Movie List for "biography"

The life and career of Andre Stander, a South African police officer turned bank robber. Year 2003.

An attempt to fathom the personal life of the great Russian writer Ivan Bunin. Year 2000.

A German Jewish refugee family moves to and adjusts to a farm life in 1930s Kenya. Year 2001.

A dramatization of the final days of Sophie Scholl, one of the most famous members of the German World War II anti-Nazi resistance movement, The White Rose. Year 2005.

Arriving by train in Guangzhou, 1895, the trio fight off White Lotus followers, who want to kill all foreigners and the cute, European dressed 13th Aunt. It’s not kung fu master Dr. Wong’s (Jet Li) last fight. Year 1992.

N/A Year 1973.

The movie chronicles the life of the famous painter Kamololmolk, and his relationship with various kings. Year 1984.

This film is a documentary about the poet ‘Leopoldo Panero’. His widow and his sons talk about death in general and in this special case and also about their own family problems. Year 1976.

Koji Wakamatsu’s biopic about a Japanese free jazz/improvisation saxophonist named Kaoru Abe. Year 1995.

In the year 16 BCE, the people of Jerusalem are awaiting the birth of the son of Imran. Instead of the much-anticipated “Messiah”, a girl is born to Imran and Anna. The latter names her … Year 1997.

Comic-book artist Jung returns to Seoul for the first time since he was abandoned at the age of 5. Year 2012.

The life, times and afflictions of the fifteenth-century Russian iconographer St. Andrei Rublev. Year 1966.

A story of Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the most successful female sniper in history. Year 2015.

The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them. Year 1988.

A thriller set in London’s slave trade and centered on a woman’s fight for freedom. Year 2010.

During the Japanese invasion of China, a wealthy martial artist is forced to leave his home when his city is occupied. With little means of providing for themselves, Ip Man and the remaining members of the city must find a way to survive. Year 2008.