Biografi: II 1800-talet (txt) (Biopics: II 19th century)
by ingvefrej | created - 16 Dec 2020 | updated - 02 Dec 2021 | PublicFilm/TV om eller med faktiska personer födda på 1800-talet (huvudpersonen).
★ = födelseår; ✖ = dödsår
g.s. = gamla stilen (julianska kalendern Ryssland)
n.s. = nya stilen (gregorianska kalendern Sovjet)
c. = cirka, omkring
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1. The Great John Ericsson (1937)
Approved | 92 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1803, Swedish inventor John Ericsson is born. After a military career he goes to England and becomes one of the first builders of locomotives. Despite large debts, he invents the ... See full summary »
Director: Gustaf Edgren | Stars: Victor Sjöström, Märta Ekström, Anders Henrikson, Sigurd Wallén
Votes: 39
John Ericsson / Johan Ericsson (★ 31 juli 1803 - ✖ 8 mars 1889)
2. Disraeli (1929)
Passed | 90 min | Biography, Drama, History
Prime Minister of Great Britain Benjamin Disraeli outwits the subterfuge of the Russians and chicanery at home in order to secure the purchase of the Suez Canal.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: George Arliss, Doris Lloyd, David Torrence, Joan Bennett
Votes: 1,378
Benjamin Disraeli, 1:e earl av Beaconsfield
(★ 21 december 1804 - ✖ 19 april 1881)
Drottning Victoria / Alexandrina Victoria
(★ 24 maj 1819 - ✖ 22 januari 1901)
3. Disraeli: Portrait of a Romantic (1978)
60 min | Biography, Drama, History
A penetrating look at one of British history's most enigmatic and controversial figure, Benjamin Disraeli--a dandy, womanizer and a Jew.
Stars: Ian McShane, Rosemary Leach, Mary Peach, Brett Usher
Votes: 264
Benjamin Disraeli, 1:e earl av Beaconsfield
(★ 21 december 1804 - ✖ 19 april 1881)
W.E. Gladstone / William Ewart Gladstone
(★ 29 december 1809 - ✖ 19 maj 1898)
Drottning Victoria / Alexandrina Victoria
(★ 24 maj 1819 - ✖ 22 januari 1901)
4. Hans Christian Andersen (1952)
Passed | 112 min | Biography, Family, Musical
The opening scene of the movie describes it best: "Once upon a time there lived in Denmark a great storyteller named Hans Christian Andersen. This is not the story of his life, but a fairy tale about the great spinner of fairy tales."
Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Danny Kaye, Farley Granger, Zizi Jeanmaire, Joseph Walsh
Votes: 4,217
Hans Christian Andersen (★ 2 april 1805 - ✖ 4 augusti 1875)
5. Lincoln (2012)
PG-13 | 150 min | Biography, Drama, History
As the Civil War rages on, U.S President Abraham Lincoln struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on his decision to emancipate the slaves.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Votes: 272,453 | Gross: $182.21M
Abraham Lincoln (★ 12 februari 1809 - ✖ 15 april 1865)
6. The Greatest Showman (2017)
PG | 105 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
Celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.
Director: Michael Gracey | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron, Zendaya
Votes: 310,999 | Gross: $174.34M
P. T. Barnum / Phineas Taylor Barnum
(★ 5 juli 1810 - ✖ 7 april 1891)
Joice Heth
(★ c. 1756 - ✖ 19 februari 1836)
James Gordon Bennett Sr.
(★ 1 september 1795 - ✖ 1 juni 1872)
Chang och Eng Bunker
(★ 11 maj 1811 - ✖ 17 januari 1874)
(de siamesiska tvillingarna)
Drottning Victoria / Alexandrina Victoria
(★ 24 maj 1819 - ✖ 22 januari 1901)
Jenny Lind / Johanna Maria Lind / Jenny Lind-Goldschmidt
(★ 6 oktober 1820 - ✖ 2 november 1887)
"General Tom Thumb" / Charles Sherwood Stratton
(★ 4 januari 1838 - ✖ 15 juli 1883)
James Anthony Bailey / f. James Anthony McGinnis
(★ 4 juli 1847 - ✖ 11 april 1906)
"Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Boy" / Fedor Jeftichew / Fedor Adrianovich Jeftichew / Fyodor Yevtishchev
(★ 1868 - ✖ 31 januari 1904)
(i filmen kallad "The Dog Boy")
7. Barnum! (1986 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 113 min | Biography, Musical
Barnum the musical traces Phineas Taylor Barnum's career from 1835 to 1881 when he joined James A. Bailey to form the circus which was called The Greatest Show on Earth. Barnum is a ... See full summary »
Directors: Peter Coe, Terry Hughes | Stars: Michael Crawford, Eileen Battye, Michael Heath, Christina Collier
Votes: 234
P. T. Barnum / Phineas Taylor Barnum
(★ 5 juli 1810 - ✖ 7 april 1891)
Joice Heth
(★ c. 1756 - ✖ 19 februari 1836)
Jenny Lind / Johanna Maria Lind / Jenny Lind-Goldschmidt
(★ 6 oktober 1820 - ✖ 2 november 1887)
"General Tom Thumb" / Charles Sherwood Stratton
(★ 4 januari 1838 - ✖ 15 juli 1883)
James Anthony Bailey / f. James Anthony McGinnis
(★ 4 juli 1847 - ✖ 11 april 1906)
8. The Mighty Barnum (1934)
Approved | 85 min | Biography, Comedy
The comic exploits of confidence trickster and showman P.T. Barnum from his early days through to the creation of The Greatest Show on Earth.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Wallace Beery, Adolphe Menjou, Virginia Bruce, Rochelle Hudson
Votes: 101
P. T. Barnum / Phineas Taylor Barnum
(★ 5 juli 1810 - ✖ 7 april 1891)
Jenny Lind / Johanna Maria Lind / Jenny Lind-Goldschmidt
(★ 6 oktober 1820 - ✖ 2 november 1887)
"General Tom Thumb" / Charles Sherwood Stratton
(★ 4 januari 1838 - ✖ 15 juli 1883)
Lavinia Warren / Mercy Lavinia Warren Stratton (f. Bump)
(★ 31 oktober 1841 - ✖ 25 november 1919)
James Anthony Bailey / f. James Anthony McGinnis
(★ 4 juli 1847 - ✖ 11 april 1906)
9. Dickens of London (1976–1977)
60 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Charles Dickens grew up in a family where his father was larger than life. The elder Dickens is a teller of tales and always seems to have ambitions that are well beyond his means or his ... See full summary »
Stars: Roy Dotrice, John F. Landry, Diana Coupland, Adrienne Burgess
Votes: 81
Charles Dickens / Charles John Huffam Dickens (★ 7 februari 1812 - ✖ 9 juni 1870)
10. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
Not Rated | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History
A young man named Kaspar Hauser suddenly appears in Nuremberg in 1828, barely able to talk or walk, and bearing a strange note.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Bruno S., Walter Ladengast, Brigitte Mira, Willy Semmelrogge
Votes: 18,886
Kaspar Hauser (★ (trol.) 30 april 1812 - ✖ 17 december 1833)
11. Kaspar Hauser (1993)
139 min | Drama, History, Mystery
Kaspar Hauser is the son of the duke of Baden. At the age of one he was swapped by another baby that has been killed right after the change. The real Kaspar Hauser grew up in prison without... See full summary »
Director: Peter Sehr | Stars: André Eisermann, Udo Samel, Jeremy Clyde, Katharina Thalbach
Votes: 505
Kaspar Hauser (★ (trol.) 30 april 1812 - ✖ 17 december 1833)
12. David Livingstone (1936)
71 min
Director: James A. FitzPatrick | Stars: Percy Marmont, Marian Spencer, James Carew, Pamela Stanley
David Livingstone
(★ 19 mars 1813 - ✖ 1 maj 1873)
Henry Stanley / Sir Henry Morton Stanley / John Rowlands
(★ 28 januari 1841 - ✖ 10 maj 1904)
13. Amistad (1997)
R | 155 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally free.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, Anthony Hopkins, Morgan Freeman
Votes: 82,703 | Gross: $44.18M
Joseph Cinqué / Sengbe Pieh
(★ c. 1814 - ✖ c. 1879)
John Quincy Adams
(★ 11 juli 1767 - ✖ 23 februari 1848)
John Forsyth
(★ 22 oktober 1780 - ✖ 21 oktober 1841)
Martin Van Buren
(★ 5 december 1782 - ✖ 24 juli 1862)
Lewis Tappan
(★ 1788 - ✖ 1873)
William S. Holabird
(★ 1794 - ✖ 20 maj 1855)
14. The Young Victoria (2009)
PG | 105 min | Biography, Drama, History
A dramatization of the turbulent first years of Queen Victoria's rule, and her enduring romance with Prince Albert.
