Movie List for "biography"

A biography of Milanese bank robber Renato Vallanzasca. Year 2010.

Director Nanni Moretti takes a mordant look at Italian life through three antological vignettes presented as the chapters of an open diary. Year 1993.

The story of Mussolini’s secret lover, Ida Dalser, and their son Albino. Year 2009.

In a time of political and social unrest in nineteenth-century Korea, an uncouth, self-taught painter explores his natural talent amidst the repressive world around him. Year 2002.

The true story of Hossain Sabzian, a cinephile who impersonated the director Mohsen Makhmalbaf to convince a family they would star in his so-called new film. Year 1990.

Documentary featuring interview footage with Traudl Junge, one of Hitler’s personal secretaries during WWII. Year 2002.

Based on true events, renowned mountaineer UM Hong-gil sets out on a mission to Everest to retrieve his late junior climber’s body and faces the greatest challenge of his life. Year 2015.

A surreal biopic of Armenian poet Sayat Nova, told via non-narrative amalgamations of images, hailed as revolutionary by Mikhail Vartanov. Year 1969.

The life of the famous gisaeng (female entertainer), Hwang Jin Yi, who lived in 16th century Korea. Year 2007.

This movie is based on the memoir written by the 3rd President of Indonesia and one of the world-famous engineer, B.J. Habibie about his wife, Hasri Ainun Habibie. Year 2012.

Director Hans-Jurgen Syberberg examines the rise and fall of the Third Reich in this brooding seven-hour masterpiece, which incorporates puppetry, rear-screen projection, and a Wagnerian score into a singular epic vision. Syberberg, Year 1977.

The story of Italian politician Giulio Andreotti, who has served as Prime Minister of Italy seven times since the restoration of democracy in 1946. Year 2008.

Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez. Year 2012.

A biography of Chinese Martial Arts Master Huo Yuanjia, who is the founder and spiritual guru of the Jin Wu Sports Federation. Year 2006.

Soe Hok Gie is an activist who lived in the sixties. Set in the darkest era of Indonesian modern history, “Gie” is an interpretation of what happened based on his journal. Year 2005.

In 1431, Jeanne d’Arc is placed on trial on charges of heresy. The ecclesiastical jurists attempt to force Jeanne to recant her claims of holy visions. Year 1928.