureate in Literature John Maxwell Coetzee

7

Non-Related Fate/Sorstalanság (2005)

Director: Lajos Corte

Starring: Daniel Craig Orth Tuss

Adapted from the novel of the same name by 2002 Nobel Prize winner Imre Keltes

8

The Tin Drum (1979)

Director: Volker Schrondorff

Starring: David Bennett Mario Adov

Adapted from the novel of the same name by 1999 Nobel Laureate in Literature Günter Glass

9

Blindness (2008)

Director: Fernando Merrills

Starring: Julianne Moore, Marc Ruffalo

Adapted from the novel "Blindness" by 1998 Nobel Laureate winner José Saramago

10

Quiet Living / Shizukana seikatsu (1995)

Director: Itami Thirteen

Starring: Hinako Saeki Akio Watanabe

Adapted from the novel of the same name by 1994 Nobel Laureate kenzaburo Oe

11

Lord of the Flies (1963)

Director: Peter Brooke

Starring: James Aubrey Tom Chapin

Adapted from the novel "Lord of the Flies" by 1983 Nobel Laureate William Golding

12

Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)

Director: Mike Neville

Starring: Javier Baden Giovanna Messoztno

Adapted from the novel of the same name by 1982 Nobel Laureate in Literature Gabriel García Márquez

13

No one wrote to the Colonel /El Coronel no tiene quien le escriba (1999)

Director: Oturo Lipstein

Starring: Fernando Lujan Marisa Peredes

14

Memoria de mis putas tristes (2011)

Director: Carlson Henning

Starring: Geraldine Chaplin Angela Molina

15

The Premeditated Killings / Cronaca di una morte annunciata (1987)

Director: Francisco Rossi

Starring: Rupert Everett Oneira Muti

16

爱与群魔/Of Love and Other Demons(2009)

Directed by Hilda Hidago

Starring: Eliza Triana Pablo Deque

17

Die Verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum oder: Wie Gewalt entstehen und wohin sie führen kann (1975)

Starring: Angela Wincoller Mario Adov

Adapted from the novel of the same name by 1972 Nobel Laureate in Literature Heinrich Böll

18

The Izu Dancer (1974)

Director: Katsumi Nishikawa

Starring: Momokazu Yamaguchi Miura

Adapted from the novel of the same name by 1968 Nobel Laureate in Literature Yasunari Kawabata

19

Ancient Capital/Koto (1963)

Director: Noboru Nakamura

Starring: Shima Iwashita Hiroyuki Nagato

20

Snow Country/Yukiguni(1965)

Director: Hideo Ōtino

Starring: Iwashita Shima Mineko Manyo

21

And Quiet Flows the Don (1957)

Director: Sergei Grasimov

Starring: Piot Greber Elina Bystritskaya

Adapted from the novel of the same name by 1965 Nobel Prize winner Sholokhov

22

The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

Director: John Ford

Starring: Henry Fonda Jane Dawell

Adapted from the novel of the same name by 1962 Nobel Laureate in Literature John Steinbeck

23

East of Eden (1955)

Director: Ilya Kazan

Starring: James Dean, Julie Harris

24

Of Mice and Men (1992)

Director: Gary Sinis

Starring: John Markovich Gary Sinis

25

Doctor Zhivago (1965)

Director: David Lane

Starring: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie

Adapted from the novel of the same name by 1958 Nobel Laureate in Literature Boris Pastenac

26

A Farewell to Arms (1957)

Director: John Houston

Starring: Locke Hudson Jennifer Jones

Adapted from the novel of the same name by 1954 Nobel Prize winner Ernest Hemingway

27

The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)

Directed by Henry King

Starring: Gregory Pike Susan Hayward

28

For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)

Director: Sam Wood

Starring: Gary Cooper Ingrid Bergman

29

The Sun Also Rises (1957)

Starring: Tyrone Bowa, Ava Gardner

30

The Old Man and the Sea (1958)

Director: John Sturges

Starring: Spencer Kusse Richard Amanda

31

喧哗与骚动/The Sound and the Fury(1959)

Director: Martin Ritter

Starring: Yu Borenna Joanna Woodward

Adapted from the novel of the same name by 1949 Nobel Laureate in Literature William Faulkner

32

The Long, Hot Summer (1958)

Starring: Paul Newman, Joanna Woodward

33

The Reivers (1969)

Director: Mark Reddale

Starring: Steve McQueen Sharon Farrell

34

La Symphonie pastorale (1946)

Director: Jean de la Nois

Starring: Michelle Morgan Line Noro

Adapted from the novel of the same name by 1947 Nobel Laureate in Literature André Kidd

35

Steppenwolf (1974)

Directed by Fred Haines

Starring: Max von Sido Dominique Sanda

Adapted from the novel of the same name by 1946 Nobel Laureate in Literature Hermann Hesse

36

Woman in the Courtyard /Pavilion 0f Women (2001)

Director: Yan Hao

Starring: William Dafoylor

Adapted from the novel "Qunfangting" by 1938 Nobel Prize winner Pearl Buck

37

Da di (1954)

Director: Li Chenfeng

Starring: Red Line Woman Wu Chufan

Adapted from the novel of the same name by 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Pearl Buck

38

Anna Christie (1930)

Director: Clarence Brown

Starring: Greta Garbo Charles Beckford

Adapted from the play of the same name by 1936 Nobel Laureate in Literature Eugene O'Neill

39

The Emperor Jones (1933)

Directed by: Dudley Murphy

Starring: Paul Robertson Dudley Digges

40

The Long Voyage Home (1940)

Starring: John Wayne Thomas Mitchell

41

Morte a Venezia (1971)

Director: Lucchino Visconti

Starring: Dirk Bogard Bourne Anderson

Adapted from the novel of the same name by 1929 Nobel Laureate in Literature Thomas Mann

42

Buddenbrooks, Die (2008)

Director: Heinrich Broll

Starring: Auguste Dich Amin Müller-Starr

43

Zauberberg, Der (1982)

Magic Mountain Zauberberg, Der (1982)

Directed by: Hans W. Geissendorff

Starring: Rod Stegel Mary-France

44

My Fair Lady (1964)

Director: George Cook

Starring: Audrey Hepburn Rex Harrison

Adapted from the 1925 Nobel Prize in Literature winner George Bernard Shaw's classic play "The Flower Girl"

45

青鸟/The Blue Bird(1940)

Director: Walter Lang

Starring: Sheran Temple Springs Bellington

Adapted from the 1911 Nobel Prize in Literature winner Maurice Maetrink's fairy tale novel BlueBird

46

The Tyrant Burning the City / Quo Vadis (1951)

Director: Melvin Leroy

Starring: Robert Taylor Deborah Cole

Adapted from the 1905 Nobel Prize in Literature winner Henrik Schenkovich's historical novel "Where Are You Going?"