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée | Stars: Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany, Miranda Richardson
Votes: 66,336 | Gross: $11.00M
Victoria / Alexandrina Victoria
(★ 24 maj 1819 - ✖ 22 januari 1901)
Prins Albert av Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha
(★ 26 augusti 1819 - ✖ 14 december 1861)
15. Harriet (I) (2019)
PG-13 | 125 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
Director: Kasi Lemmons | Stars: Cynthia Erivo, Janelle Monáe, Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn
Votes: 30,684
Harriet Tubman / "Minty" Ross / Araminta Harriet Ross / "Black Moses" / "Moses of her People"
(★ mars 1822 - ✖ 10 mars 1913)
Thomas Garrett
(★ 21 augusti 1789 - ✖ 25 januari 1871)
William Henry Seward
(★ 16 maj 1801 - ✖ 10 oktober 1872)
Samuel Green
(★ c. 1802 - 28 februari 1877)
Frederick Douglass / f. Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey
(★ 1818 - ✖ 20 februari 1895)
William Still
(★ 7 oktober 1821 - ✖ 14 juli 1902)
16. Desperate Romantics (2009)
Drama
Period drama set in London about the rise of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
Stars: Samuel Barnett, Sam Crane, Josie Farmiloe, Tom Hollander
Votes: 2,023
William Holman Hunt
(★ 2 april 1827 - ✖ 7 september 1910)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
(★ 12 maj 1828 - ✖ 9 april 1882)
Sir John Everett Millais
(★ 8 juni 1829 - ✖ 13 augusti 1896)
Lizzie Siddal / Elizabeth Siddal / Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal
(★ 25 juli 1829 - ✖ 11 februari 1862)
Frank Stone
(★ 22 augusti 1800 - ✖ 18 november 1859)
Charles Dickens / Charles John Huffam Dickens
(★ 7 februari 1812 - ✖ 9 juni 1870)
John Ruskin
(★ 8 februari 1819 - ✖ 20 januari 1900)
Effie Gray / Euphemia Chalmers Gray / Lady Millais
(★ 7 maj 1828 - ✖ 23 december 1897)
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
(★ 28 augusti 1833 - ✖ 17 juni 1898)
William Morris
(★ 24 mars 1834 - ✖ 3 oktober 1896)
Fanny Cornforth (f. Sarah Cox)
(★ 3 januari 1835 - ✖ 24 februari 1909)
Annie Miller
(★ 1835 - ✖ 1925)
Jane Morris (f. Burden)
(★ 19 oktober 1839 - ✖ 29 januari 1914)
17. Effie Gray (2014)
PG-13 | 104 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A look at the scandalous love triangle between Victorian art critic John Ruskin (Greg Wise), his teenage bride Euphemia "Effie" Gray (Dakota Fanning), and Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais (Tom Sturridge).
Director: Richard Laxton | Stars: Dakota Fanning, Greg Wise, Tom Sturridge, Emma Thompson
Votes: 6,829 | Gross: $0.34M
Effie Gray / Euphemia Chalmers Gray / Lady Millais
(★ 7 maj 1828 - ✖ 23 december 1897)
John Ruskin
(★ 8 februari 1819 - ✖ 20 januari 1900)
Sir John Everett Millais
(★ 8 juni 1829 - ✖ 13 augusti 1896)
Sophie Gray / Sophia Margaret Gray
(★ 28 oktober 1843 - ✖ 15 mars 1882)
18. Louise Michel (2009 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama, History
Director: Sólveig Anspach | Stars: Sylvie Testud, Nathalie Boutefeu, Alexandre Steiger, Bernard Blancan
Votes: 121
Louise Michel (★ 29 maj 1830 - ✖ 9 januari 1905)
19. The King and I (1956)
G | 133 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
A widow accepts a job as a live-in governess to the King of Siam's children.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr, Rita Moreno, Martin Benson
Votes: 27,902 | Gross: $21.30M
Anna Leonowens /Edwards
(★ 26 november 1831 - ✖ 19 januari 1915)
Mongkut / Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramenthra Maha Mongkut Phra Chom Klao Chao Yu Hua / Rama IV
(★ 18 oktober 1804 - ✖ 1 oktober 1868)
20. The King and I (1999)
G | 88 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
Traveling to the exotic kingdom of Siam, English schoolteacher Anna Leonowens soon discovers that her most difficult challenge is the stubborn, imperious King himself.
Director: Richard Rich | Stars: Miranda Richardson, Martin Vidnovic, Christiane Noll, Ian Richardson
Votes: 4,304 | Gross: $11.96M
Anna Leonowens /Edwards
(★ 26 november 1831 - ✖ 19 januari 1915)
Mongkut / Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramenthra Maha Mongkut Phra Chom Klao Chao Yu Hua / Rama IV
(★ 18 oktober 1804 - ✖ 1 oktober 1868)
21. The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams (2005)
R | 96 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Robert Adams was a valorous southern Captain who used his heart of fire to rally his men to fight. He fell in love with Eveline, a smart, kind and strong willed school teacher from the north. As they met, the Civil War was upon them.
Directors: Julian Adams, A. Blaine Miller | Stars: Julian Adams, Gwendolyn Edwards, Eric Holloway, Amy Redford
Votes: 509
Robert Adams II (★ 24 december 1832 - ✖ 12 maj 1882)
22. Alfred (1995)
118 min | Biography, Drama
The life of the Swedish engineer Alfred Nobel. How he invented dynamite and later in his life founded the Nobel-Prize.
