Best Biography movies of 1970s

Actors : Helmut Käutner, Käthe Gold, Kristina Söderbaum, Attila Hörbiger,
Directors : Hans-Jürgen Syberberg,

This ethereal, three-hour biopic is the middle film in Hans-Jürgen Syberberg's "German Trilogy" on the mythological foundations of the Third Reich.

Actors : Juraj Kukura, Bozidara Turzonovová, Gabriela Benacková, Jirí Adamíra,
Directors : Jirí Krejcík,

The opera lady singer Ema Destinnová (Bozidara Turzonovová) is in all her splendor at the American stages. But in Europe there rages war and she decides to return home to Bohemia. As an ...

Actors : Yeong-gyun Shin, Am Park, Myeong-jin Kim, Ji-mee Kim,
Directors : In-hyeon Choi,

General Wang-gun marches on the capitol and overthrows the usurper Ku-jin who had slain the last king of the Shilla Dynasty. Wang-gun becomes king and begins a new era in Korean History--the Koryo Dynasty.

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.

Actors : Rajesh Khanna, Mumtaz, Shashi Kapoor, Hrishikesh Mukherjee,

This is a BBC documentary made on Rajesh Khanna, who had become a phenomenon of Indian cinema and his immense popularity had earned him the title of Superstar.

Actors : Iurie Darie, Irina Gardescu, Alexandru Repan, Ioana Bulca,
Directors : Gheorghe Vitanidis,

After 20 years in Ottoman Constantinople, Moldavian Prince Dimitrie Cantemir completes the written history of the Ottoman Empire and is crowned King of Moldavia in 1710 but his valuable manuscript is stolen by foreign agents.

Actors : Valeria Sabel, Luigi Vannucchi, Rita Calderoni, Dominique Darel,
Directors : Roberto Rossellini,

The story of Christian Democrat leader De Gasperi and his struggle to lead Italy in the years after the end of World War Two.

Actors : Fiona Fullerton, Alan Dobie, Harry Andrews, Annette Crosbie,
Directors : Colin Nears,

The last days of famous Russian author Leo Tolstoy which are paralleled with one of his last stories - The Death of Ivan Ilyich - about a man who is happy with his life until he finds out he's sick and is about to die.

Actors : Patricia Aspíllaga, Carlos Bracho, Yolanda Ciani, Ana Luisa Peluffo,
Directors : Rubén Broido,

The movie is about the story of mexican poet Ramon Lopez Velarde, who born in the city of Jerez in the state of Zacatecas... See full synopsis »