Biography Movies

A Chance in the World

79/100

A Chance in the World is the unbelievable real life story of Steve, a wounded and broken boy destined to become a man of resilience and vision. From the day he is five-years-old and dropped... See full summary »

Alfonso XII y María Cristina: ¿Dónde vas triste de ti?

61/100

Recently widowed from María de las Mercedes, King Alfonso XII of Spain is urged to marry again to secure the restored monarchy and a heir to the throne. He chooses María Cristina de ... See full summary »

The Marquise of Darkness

56/100

Marie Madeleine Dreux, Marquise of Brinvilliers, was executed in 1676 for poisoning. Manipulated by her lover and having kept the aftereffects of her childhood, she does not hesitate to ... See full summary »

O Último Condenado à Morte

64/100

The story about the last man to be sentenced to death in Portugal.

Il grande Fausto

69/100

This TV movie tells the real story of the Italian cycling champion Fausto Coppi, who was one of the first men to win both Giro d'Italia and Tour de France in the same year.

Caspar David Friedrich - Grenzen der Zeit

74/100

A study of German 19th Century Romantic art through the writings and paintings of Carl David Friedrich and his fellow artist, Carl Gustav Carus.

California Dreamin': The Songs of 'The Mamas & the Papas'

83/100

Lurich

59/100

Georg Lurich was an Estonian world-famous professional wrestler in the early 1900-s who became a legend already in his lifetime. He was called not only the world's best technique-wrestler ... See full summary »

The Meanest Man in Texas

91/100

Based on the book, "The Meanest Man in Texas" is the true story of Clyde Thompson. In 1928, near Cisco, Texas, a young Clyde finds himself in the wrong place, at the wrong time, in the ... See full summary »

Aleister Crowley: Legend of the Beast

46/100

Since the onset of the human race there have been those who instinctively understood the nature of reality and sought to impose their will upon it by co-operating with and honoring the ... See full summary »

Le violon de Rothschild

68/100

1938: Shostakovich encourages his pupil Fleischmann to write an opera based on the Chekhov story 'Rothschild's violin'. Fleischmann is killed during the siege of Leningrad. Shostakovich ... See full summary »

Zerkala

63/100

The film is based on the life of Marina Tsvetaeva, one of the most tragic and greatest poets of the 20th century. The authors follow her in Russia, then in immigration in Prague and Paris, ... See full summary »

I.M. Caravaggio

73/100

In a daring tale of identity crisis, witness the rise and fall of a modern day Master, Ian Milano, who works and lives as 17th Century Italian Painter Caravaggio in order to forge his artistic genius and unlock his sociopathic nature.

Chaimite

69/100

From the military planning to front-line operations of discover conquest of Mozambique by the Portuguese, to counter the Vatuas insurgency of 1894, when they were led by Gungunhana, a ... See full summary »

Dylan Thomas: Return Journey

69/100

A look at he life and writings of the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas.

Saint-Exupéry: La dernière mission

64/100

Life and times of Antoine de Saint-Exupery, famous French pilot and even more famous writer who disappeared on a routine reconnaissance flight during WW2.

Clémenceau

62/100

1917, German troups are moving forward to Paris, the French government calls a providential man : Clémenceau.

Soldiers of the Cross

63/100

The plot outlined the story of the early Christian martyrs with a compendium of horrors guaranteed to jolt audiences into an awareness of terrible suffering for the sake of Christianity. ... See full summary »

Man of Music

69/100

Biographical film about the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka who lived in the 19th century.

'Minä elän'

63/100

The life story of Aleksis Kivi, author of the first Finnish novel in Finnish language and (posthumously) its most successful writer.

Road to Life

68/100

Kufferten

47/100

The suitcase is a film dealing with themes as love, war and trust. In the 1940s war-torn Denmark, the young girl Marie turns 10 years old. It is celebrated in the parents' bakery shop where... See full summary »

Elizabeth the Queen

70/100

In the 16th century, Queen Elizabeth the 1st is the ruler of Great Britain. Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essexaster is her lover, best friend and worst enemy.

Kramarz

66/100

The hardships of an ordinary street vendor from his troubled childhood, when he had to work to support his family, to disappointing adulthood, when he lost all the money he had several Times for various reasons.

Young Chopin

64/100

A story of the formative years in Chopin's life between 1825 and 1831, a time of social unrest throughout Europe, of rising nationalism, and of cries for reform. Chopin, an outstanding ... See full summary »