Director: Vilgot Sjöman | Stars: Sven Wollter, Rita Russek, Judit Danyi, Féodor Atkine
Votes: 142
Alfred Nobel / Alfred Bernhard Nobel (★ 21 oktober 1833 - ✖ 10 december 1896)
23. Hysteria (2011)
R | 100 min | Biography, Comedy, Romance
The truth of how Mortimer Granville devised the invention of the first vibrator in the name of medical science.
Director: Tanya Wexler | Stars: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce, Felicity Jones
Votes: 33,167 | Gross: $1.80M
Joseph Mortimer Granville (★ 1833 - ✖ 1900)
24. They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
Approved | 140 min | War, Western
A highly fictionalized account of the life of George Armstrong Custer from his arrival at West Point in 1857 to his death at the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Arthur Kennedy, Charley Grapewin
Votes: 6,899
George Armstrong Custer
(★ 5 december 1839 - ✖ 25 juni 1876)
Crazy Horse / Tȟašúŋke Witkó (lakota: "Hans häst är galen")
(★ c. 1840 - ✖ 5 september 1877)
25. Chief Crazy Horse (1955)
Approved | 86 min | Biography, Drama, Western
This biography of the famous Lakota Sioux war chief is told entirely from the Indian viewpoint.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Victor Mature, Suzan Ball, John Lund, Ray Danton
Votes: 689
Crazy Horse / Tȟašúŋke Witkó (lakota: "Hans häst är galen") (★ c. 1840 - ✖ 5 september 1877)
26. The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
Passed | 116 min | Biography, Drama
The biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfus Affair.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Paul Muni, Gale Sondergaard, Joseph Schildkraut, Gloria Holden
Votes: 9,006
Émile Zola / Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (★ 2 april 1840 - ✖ 29 september 1902)
27. Edward the King (1975)
687 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of Edward VII (1841 - 1910), the King of the United Kingdom. Before becoming the King, he developed a reputation of a playboy, which angered his mother, Queen Victoria. He was a reformer and modernizer, but also an elitist.
Stars: Annette Crosbie, Timothy West, Helen Ryan, Felicity Kendal
Votes: 551
Edward VII / Albert Edward von Wettin
(★ 9 november 1841 - ✖ 6 maj 1910)
Arthur Wellesley, 1:e hertig av Wellington / "Iron Duke" (’järnhertigen’)
(★ 1 maj 1769 - ✖ 14 september 1852)
Benjamin Disraeli, 1:e earl av Beaconsfield
(★ 21 december 1804 - ✖ 19 april 1881)
William Ewart Gladstone
(★ 29 december 1809 - ✖ 19 maj 1898
Victoria / Alexandrina Victoria
(★ 24 maj 1819 - ✖ 22 januari 1901)
Friedrich III (Fredrik III) / Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl
(★ 18 oktober 1831 - ✖ 15 juni 1888)
Lillie Langtry / Emilie Charlotte Le Breton
(★ 13 oktober 1853 - ✖ 12 februari 1929)
Wilhelm II (Vilhelm II) / Friedrich Wilhelm Victor Albert
(★ 27 januari 1859 - ✖ 4 juni 1941)
28. Beyond Good and Evil (1977)
127 min | Biography, Drama
The life and ideas of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. A love triangle unfolds as Nietzsche and his best friend decides to live with a Jewish woman. According to Nietzsche's ... See full summary »
Director: Liliana Cavani | Stars: Dominique Sanda, Erland Josephson, Robert Powell, Virna Lisi
Votes: 510
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
(★ 15 oktober 1844 - ✖ 25 augusti 1900)
Paul Rée
(★ 21 november 1849 - ✖ 28 oktober 1901)
Lou Andreas-Salomé / f. Louise von Salomé
(★ 12 februari 1861 - ✖ 5 januari 1937)
Malwida von Meysenbug
(★ 28 oktober 1816 - ✖ 26 april 1903)
Ludwig Bernhard Förster
(★ 31 mars 1843 - ✖ 3 juni 1889)
Therese Elisabeth Alexandra Förster-Nietzsche
(★ 10 juli 1846 - ✖ 8 november 1935)
29. Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976)
PG | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Western
A cynical Buffalo Bill hires Sitting Bull to exploit him and add his credibility to the distorted view of history presented in his Wild West Show.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Paul Newman, Joel Grey, Kevin McCarthy, Harvey Keitel
Votes: 5,284
Buffalo Bill / William Frederick Cody
(★ 26 februari 1846 - ✖ 10 januari 1917)
Sitting Bull / Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake / f. Húŋkešni (den långsamme)
(★ c. 1831 - ✖ 15 december 1890)
Grover Cleveland, president / Stephen Grover Cleveland
(★ 18 mars 1837 - ✖ 24 juni 1908)
Frank E. Butler
(★ 26 februari 1852 - ✖ 21 november 1926)
Annie Oakley / Phoebe Ann Mosey
(★ 13 augusti 1860 - ✖ 3 november 1926)
30. The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
Approved | 98 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of how Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Don Ameche, Loretta Young, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn
Votes: 1,194
Alexander Graham Bell (★ 3 mars 1847 - ✖ 2 augusti 1922)
31. Jesse James (1939)
GP | 106 min | Western
After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.
Directors: Henry King, Irving Cummings | Stars: Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly, Randolph Scott
Votes: 4,944
Jesse James / Jesse Woodson James - "Dingus"
(★ 5 september 1847 - ✖ 3 april 1882)
Frank James / Alexander Franklin James
(★ 10 januari 1843 - ✖ 18 februari 1915)
Zee James / Zerelda Mimms / Zerelda Amanda Mimms James
(★ 21 juli 1845 - ✖ 13 november 1900)
Bob Ford / Robert Ford / Robert Newton Ford
(★ 8 december 1861 - ✖ 8 juni 1892)
32. Inferno (1973 TV Movie)
123 min | Drama
Strindberg in Paris divorced from his wife, children and friends. In the company of Parisian artists and writers, including Paul Gauguin and Edvard Munch, but often he feel they ridicule ... See full summary »
Director: Stanislav Barabas | Stars: Per Oscarsson, Christine Buchegger, Marie Versini, Ulla Sjöblom
Votes: 43
August Strindberg / Johan August Strindberg
(★ 22 januari 1849 - ✖ 14 maj 1912)
Paul Gauguin / Eugène Henry Paul Gauguin
(★ 7 juni 1848 - ✖ 8 maj 1903)
33. August Strindberg: Ett liv (1985)
383 min | Biography, Drama
In this six part series August Strindberg is portrayed as a misogynous, selfish and racial. And he loses everything, for the sake of the art.
Stars: Thommy Berggren, Stina Ekblad, Tomas Bolme, Göran Stangertz
Votes: 59
August Strindberg / Johan August Strindberg
(★ 22 januari 1849 - ✖ 14 maj 1912)
Siri von Essen / Sigrid Sofia Matilda Elisabet von Essen
(★ 17 augusti 1850 - ✖ 21 april 1912)
Oscar II / Oscar Fredrik
(★ 21 januari 1829 - ✖ 8 december 1907)
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson / Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson
(★ 8 december 1832 - ✖ 26 april 1910)
Sigmund Freud / Sigismund Schlomo Freud
(★ 6 maj 1856 - ✖ 23 september 1939)
Karl Otto Bonnier
(★ 20 juni 1856 - ✖ 26 maj 1941)
Gustaf af Geijerstam
(★ 5 januari 1858 - ✖ 6 mars 1909)
Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam
(★ 6 juli 1859 - ✖ 20 maj 1940)
Hjalmar Branting / Karl Hjalmar Branting
(★ 23 november 1860 - ✖ 24 februari 1925)
Edvard Munch
(★ 12 december 1863 - ✖ 23 januari 1944)
Sven Hedin / Sven Anders Hedin
(★ 19 februari 1865 - ✖ 26 november 1952)
Harriet Bosse / Harriet Sofie Bosse
(★ 19 februari 1878 - ✖ 2 november 1961)
34. Fritänkaren (1994 Video)
Not Rated | 276 min | Biography, Drama
A 274-minute documentary portrait of the life of playwright August Strindberg. The topic of the movie is inextricable from its method of production: for two years, beginning in 1992, Watkins created the film in a communal collaboration.
