Movie List for "biography"

The journey of an Indonesian national hero named K.H. Ahmad Dahlan striving for Muhammadiyah, an Islamic organization in Indonesia, and how he was rejected by the society as he was trying to fix up their perspective. Year 2010.

Documentary about African political leader Patrice Lumumba, who was Prime Minister of Zaire (now Congo) when he was assassinated in 1961. Year 1991.

In the twilight of Imperial Russia, prima ballerina Matilda Kshesinskaya becomes the mistress of three Grand Dukes. Year 2017.

A drama that chronicles the life of Winnie Mandela from her childhood through her marriage and her husband’s incarceration. Year 2011.

In 1929, Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini appoints General Rodolfo Graziani as colonial governor to Italian Libya with orders to stamp-out all resistance from Libyan nationalists led by rebel guerrilla leader Omar Mukhtar. Year 1980.

The story of two anarchists who were charged and unfairly tried for murder when it was really for their political convictions. Year 1971.

The life and death of Dongju Yoon who dared to dream becoming a poet during the harsh period of Japan’s occupation of Korea. Year 2016.

A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hope of pursuing freedom while falling in love with his mistress, the philosophy and mathematics professor Hypatia of Alexa Year 2009.

Waris Dirie, born 1965 in Somalia, flees at 13 when sold as 4th wife. She’s maid at the Somalian embassy in London, then McDonald’s, where she’s discovered and becomes int’l top model. 1997, she speaks up against female genital mutil Year 2009.

In the 16th century, the ruthless and insane Don Lope de Aguirre leads a Spanish expedition in search of El Dorado. Year 1972.

A drama about terrorism in Apartheid-era South Africa, revolving around a policeman and a young man who carries out solo attacks against the regime. Year 2006.

Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator’s final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII. Year 2004.

Based upon the short but fruitful life of illness-racked Italian poet and philosopher Giacomo Leopardi. Year 2014.

Francisco Goya (1746-1828), deaf and ill, lives the last years of his life in voluntary exile in Bordeaux, a Liberal protesting the oppressive rule of Ferdinand VII. He’s living with his much younger wife Leocadia and their daughter Year 1999.

The life of a young man, son of an English officer who lets himself become a prisoner of love resulting in fatalism and disgrace. Year 1981.

The life of Korean-born wrestler Rikidôzan, who, after being barred from Japanese wrestling because of his ethnic origins, became a sensation in the United States in the 1950s. Year 2004.