Biography Movies

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 »

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 »

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 »

Golden Will: The Silken Laumann Story

59/100

Silken Laumann fought injury and surgery to make it to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

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 »

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.

O Último Condenado à Morte

64/100

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

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 »

Rizal in Dapitan

62/100

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

83/100

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.

La dernière échappée

66/100

María Cano

62/100

Colombia 1920's. The country receives compensation for the separation of Panama and is open to foreign credit to undertake major development works. Growing mass of workers but not improve ... See full summary »

Abgehauen

74/100

The movie tells a true story in the life of well-known German actor Manfred Krug. Living in the German Democratic Republic he is forced to leave the country after protesting against the ... See full summary »

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 »

Road to Life

68/100

Clémenceau

62/100

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

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.

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.