Director: Peter Watkins | Stars: Anders Mattsson, Lena Settervall, Roland Borgström, Ingela Berger
Votes: 107
August Strindberg / Johan August Strindberg
(★ 22 januari 1849 - ✖ 14 maj 1912)
Siri von Essen / Sigrid Sofia Matilda Elisabet von Essen
(★ 17 augusti 1850 - ✖ 21 april 1912)
Carl Larsson / Carl Olof Larsson
(★ 28 maj 1853 - ✖ 22 januari 1919)
Karin Larsson, född Bergöö
(★ 3 oktober 1859 - ✖ 18 februari 1928)
Hjalmar Branting / Karl Hjalmar Branting
(★ 23 november 1860 - ✖ 24 februari 1925)
Harriet Bosse / Harriet Sofie Bosse
(★ 19 februari 1878 - ✖ 2 november 1961)
35. August (2007 TV Movie)
175 min | Biography, Drama
In 1876, Strindberg is penniless and once again his play "Master Olof" is rejected by the Royal Dramatic Theater. Debt collectors his furniture and Strindberg is on the verge of committing suicide.
Director: Stig Larsson | Stars: Jonas Karlsson, Gunilla Abrahamsson, Börje Ahlstedt, Emil Almén
Votes: 180
August Strindberg / Johan August Strindberg
(★ 22 januari 1849 - ✖ 14 maj 1912)
Siri von Essen / Sigrid Sofia Matilda Elisabet von Essen
(★ 17 augusti 1850 - ✖ 21 april 1912)
Oscar II / Oscar Fredrik
(★ 21 januari 1829 - ✖ 8 december 1907)
36. Berget på månens baksida (1983)
96 min | Drama
A biopic of the mathematician Sonia Kovalevsky.
Director: Lennart Hjulström | Stars: Bibi Andersson, Thommy Berggren, Roland Hedlund, Gerd Hegnell
Votes: 42
Sonja Kovalevsky / Sofia Vasiljevna Kovalevskaja (f. Krjukovskaja; senare Korvin-Krukovskaja) (★ 15 januari 1850 - ✖ 10 februari 1891)
37. Hip hip hurra! (1987)
110 min | Biography, Drama
The life and times of the Scandinavian artists' colony who lived in Skagen on the Danish coast during the 1890s. Not so much a biographical account, rather a portrait of a way of life. The ... See full summary »
Director: Kjell Grede | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Lene Brøndum, Pia Vieth, Helge Jordal
Votes: 278
P.S. Krøyer / Peder Severin Krøyer
(★ 23 juli 1851 - ✖ 21 november 1909)
Marie Krøyer / Maria (Marie) Martha Mathilde Triepcke / Krøyer / Alfvén
(★ 11 juni 1867 - ✖ 25 maj 1940)
Hugo Alfvén / Hugo Emil Alfvén
(★ 1 maj 1872 - ✖ 8 maj 1960)
38. Lust for Life (1956)
Approved | 122 min | Biography, Drama
The life of brilliant but tortured artist Vincent van Gogh.
Directors: Vincente Minnelli, George Cukor | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald, Pamela Brown
Votes: 12,499 | Gross: $3.48M
Vincent van Gogh / Vincent Willem van Gogh
(★ 30 mars 1853 - ✖ 29 juli 1890)
Paul Gauguin / Eugéne Henry Paul Gauguin
(★ 7 juni 1848 - ✖ 8 maj 1903)
39. Vincent & Theo (1990)
PG-13 | 138 min | Biography, Drama
The familiar tragic story of Vincent van Gogh is broadened by focusing as well on his brother Theodore, who helped support Vincent. The movie also provides a nice view of the locations which Vincent painted.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Tim Roth, Paul Rhys, Adrian Brine, Jean-François Perrier
Votes: 4,203 | Gross: $2.23M
Vincent van Gogh / Vincent Willem van Gogh
(★ 30 mars 1853 - ✖ 29 juli 1890)
Theo van Gogh / Theodorus van Gogh
(★ 1 maj 1857 – ✖ 25 januari 1891)
40. Van Gogh (1991)
R | 158 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The final sixty-seven days of Van Gogh's life are examined.
Director: Maurice Pialat | Stars: Jacques Dutronc, Alexandra London, Bernard Le Coq, Gérard Séty
Votes: 3,306 | Gross: $0.14M
Vincent van Gogh / Vincent Willem van Gogh (★ 30 mars 1853 - ✖ 29 juli 1890)
41. Lillie (1978)
672 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Seen on Masterpiece Theatre, starring Francesca Annis in an award-winning performance, Lillie vividly captures the complex woman who became one of the most notorious and respected figures of the Victorian era.
Stars: Francesca Annis, Catherine Feller, Peggy Ann Wood, Anton Rodgers
Votes: 679
Lillie Langtry / Emilie Charlotte Le Breton
(★ 13 oktober 1853 - ✖ 12 februari 1929)
Victoria / Alexandrina Victoria
(★ 24 maj 1819 - ✖ 22 januari 1901)
Edward VII / Albert Edward von Wettin
(★ 9 november 1841 - ✖ 6 maj 1910)
Sarah Bernhardt
(★ 22 oktober 1844 - ✖ 26 mars 1923)
Oscar Wilde / Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde
(★ 16 oktober 1854 - ✖ 30 november 1900)
42. You Know My Name (1999 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 94 min | Biography, Drama, Western
Fact-based biography of lawman, gunslinger, producer and director Bill Tilghman.
Director: John Kent Harrison | Stars: Sam Elliott, Arliss Howard, Carolyn McCormick, James Gammon
Votes: 856
Bill Tilghman / William Tilghman (★ 4 juli 1854 - ✖ 1 november 1924)
43. Wilde (1997)
R | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The turmoil in poet/playwright Oscar Wilde's life after he discovers his homosexuality.
Director: Brian Gilbert | Stars: Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave, Jennifer Ehle
Votes: 18,115 | Gross: $2.16M
Oscar Wilde / Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde (★ 16 oktober 1854 - ✖ 30 november 1900)
44. The Flight of the Eagle (1982)
140 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
In 1897 Swedish engineer S. A. Andrée with 2 colleagues prepares to fly over the North Pole in his balloon "Eagle".
