Movies: Historical figure

  • 2022
    Becoming Marilyn

    Becoming Marilyn (2022)

    Becoming Marilyn

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    The story of how Norma Jeane Mortenson became Marilyn Monroe (1926-62), a lucid path of self-discovery, from anonymity to stardom: the painful birth of a myth....

    Becoming Marilyn
  • 2023
    The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling

    The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling (2023)

    The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling

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    Screen icon Charlotte Rampling has fascinated the world of cinema, fashion and photography with her mysterious and almost inaccessible beauty. A major figure in genre and auteur films, she is unclassifiable: between presence and absence, shyness and ...

    The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling
  • 1942
    Penn of Pennsylvania

    Penn of Pennsylvania (1942)

    Penn of Pennsylvania

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    Penn of Pennsylvania is a 1941 British historical drama film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Deborah Kerr, Clifford Evans, Dennis Arundell, Henry Oscar, Herbet Lomas and Edward Rigby. The film depicts the life of the Quaker founder of Pennsylv...

    Penn of Pennsylvania
  • 1949
    Jolson Sings Again

    Jolson Sings Again (1949)

    Jolson Sings Again

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    In this sequel to The Jolson Story, we pick up the singer's career just as he has returned to the stage after a premature retirement. But his wife has left him and the appeal of the spotlight isn't what it used to be. This time Jolson trades in the s...

    Jolson Sings Again
  • 1981
    Chanel Solitaire

    Chanel Solitaire (1981)

    Chanel Solitaire

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    The life and loves of Coco Chanel who rose from the bottom with no family or financial support and became one of the most legendary creative icons....

    Chanel Solitaire
  • 1944
    The Adventures of Mark Twain

    The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)

    The Adventures of Mark Twain

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    A dramatised life of Samuel Langhorn Clemens, or Mark Twain....

    The Adventures of Mark Twain
  • 2011
    King Naresuan: Part 3

    King Naresuan: Part 3 (2011)

    King Naresuan: Part 3

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    The legend of King Naresuan continues with this third of four chapters and tells the story of King Naresuan, Thai's chivalric king and warrior in the Ayutthaya era who fought against the invasion of Burmese troops that wanted to overpower the Ayuttha...

    King Naresuan: Part 3
  • 1978
    The Winds of Kitty Hawk

    The Winds of Kitty Hawk (1978)

    The Winds of Kitty Hawk

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    The story of the Wright Brothers and their efforts to invent, build, and fly the world's first successful motor-operated airplane....

    The Winds of Kitty Hawk
  • 1980
    F.D.R.: The Last Year

    F.D.R.: The Last Year (1980)

    F.D.R.: The Last Year

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    Though visibly frail and weary, President Franklin D. Roosevelt runs for a precedent-setting fourth term. He also oversees plans for the D-Day Invasion and engages in tempestuous summit meetings with his wartime allies Stalin and Churchill....

    F.D.R.: The Last Year
  • 1982
    Verdi

    Verdi (1982)

    Verdi

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    This 1982 biographical television miniseries, as seen on PBS's Great Performances, dramatizes the life of this classic Italian composer known for operas including La Traviata, Rigoletto, and Aida and his Requiem....

    Verdi
  • 2024
    Azerbaijani Atabegs

    Azerbaijani Atabegs (2024)

    Azerbaijani Atabegs

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    The film highlights the lives and deeds of Azerbaijani atabegs Shams ad-Din Eldeniz and Kara Sungur, who played a key role in strengthening the state in the 12th century. Shams ad-Din Eldeniz, the first great atabeg of Azerbaijan, leads successful ca...

    Azerbaijani Atabegs
  • 2011
    Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres

    Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres (2011)

    Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres

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    Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
  • 1957
    The Buster Keaton Story

    The Buster Keaton Story (1957)

    The Buster Keaton Story

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    An inaccurate retelling of the life of silent filmmaker and comedian Buster Keaton....

    The Buster Keaton Story
  • 2022
    Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire

    Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire (2022)

    Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire

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    From Murnau to Herzog, and until modern incarnations, a mischievous exploration of a cinematographic legendary character, with Nosferatu himself as a guide......

    Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire
  • 2010
    Hannibal Lecter, l'icône du mal par excellence

    Hannibal Lecter, l'icône du mal par excellence (2010)

    Hannibal Lecter, l'icône du mal par excellence

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    Everyone knows his name. The novels on the life and crimes of Hannibal Lecter are a worldwide phenomenon, and so are the movies and the TV show. Not mentionning the parodies, the plays... and even a wine named after him! He has become an icon of evil...

    Hannibal Lecter, l'icône du mal par excellence
  • 2018
    El rey

    El rey (2018)

    El rey

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    Spain, June 2014. King Juan Carlos I abdicates after forty years on the throne. The historical cycle that began in 1978 has ended. It is the beginning of a new era. Felipe VI is the new king and the future is uncertain....

    El rey
  • 1984
    Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter

    Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984)

    Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter

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    TV movie biopic depicting the life, career, and family of comedian Ernie Kovacs....

    Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
  • 2023
    Keiko Kishi, Eternally Rebellious

    Keiko Kishi, Eternally Rebellious (2023)

    Keiko Kishi, Eternally Rebellious

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    Born in 1932, Keiko Kishi has been one of the first Japanese actresses known worldwide. Her decision to move to France and to marry director Yves Ciampi in 1957 – after he filmed her in Typhoon Over Nagasaki starring Jean Marais and Danielle Darrieux...

    Keiko Kishi, Eternally Rebellious
  • 1969
    Desperate Journey

    Desperate Journey (1969)

    Desperate Journey

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    based on the true story of Freddie Knoller, a young man fleeing Vienna during the rise of Nazi Germany, set in 1940s Paris, unfolding against the vibrant backdrop of Paris' burlesque scene....

    Desperate Journey
  • 1951
    Follow the Sun

    Follow the Sun (1951)

    Follow the Sun

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    A biographical film of Ben Hogan, from his start as a golf caddy to being considered one of golf's greatest players....

    Follow the Sun