Best Biography movies of 1970s

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 : Ladislav Bambas, Daniela Bambasová, Josef Vinklár, Zlata Adamovská,
Directors : Frantisek Vlácil,

Composer Antonín Dvorák (Josef Vinklár) conducts a rehearsal at the Royal Albert Hall in London, where a series of his musical pieces is to be performed. He is suddenly being haunted by a ...

Actors : Vandana Pandit, Rajani Chavan, Mohan Agashe, Om Puri,

This was the first movie made by this group (see Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan (1978), a collective effort in direction and cinematography. The story tells the tale of Nanasaheb Phadnavis, ...

Actors : Samu Balázs, Zoltán Latinovits, Éva Ruttkai, Mari Töröcsik,
Directors : György Révész,

Based on the autobiographical novel by Frigyes Karinthy in which the author shares his experiences on finding out having a brain tumor and undergoing brain surgery in the 1930s.

Actors : Vladimir Anisko, L. Armengol, O. Banke Paulu, András Kozák,
Directors : Manos Zacharias,

The last months of life of Hungarian writer Máté Zalka who joined the International Brigades and fought in the Spanish Civil War.

Actors : Renato Pozzetto, Maurizio Arena, Stanley Baker, Marisa Allasio,
Directors : Mario Morra,

Anthological movie with some of the most famous movie sequences in Italian cinema produced by glorious Titanus Film from 1947 to 1962.

Actors : Bozidarka Frajt, Zlatica Dubravcic, Ruza Rosoci, Vesna Veselic,
Directors : Tomislav Radic,

An unemployed actress remembers her war-torn childhood while she unsuccessfully tries to find a job.

Actors : Petar Kralj, Gojko Santic, Ljuba Tadic, Lazar Ristovski,
Directors : Eduard Galic,

A biopic of an influential Serbian political activist, literary critic and philosopher. Svetozar Markovic developed an activist anthropological philosophy with a definite program of social ...

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 : Heera Chawan, Lata Karnataki, Saroj Sukhtankar, Sarla Yeolekar,
Directors : Datta Dharmadhikari,

Bhakta Pundalik was released in 1975. Produced by Ram Devtale & Ram Karve and directed by Dutta Dharmadhikari. Movie is a sentimental biopic of one of the most revered & respected saints of Maharashtra whose devotion knew no fathoms.

Actors : Su-Chen Chen, Caryn White, Yunzhong Li, Bruce Li,
Directors : Hsing-Lai Wang,

A highly fictionalized biography of the famous Bruce Lee, this movie traces his college life, his marriage to Linda Lee, his relationship with his master, and his untimely death.

Actors : Mario Almada, David Alejandro, Armando Acosta, Antonio Aguilar,
Directors : Felipe Cazals,

Emiliano Zapata was a peasant who understood the ideals of the working class. He became a figurehead of the revolutionary uprising in Mexico and his life as a leader, his wife and the ...

Actors : Massimo Foschi, Simonetta Stefanelli, Anna Orso, Ettore Manni,
Directors : Luciano Ercoli,

Simonetta Stefanelli stars as Lucrezia Borgia in Luciano Ercoli's version of the early life of this fascinating historical persona. If the accuracy of the historical facts may be drawn into...

Actors : María Vaner, Duilio Marzio, Marilina Ross, Jorge Martínez,
Directors : Lautaro Murúa,

True-life story of a girl of the streets of Buenos Aires who passed for a boy.

Actors : Rea Mauranen, Ari Suonsuu, Asko Sarkola, Kari Franck,

The life of early 20th century author, journalist, and revolutionary Algot Untola (also known as Maiju Lassila, Irmari Rantamala and under several more pseudonyms), one of the most ...

Actors : Regis Cordic, Sándor Naszódy, Marvin Miller, Rod Colbin,
Directors : Michael Economou,

A faithful recounting of the ministry, trial and martyrdom of the fifteenth century Bohemian priest John Hus, who built on the reforms of John Wycliffe, taught the Bible in the vernacular and who influenced Martin Luther a century later.

Actors : Bo Svenson, Stephanie Edwards, Bernie Casey, Janet MacLachlan,
Directors : Daniel Mann,

When an African-American basketball star suffers sudden paralysis, his white friend and teammate assists in his rehabilitation. (Josiah Howard, "Blaxploitation Cinema: The Essential ...

Actors : John Mason, James Arrington, Maurice Grandmaison, Richard Moll,
Directors : Tom McGowan,

The life of Brigham Young, the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the better part of the 1800s, founder of Salt Lake City and the first governor of the Utah Territory.

Actors : Burt Lancaster, George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Muhammad Ali,

Ali the Fighter was made in 1975, when the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier fight was still fresh in everyone's minds. Filmmaker William Greaves frames Ali's rise to glory, beginning with his "Cassius Clay" days back in Louisville.

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.