Director: Jan Troell | Stars: Max von Sydow, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Göran Stangertz, Eva von Hanno
Votes: 1,220
S. A. Andrée / Salomon August Andrée
(★ 18 oktober 1854 - ✖ oktober 1897)
Nils Strindberg
(★ 4 september 1872 - ✖ oktober 1897)
Knut Frænkel / Knut Hjalmar Ferdinand Frænkel
(★ 14 februari 1870 - ✖ oktober 1897)
45. Freud (1962)
Passed | 140 min | Biography, Drama
An examination of Czech-Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's career when he began to treat patients diagnosed with hysteria, using the radical technique of hypnosis.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Montgomery Clift, Susannah York, Larry Parks, Susan Kohner
Votes: 3,306
Sigmund Freud (★ 6 maj 1856 - ✖ 23 september 1939)
46. A Dangerous Method (2011)
R | 99 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A look at how the intense relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud gives birth to psychoanalysis.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Vincent Cassel
Votes: 108,278 | Gross: $5.70M
Sigmund Freud
(★ 6 maj 1856 - ✖ 23 september 1939)
Carl Gustav Jung / C.G. Jung
(★ 26 juli 1875 - ✖ 6 juni 1961)
Sabina Spielrein
(★ 1885 - ✖ 11/12 augusti 1942)
Paul Eugen Bleuler
(★ 30 april 1857 - ✖ 15 juli 1939)
47. Selma (2008 TV Movie)
120 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Drama about Swedish world renowned novelist Selma Lagerlöf's life. In the first part, Selma is in Sicily with her lover Sophie Elkan. The second part is years later, when Selma receives the Nobel Price.
Director: Erik Leijonborg | Stars: Helena Bergström, Alexandra Rapaport, Nina Zanjani, Ola Rapace
Votes: 205
Selma Lagerlöf / Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (★ 20 november 1858 - ✖ 16 mars 1940)
48. Hamsun (1996)
Not Rated | 159 min | Biography, Drama, War
Norwegian Nobel Laureate Knut Hamsun's controversial support for the Nazi regime during World War II and its consequences for the Hamsun family after the war.
Director: Jan Troell | Stars: Max von Sydow, Ghita Nørby, Anette Hoff, Gard B. Eidsvold
Votes: 1,715
Knut Hamsun / Knut Pedersen (★ 4 augusti 1859 - ✖ 19 februari 1952)
49. L'affaire Dreyfus (1995 TV Movie)
200 min | Biography, Drama
In 1894, the French Army discovered the existence of a traitor Alsatian and Jewish, the French officer Alfred Dreyfus makes an ideal culprit. For lack of evidence, the War Ministry creates ... See full summary »
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Thierry Frémont, Gérard Desarthe, Pierre Arditi, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
Votes: 122
Alfred Dreyfus
(★ 9 oktober 1859 - ✖ 12 juli 1935)
Émile Zola / Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola
(★ 2 april 1840 - ✖ 29 september 1902)
Ferdinand Walsin-Esterházy / Marie Charles Ferdinand Walsin-Esterházy
(★ 16 december 1847- ✖ 21 maj 1923)
Georges Picquart / Marie-Georges Picquart
(★ 6 september 1854 - ✖ 19 januari 1914)
Marcel Proust / Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust
(★ 10 juli 1871 - ✖ 18 november 1922)
50. Zorn (1994)
126 min | Biography, Drama
The art, life and times of Swedish painter Anders Zorn during the first two decades of the twentieth century.
Director: Gunnar Hellström | Stars: Gunnar Hellström, Linda Kozlowski, Liv Ullmann, Stig Grybe
Votes: 329
Anders Zorn / Anders Leonard Zorn (★ 18 februari 1860 - ✖ 22 augusti 1920)
51. Finding Neverland (2004)
PG | 106 min | Biography, Drama, Family
The story of Sir J.M. Barrie's friendship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan.
Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Radha Mitchell
Votes: 211,974 | Gross: $51.68M
J.M. Barrie / Sir James Matthew Barrie (★ 9 maj 1860 - ✖ 19 juni 1937)
52. Fitzcarraldo (1982)
PG | 158 min | Adventure, Drama
The story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an extremely determined man who intends to build an opera house in the middle of a jungle.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, José Lewgoy, Miguel Ángel Fuentes
Votes: 38,526
Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald / Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald López (★ 6 juli 1862 - ✖ 9 juli 1897)
53. Klimt (2006)
Not Rated | 131 min | Biography, Drama
A portrait of Austrian artist Gustav Klimt, whose lavish, sexual paintings came to symbolize the art nouveau style of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: John Malkovich, Veronica Ferres, Stephen Dillane, Saffron Burrows
Votes: 3,257
Gustav Klimt (★ 14 juli 1862 - ✖ 6 februari 1918)
54. The Elephant Man (1980)
PG | 124 min | Biography, Drama
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud
Votes: 258,215
Joseph Merrick / Joseph Carey Merrick / John Merrick / Elephant Man (★ 5 augusti 1862 - ✖ 11 april 1890)
55. Edvard Munch (1974 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 210 min | Biography, Drama, History
This biopic of Norwegian Expressionist painter Edvard Munch focuses on the influences that shaped his art, his devastating affair with a married woman that will haunt him for the rest of his life
Director: Peter Watkins | Stars: Geir Westby, Gro Fraas, Kerstii Allum, Eric Allum
Votes: 3,373 | Gross: $0.04M
Edvard Munch (★ 12 december 1863 - ✖ 23 januari 1944)
56. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
PG | 110 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid lead a band of outlaws. When a train robbery goes wrong, they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. After considering their options, they escape to South America.
Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Strother Martin
Votes: 226,575 | Gross: $102.31M
Butch Cassidy / Robert Leroy Parker
(★ 15 april 1866 - ✖ 7 november 1908)
Sundance Kid / Harry Alonzo Longabaugh
(★ 1867 - ✖ 7 november 1908)
57. Elvira Madigan (I) (1967)
PG | 91 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The Danish tightrope dancer Elvira Madigan meets Lieutenant Sixten Sparre, a Swedish officer who is married and has two children. They both decide to run away.
Director: Bo Widerberg | Stars: Pia Degermark, Thommy Berggren, Lennart Malmer, Cleo Jensen
Votes: 3,222
Elvira Madigan / Hedvig Antoinette Isabella Eleonore Jensen
(★ 4 december 1867 - ✖ 19 juli 1889)
Sixten Sparre / Bengt Edvard Sigge Sixten Sparre af Rossvik
(★ 27 september 1854 - ✖ 19 juli 1889)
58. The Last Place on Earth (1985)
396 min | Drama
Based on the book 'Scott and Amundsen' by Roland Huntford, "The Last Place on Earth" is an exploration of the rivalry between Captain Robert F. Scott and Ronald Amundsen as they attempt to reach the South Pole.
Stars: Martin Shaw, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Stephen Moore, Ståle Bjørnhaug
Votes: 454
Robert Scott / Robert Falcon Scott
(★ 6 juni 1868 - ✖ 29 mars 1912)
Roald Amundsen / Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen
(★ 16 juli 1872- ✖ 18 juni 1928)
Fridtjof Nansen / Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen
(★ 10 oktober 1861- ✖ 13 maj 1930)
59. Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
PG | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
The story of British explorer Robert Falcon Scott's 1912 expedition and his quest to be the first to reach the South Pole.
