Movie List for "biography"

A Jewish refugee marries a soldier to escape deportation to Germany. Meanwhile a wealthy art student loses her first husband to a stray Resistance bullet; at the Liberation she meets an actor, gets pregnant, and marries him. Year 1983.

The spiritual journey of Kanakadasa, a poet and a philosopher belonging to the Dasa sect during the 16th century when the stone idol of Lord Krishna turns around as he’s being punished for wanting to see the Lord’s statue in Udupi. Year 1960.

The fictionalized biography of singer Paul Delmet at the time of the “Black Cat”. He has talent, and a little provincial who loves him more than anything. But he must choose between his audience, or the love of the girl. Year 1950.

Biography of British painter Francis Bacon focuses on his relationship with his lover, George Dyer, a former small time crook. Year 1998.

In medieval France, some villagers challenge a man’s claim of identity when he (as he says) returns home from some time in the army. Year 1982.

Based on the true story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia, a Punjabi woman, who was abused by her husband for 10 years. After killing her husband in self-defense, Ahluwalia is imprisoned as those close to her fight to set her free. Year 2006.

A story of doomed passion between two genius writers of the 19th century – novelist George Sand and poet Alfred de Musset. Year 1999.

N/A Year 1988.

The second part of the Ernst Thaelmann films encompasses the time period between 1930 and Thaelmann’s murder in 1944. It shows Thaelmann’s battle to achieve a united front with all German workers against the National Socialists, h… Year 1955.

The story of self-taught Georgian painter Niko Pirosmani. Year 1969.

Manoel is an aging film director who travels with his film crew through Portugal in search of the origins of Afonso, a famous French actor whose father emigrated from Portugal to France. In the process, he remembers his own youth. Year 1997.

N/A Year 1990.

Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew and the other a devout Christian, are driven to win in the 1924 Olympics as they wrestle with issues of pride and conscience. Year 1981.

Through the childhood and adolescence of Signor Giacomo Casanova (from his memoirs), this is a description of how people lived in 18th-century Venice: their customs, habits, medicine, religion, and–most of all–the omnipresence o… Year 1969.

After Queen Elizabeth I commands him not to grow old, a young nobleman struggles with love and his place in the world. Year 1992.

A pseudo-documentary on the life of Yves Montand, who plays himself, in this tribute to his long career. During a musical tour, Montand returns to Marseille and revisits the many highlights of his life, meeting figures from his pa… Year 1988.