Best Biography movies of 1971

Actors : Jon Finch, Martin Shaw, Terence Bayler, Francesca Annis,
Directors : Roman Polanski,

A ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord seizes the throne with the help of his scheming wife and a trio of witches.

Actors : Vanessa Redgrave, Dudley Sutton, Max Adrian, Oliver Reed,
Directors : Ken Russell,

In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of Loudun from the corrupt establishment of Cardinal Richelieu. Hysteria occurs within the city when he is accused of witchcraft by a sexually repressed nun.

Actors : John Hurt, Judy Geeson, Pat Heywood, Richard Attenborough,
Directors : Richard Fleischer,

Based on the real-life case of the British serial killer John Christie, and what happened to his neighbors Tim and Beryl Evans.

Actors : Janet Suzman, Roderic Noble, Michael Jayston, Ania Marson,
Directors : Franklin J. Schaffner,

Tsar Nicholas II, the inept monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.

Actors : Vanessa Redgrave, Patrick McGoohan, Glenda Jackson, Timothy Dalton,
Directors : Charles Jarrott,

During the sixteenth century, the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots engages in over two decades of religious and political conflict with her cousin, the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I of England, amidst political intrigue in her native land.

Actors : John Phillip Law, Barry Primus, Corin Redgrave, Don Stroud,
Directors : Roger Corman,

The story of Manfred von Richthofen, the German air ace during World War I and his struggle with the enemy aces and some jealous German officers.

Actors : Riccardo Cucciolla, Rosanna Fratello, Gian Maria Volontè, Cyril Cusack,
Directors : Giuliano Montaldo,

The story of two anarchists who were charged and unfairly tried for murder when it was really for their political convictions.

Actors : Rod Cameron, George Hamilton, Bert Freed, Sue Lyon,
Directors : Marvin J. Chomsky,

Biography of the famed motorcycle daredevil, much of which was filmed in his home town of Butte, Montana. The film depicts Knievel reflecting on major events in his life just before a big ...

Actors : Evert Anderson, Anja Schmidt, Thommy Berggren, Kelvin Malave,
Directors : Bo Widerberg,

About the life and death of the legendary Swedish/American agitator Joe Hill.

Actors : Katia Dandoulaki, Angelos Antonopoulos, Dimitris Papamichael, Alekos Alexandrakis,
Directors : Erricos Andreou,

The life and work of the hero of 1821 Papaflessas that during the liberation struggle of the Greeks against the Turks, revolutionizing the elders and the world to declare war!!! Up to the ...

Actors : Irma Martinkauppi, Titta Karakorpi, Pertti Ylermi Lindgren, Elina Salo,
Directors : Peter von Bagh,

Sleazy impostor, then dance band singer Pertti Ylermi Lindgren merrily re-enacts some of his real-life engagements to 76 different women in the late 1960s. After posing as an aristocrat, ...

Actors : Eleni Erimou, Petros Fyssoun, Alkis Yannakas, Jenny Karezi,
Directors : Kostas Karagiannis,

Manto Mavrogenous, several years after the revolution and active action, remembers her life. Despite the objections of her mother, gave her dowry to financially support the revolution. ...

Actors : Jean-Claude Brialy, Pier Paolo Capponi, Florinda Bolkan, Terence Stamp,
Directors : Nelo Risi,

About the last months Arthur Rimbaud spent in Africa before his untimely death (he was only 37), trafficking in arms and maybe in slaves. With a frequent use of flashback earlier moments of Rimbaud's life are explored.

Actors : Aruna Irani, Rekha Sabnis, Om Shivpuri, Arun Khopkar,
Directors : Mani Kaul,

Aashad Ka Ek Din is an adaptation of the play that is based on Kalidasa's life in three acts. Kalidasa is renowned as one of the greatest writers, poets and dramatists in the history of Sanskrit language.

Actors : Milos Kopecký, Karel Augusta, Stanislava Bartosová, Pavel Landovský,
Directors : Karel Steklý,

The nobleman Petr Vok of Rozmberk (Milos Kopecký) is no longer so young, but his amatory adventures continue to arouse the envy of men and the indignation of respectable ladies. In his "...

Actors : Kostas Karagiorgis, Ketty Papanika, Faidon Georgitsis, Thanasis Mylonas,
Directors : Giannis Hristodoulou,

It is telling the story of abduction of a German officer , General Heinrich Kreipe by British commandos and Greek resistance fighters in Crete during the Second World War. It was one of the greatest achievement in the second world war.