Director: Charles Frend | Stars: John Mills, Derek Bond, Diana Churchill, Harold Warrender
Votes: 2,431
Robert Scott / Robert Falcon Scott (★ 6 juni 1868 - ✖ 29 mars 1912)
60. Gandhi (1982)
PG | 191 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.
Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Ben Kingsley, John Gielgud, Rohini Hattangadi, Roshan Seth
Votes: 240,105 | Gross: $52.77M
Mahatma Gandhi / Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (★ 2 oktober 1869 - ✖ 30 januari 1948)
61. Seger i mörker (1954)
108 min | Biography, Drama
The story about Gustaf Dalén, the farm boy who became one of Swedens greatest inventors.
Director: Gösta Folke | Stars: Olof Bergström, Eva Stiberg, Gunnar Björnstrand, Kolbjörn Knudsen
Votes: 70
Nils Gustaf Dalén (★ 30 november 1869 - ✖ 9 december 1937)
62. Shackleton's Captain (2012 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
Captain Frank Worsley signs on as Captain of the Endurance to navigate Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew to Antarctica. When the expedition ship is crushed; Worsley's seamanship and navigational skills saves them all.
Director: Leanne Pooley | Stars: Craig Parker, Charles Pierard, Hugh Barnard, Blake Henshaw
Votes: 733
Frank Worsley / Frank Arthur Worsley
(★ 22 februari 1872 - ✖ 1 februari 1943)
Ernest Shackleton / Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
(★ 15 februari 1874 - ✖ 5 januari 1922)
63. The Search for the Northwest Passage (2005 TV Movie)
130 min | Documentary
A look at the search for the fabled Northwest passage, the legendary path through the ice across the Canadian Arctic, and the attempts made by wealthy British explorer Sir John Franklin and penniless Norwegian Roald Amundsen.
Director: Louise Osmond | Stars: Maureen Bennett, Richard Betts, Kåre Conradi, George Dalton
Votes: 51
Roald Amundsen / Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (★ 16 juli 1872- ✖ 18 juni 1928)
64. Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
TV-MA | 720 min | Crime, Drama
A dramatization of the missions and adventures of the greatest spy in British history.
Stars: Sam Neill, Michael Bryant, Norman Rodway, Tom Bell
Votes: 1,687
Sidney Reilly / Sidney George Reilly / Shlomo Rosenblum / Salomon Rosenblum / "Ace of Spies" (★ c. 24 mars 1873 – ✖ c. 5 november 1925)
65. Shackleton (2002)
206 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The true story of Shackleton's 1914 Endurance expedition to the South Pole, and his epic struggle to lead his twenty-eight man crew to safety after his ship was crushed in the pack ice.
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Eve Best, Mark Tandy, Embeth Davidtz
Votes: 3,090
Ernest Shackleton / Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
(★ 15 februari 1874 - ✖ 5 januari 1922)
Frank Worsley / Frank Arthur Worsley
(★ 22 februari 1872 - ✖ 1 februari 1943)
66. Mata Hari (1931)
Passed | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.
Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: Greta Garbo, Ramon Novarro, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone
Votes: 3,951 | Gross: $0.93M
Mata Hari / Margaretha Geertruida Zelle / Margreet MacLeod (★ 7 augusti 1876 - ✖ 15 oktober 1917)
67. Mata Hari, agent H21 (1964)
98 min | Drama, History, Romance
The Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari is accused of spying for Germany during the First World War.
Director: Jean-Louis Richard | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Claude Rich, Henri Garcin
Votes: 471
Mata Hari / Margaretha Geertruida Zelle / Margreet MacLeod (★ 7 augusti 1876 - ✖ 15 oktober 1917)
68. Mata Hari (1981)
87 min | Biography, Drama
Exotic dancer Mata Hari is arrested on suspicion of treason. Before her trial she is questioned thoroughly reveals her life story from her childhood in Zeeland, her marriage in Indonesia and her success and espionage in France.
Stars: Josine van Dalsum, Siem Vroom, Jan Teulings, Lo van Hensbergen
Votes: 29
Mata Hari / Margaretha Geertruida Zelle / Margreet MacLeod (★ 7 augusti 1876 - ✖ 15 oktober 1917)
69. Mata Hari (1985)
R | 108 min | Drama, Thriller, War
Mata Hari is a beautiful dancer of Dutch origin working in Paris. It is August 1914 and war between France and Germany seems imminent. However, she accepts an invitation to travel to Berlin as part of a show.
Director: Curtis Harrington | Stars: Sylvia Kristel, Christopher Cazenove, Oliver Tobias, Gaye Brown
Votes: 1,096
Mata Hari / Margaretha Geertruida Zelle / Margreet MacLeod (★ 7 augusti 1876 - ✖ 15 oktober 1917)
70. Mata Hari (2016–2017)
60 min | Drama, History
A sex icon becomes a spy during one of the most important wars of the 20th century.
Stars: Vahina Giocante, Aleksey Guskov, Viktoriya Isakova, Keith Silverstein
Votes: 504
Mata Hari / Margaretha Geertruida Zelle / Margreet MacLeod (★ 7 augusti 1876 - ✖ 15 oktober 1917)
71. The Last Sentence (2012)
Unrated | 126 min | Biography, Drama
A story based on the life of journalist Torgny Segerstedt, who alerted the Swedish public to the threat of Fascism in the 1930s.
Director: Jan Troell | Stars: Jesper Christensen, Pernilla August, Ulla Skoog, Björn Granath
Votes: 849 | Gross: $0.06M
Torgny Karl Segerstedt (★ 1 november 1876 - ✖ 31 mars 1945)
72. Viva Villa! (1934)
Passed | 115 min | Biography, Western
After enacting revenge on the overseer who murdered his father, Pancho Villa becomes a bandit, earning the respect of the poor by brutally attacking the wealthy.
Directors: Jack Conway, Howard Hawks, William A. Wellman | Stars: Wallace Beery, Fay Wray, Leo Carrillo, Donald Cook
Votes: 1,568 | Gross: $1.11M
Pancho Villa / Francisco Villa / José Doroteo Arango Arámbula (★ 5 juni 1878 - ✖ 20 juli 1923)
73. Let's Go with Pancho Villa (1936)
PG-13 | 92 min | Drama, War
The Mexican Revolution is on its way when six brave peasants, known as "Los Leones de San Pablo", decide to join Pancho Villa's army and help end the suffering in their community by ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando de Fuentes | Stars: Antonio R. Frausto, Domingo Soler, Manuel Tamés, Ramón Vallarino
Votes: 815
Pancho Villa / Francisco Villa / José Doroteo Arango Arámbula (★ 5 juni 1878 - ✖ 20 juli 1923)
74. Cuando ¡Viva Villa..! es la muerte (1960)
Not Rated | 85 min | Action, Drama, History
One of the films in the series of seven tales that tell, in a funny sort of way, different stories lived by Pancho Villa and several characters from the small town, now it's the time for ... See full summary »
Director: Ismael Rodríguez | Stars: Pedro Armendáriz, Alma Rosa Aguirre, Carlos López Moctezuma, Humberto Almazán
Votes: 55
Pancho Villa / Francisco Villa / José Doroteo Arango Arámbula (★ 5 juni 1878 - ✖ 20 juli 1923)
75. Villa Rides (1968)
R | 125 min | Drama, War, Western
Mexican rebel Pancho Villa leads a revolution helped by an American aviator imprisoned in Mexico.
Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: Yul Brynner, Robert Mitchum, Maria Grazia Buccella, Herbert Lom
Votes: 2,326 | Gross: $2.64M
Pancho Villa / Francisco Villa / José Doroteo Arango Arámbula (★ 5 juni 1878 - ✖ 20 juli 1923)
76. Pancho Villa (1972)
PG | 92 min | Action, Biography, Comedy
A double-cross in an arms deal prompts Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa to raid a US Army weapons depot in Columbus, New Mexico.
Director: Eugenio Martín | Stars: Telly Savalas, Clint Walker, Chuck Connors, Anne Francis
Votes: 715
Pancho Villa / Francisco Villa / José Doroteo Arango Arámbula (★ 5 juni 1878 - ✖ 20 juli 1923)
77. And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 112 min | Biography, Drama, History
Hollywood makes a deal with Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa to film his war and recreate his life.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Eion Bailey, Alan Arkin, Jim Broadbent
Votes: 3,618
Pancho Villa / Francisco Villa / José Doroteo Arango Arámbula (★ 5 juni 1878 - ✖ 20 juli 1923)
78. Skånska mord - Esarparen (1986 TV Movie)
100 min | Biography, Crime
After wishing for his wife's death for a long time, Esarparen is suddenly accused of murdering her. He protests his innocence, but does he speak the truth--or is he a man who could actually... See full summary »
Director: Richard Hobert | Stars: Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Majlis Granlund, Kajsa Reingardt, Dan Tillberg
Votes: 180
Nils Wilhelm Andersson / "Esarparen" (★ 16 juli 1878 - ✖ 9 februari 1957)
79. Viva Zapata! (1952)
Approved | 113 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of President Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn, Joseph Wiseman
Votes: 12,446
Emiliano Zapata / Emilio Zapata (★ 8 augusti 1879 - ✖ 10 april 1919)
80. Zapata - El sueño del héroe (2004)
Biography, Drama, Fantasy
A look at the life of Mexican Revolution Hero Emiliano Zapata.
Director: Alfonso Arau | Stars: Alejandro Fernández, Lucero, Patricia Velasquez, Jesús Ochoa
Votes: 1,081
Emiliano Zapata / Emilio Zapata (★ 8 augusti 1879 - ✖ 10 april 1919)
81. Joe Hill (1971)
GP | 114 min | Biography, Drama, History
About the life and death of the legendary Swedish/American agitator Joe Hill.
Director: Bo Widerberg | Stars: Thommy Berggren, Anja Schmidt, Kelvin Malave, Evert Anderson
Votes: 923 | Gross: $0.03M
Joe Hill / Joel Emmanuel Hägglund / Joseph Hillström (★ 7 oktober 1879 - ✖ 19 november 1915)
82. The King's Speech (2010)
R | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of King George VI, his unexpected ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.
Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Derek Jacobi
Votes: 707,517 | Gross: $138.80M
Lionel George Logue
(★ 26 februari 1880 - ✖ 12 april 1953)
King George VI / Albert Fredrick Arthur George
(★ 14 december 1895 - ✖ 6 februari 1952)
Elizabeth II / Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor
(★ 21 april 1926 ---)
83. Ivar Kreuger (1998)
170 min | Biography, Drama
Ivar Kreuger was a businessman who influenced a whole world and whose fate is still shrouded in mystery.
Stars: Johan Rabaeus, Regina Lund, Sven Wollter, Maria Kulle
Votes: 243
Ivar Kreuger (★ 2 mars 1880 - ✖ 12 mars 1932)
84. The Adventures of Picasso (1978)
88 min | Biography, Comedy
Already in his childhood, Pablo Picasso shows talent for painting and is sent to the Academy of Arts in Madrid. He becomes a painter but has to live in Paris in poverty. One day he is ... See full summary »
Director: Tage Danielsson | Stars: Gösta Ekman, Hans Alfredson, Margaretha Krook, Lena Olin
Votes: 3,922
Pablo Picasso /
Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Mártir Patricio Ruiz y Picasso
(★ 25 oktober 1881 - ✖ 8 april 1973)
Henri Rousseau
(★ 21 maj 1844 - ✖ 2 september 1910)
Sergej Pavlovitj Djagilev
(★ 31 mars 1872 - ✖ 19 augusti 1929)
Gertrude Stein
(★ 3 februari 1874 - ✖ 27 juli 1946)
Winston Churchill / Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill
(★ 30 november 1874 - ✖ 24 januari 1965)
Albert Schweitzer
(★ 14 januari 1875 - ✖ 4 september 1965)
Alice B. Toklas / Alice Babette Toklas
(★ 30 april 1877 - ✖ 7 mars 1967)
Guillaume Apollinaire / Wilhelm Albert Vladimir Apollinaris de Kostrowitzky
(★ 26 augusti 1880 - ✖ 9 november 1918)
Adolf Hitler
(★ 20 april 1889 - ✖ 30 april 1945)
Rembrandt / Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
(★ 15 juli 1606 - ✖ 4 oktober 1669)
Vincent Willem van Gogh
(★ 30 mars 1853 - ✖ 29 juli 1890)
Carl Larsson / Carl Olof Larsson
(★ 28 maj 1853 - ✖ 22 januari 1919)
Jenny Eugenia Nyström
(★ 13 juni 1854 - ✖ 17 januari 1946)
Giacomo Puccini / Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini
(★ 22 december 1858 - ✖ 29 november 1924)
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec / Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa
(★ 24 november 1864 - ✖ 9 september 1901)
Erik Satie / Alfred Éric Leslie Satie
(★ 17 maj 1866 - ✖ 1 juli 1925)
Henri Matisse / Henri Émile Benoît Palen
(★ 31 december 1869 - ✖ 3 november 1954)
Elsa Beskow, född Maartman
(★ 11 februari 1874 - ✖ 30 juni 1953)
Georges Braque
(★ 13 maj 1882 - ✖ 31 augusti 1963)
Ernest Hemingway / Ernest Miller Hemingway
(★ 21 juli 1899 - ✖ 2 juli 1961)
85. The Hours (2002)
PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Romance
The story of how the novel "Mrs. Dalloway" affects three generations of women, all of whom, in one way or another, have had to deal with suicide in their lives.
Director: Stephen Daldry | Stars: Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane
Votes: 138,440 | Gross: $41.68M
Virginia Woolf / Virginia Adeline Woolf / Virginia Adeline Stephen (★ 25 januari 1882 - ✖ 28 mars 1941)
86. The Last 4 Days (1974)
PG | 91 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1945, the dictator of fascist Italy and Hitler's close ally Benito Mussolini faces defeat. In a desperate attempt to avoid capture, he tries to flee the country with his lover Claretta Petacci, but Italian partisans are on their tail.
Director: Carlo Lizzani | Stars: Rod Steiger, Franco Nero, Lisa Gastoni, Lino Capolicchio
Votes: 869
Benito Mussolini / Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (★ 29 juli 1883 - ✖ 28 april 1945)
87. Mussolini: The Untold Story (1985)
Unrated | 410 min | Biography, Drama, History
The rise and fall of the Italian fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini.
Stars: George C. Scott, Virginia Madsen, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Lee Grant
Votes: 643
Benito Mussolini / Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (★ 29 juli 1883 - ✖ 28 april 1945)
88. Genius (2016)
PG-13 | 104 min | Biography, Drama
A chronicle of Max Perkins's time as the book editor at Scribner, where he oversaw works by Thomas Wolfe, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and others.
Director: Michael Grandage | Stars: Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Laura Linney
Votes: 21,342 | Gross: $1.36M
Max Perkins / William Maxwell Evarts Perkins
(★ 20 september 1884 - ✖ 17 juni 1947)
F. Scott Fitzgerald / Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
(★ 24 september 1896 - ✖ 21 december 1940)
Ernest Hemingway / Ernest Miller Hemingway
(★ 21 juli 1899 - ✖ 2 juli 1961)
Thomas Wolfe / Thomas Clayton Wolfe
(★ 3 oktober 1900 - ✖ 15 september 1938)
89. Mussolini and I (1985– )
120 min | Biography, Drama, War
A compelling drama and documentary chronicling the life and death of Il Duce (Bob Hoskins), from his days as a terrorist, to his alliance with Hitler, to the betrayal of his son-in-law, and untimely demise.
Stars: Susan Sarandon, Anthony Hopkins, Bob Hoskins, Annie Girardot
Votes: 452
Benito Mussolini / Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini
(★ 29 juli 1883 - ✖ 28 april 1945)
Adolf Hitler
(★ 20 april 1889 - ✖ 30 april 1945)
90. Il giovane Mussolini (1993– )
R | 114 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of a young Benito Mussolini. It is the drama of a man whose lust for power unleashed a reign of terror - the chilling account of how an ambitious young schoolteacher became the ruthless dictator of Italy.
Stars: Antonio Banderas, Toni Bertorelli, Valentina Lainati, Franco Mescolini
Votes: 246
Benito Mussolini / Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (★ 29 juli 1883 - ✖ 28 april 1945)
91. Vincere (2009)
Unrated | 128 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The story of Mussolini's secret lover, Ida Dalser, and their son Albino.
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Filippo Timi, Fausto Russo Alesi, Michela Cescon
Votes: 5,910 | Gross: $0.62M
Benito Mussolini / Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini
(★ 29 juli 1883 - ✖ 28 april 1945)
Ida Dalser / Ida Irene Dalser
(★ 20 August 1880 – ✖ 3 December 1937)
92. Modigliani (2004)
R | 128 min | Biography, Drama
The story of Amedeo Modigliani's bitter rivalry with Pablo Picasso, and his tragic romance with Jeanne Hebuterne.
Director: Mick Davis | Stars: Andy Garcia, Elsa Zylberstein, Omid Djalili, Hippolyte Girardot
Votes: 12,512 | Gross: $0.20M
Modigliani / Amedeo Modigliani / Amedeo Clemente Modigliani
(★ 12 juli 1884 - ✖ 24 januari 1920)
Claude Monet
(★ 14 november 1840 - ✖ 5 december 1926)
Auguste Renoir / Pierre-Auguste Renoir
(★ 25 februari 1841 - ✖ 3 december 1919)
Gertrude Stein
(★ 3 februari 1874 - ✖ 27 juli 1946)
Pablo Picasso
(★ 25 oktober 1881 - ✖ 8 april 1973)
Diego Rivera / Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez
(★ 8 december 1886 - ✖ 24 november 1957)
Jean Cocteau
(★ 5 juli 1889 - ✖ 11 oktober 1963)
Frida Kahlo / Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón
(★ 6 juli 1907 - ✖ 13 juli 1954)
93. Patton (1970)
GP | 172 min | Biography, Drama, War
The World War II phase of the career of controversial American general George S. Patton.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Stephen Young, Michael Strong
Votes: 107,874 | Gross: $61.70M
George S. Patton / George Smith Patton Jr. (★ 11 november 1885 - ✖ 21 december 1945)
94. Out of Africa (1985)
PG | 161 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
In 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Kitchen
Votes: 86,256 | Gross: $87.10M
Karen Blixen / Karen von Blixen-Finecke / Karen Christentze Dinesen (★ 17 april 1885 - ✖ 7 september 1962)
95. Copenhagen (2002 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, History, War
A television adaptation of Michael Frayn's celebrated and award-winning stage play about the meeting between physicists Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg in 1941 Copenhagen. At this time the... See full summary »
Director: Howard Davies | Stars: Stephen Rea, Daniel Craig, Francesca Annis
Votes: 1,137
Niels Henrik David Bohr
(★ 7 oktober 1885 - ✖ 18 november 1962)
Werner Karl Heisenberg
(★ 5 december 1901 - ✖ 1 februari 1976)
96. Reds (1981)
PG | 195 min | Biography, Drama, History
A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia, and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.
Director: Warren Beatty | Stars: Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Edward Herrmann, Jerzy Kosinski
Votes: 24,697 | Gross: $40.38M
John Reed / "Jack" Reed / John Silas Reed
(★ 22 oktober 1887 - ✖ 19 oktober 1920)
"Big Bill" Haywood / William Dudley Haywood
(★ 4 februari 1869 - ✖ 18 maj 1928)
Emma Goldman
(★ 27 juni 1869 - ✖ 14 maj 1940)
Eugene O'Neill / Eugene Gladstone O'Neill
(★ 16 oktober 1888 - ✖ 27 november 1953)
Vladimir Lenin / Vladimir Iljitj Uljanov
(★ 22 april n.s. (10 april g.s.) 1870 - ✖ 21 januari n.s. 1924)
Leon Trotskij / Leo / Lev / Lev Davidovitj Bronstein
(★ 7 november n.s. (26 oktober g.s.) 1879 - ✖ 21 augusti n.s. 1940)
97. The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015)
PG-13 | 108 min | Biography, Drama
The story of the life and academic career of the pioneer Indian mathematician, Srinivasa Ramanujan, and his friendship with his mentor, Professor G.H. Hardy.
Director: Matt Brown | Stars: Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons, Malcolm Sinclair, Raghuvir Joshi
Votes: 62,053 | Gross: $3.87M
Ramanujan / Srinivasa Ramanujan / Srinivasa Aiyangar Ramanujan (★ 22 december 1887 - ✖ 26 april 1920)
98. Sacco & Vanzetti (1971)
GP | 125 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In 1920s Boston, Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are scrutinized for their anarchist beliefs while on trial for robbery and murder.
Director: Giuliano Montaldo | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Riccardo Cucciolla, Cyril Cusack, Rosanna Fratello
Votes: 3,723 | Gross: $0.19M
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
(★ 11 juni 1888 - ✖ 22 augusti 1927)
Nicola Sacco / Ferdinando Nicola Sacco
(★ 22 april 1891- ✖ 22 augusti 1927
99. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Approved | 218 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins
Votes: 313,995 | Gross: $44.82M
T.E. Lawrence / Thomas Edward Lawrence - Lawrence av Arabien (★ 16 augusti 1888 - ✖ 19 maj 1935)
100. Grey Owl (1999)
PG-13 | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Western
The story of the life and work of the Canadian fur trapper-turned-conservationist who claimed to be an aboriginal North American.
Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Stewart Bick, Vlasta Vrana, Annie Galipeau
Votes: 4,035 | Gross: $0.63M
Grey Owl / Archibald Belaney (★ 18 september 1888 - ✖ 13 april 1938)
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