Best Biography movies of 1980s

Actors : Fernando Cabral Martins, André Gomes, Jorge Silva Melo, Juliet Berto,
Directors : João Botelho,

The film was to be a documentary, but evolved during production to a fictional film. It nevertheless adheres strictly to the poems and letters exchanged by two of the most outstanding names...

Actors : Jürgen Goslar, Ingrid Ettlmayer, Jeanette Mühlmann, Hartmut Nolte,
Directors : Willi Hengstler,

The story of Austrian, Johann "Jack" Unterweger, who wrote a book about his criminal past while serving a life term in prison for assault.

Actors : Regina Razuma, Enn Klooren, Leonid Sevtsov, Tõnu Lume,
Directors : Valentin Kuik,

Georg Lurich was an Estonian world-famous professional wrestler in the early 1900-s who became a legend already in his lifetime. He was called not only the world's best technique-wrestler ...

Actors : Aleksey Buldakov, Leonid Nevedomsky, Margarita Borisova, Viktor Grigoryuk,
Directors : Nikolai Gusarov,

Historical and biographical film about a remarkable Russian traveler of the XVII century, the pathfinder Semen Dezhnev (L.Buldakov)... See full synopsis »

Actors : Reinhard Vom Bauer, Michael Böhme, Margarita Calahorra, Ingrid Caven,
Directors : Jeanine Meerapfel,

Malou feels that the difficulties she is experiencing in her relationships lie in her past and so she searches out information about her mother. Her mother, a nightclub singer who lived in ...

Actors : Peter Bostjancic, Jürgen Morche, Zeljko Ivanek, Vlado Novák,
Directors : Karpo Acimovic-Godina,

Set in Hollywood in 1935, a fictionalized depiction of Fritz Lang's life at this time.

Actors : Michael Tucci, Gabe Kaplan, Concetta D'Agnese,
Directors : John Bowab,

The life story of Groucho Marx.

Actors : Kim Gyngell, Jonathan Hardy, Garry McDonald, Peter Collingwood,
Directors : Bob Weis,

Parody of historical epics that focuses on real-life Australian explorers William John Wills and Robert O'Hara Burkes, who tragically tried to cross the Australian continent from the south, to the north, a distance of 3,250 km.

Actors : Huanshan Xu, Bo Gao, Yi Qin, Qi Feng,
Directors : Zumo Huang,

Biography of famous Chinese astronomer and geographer Zhang Heng who lived in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Actors : George Antoni, Ron Anderson, Micha Bergese, Gaby Dellal,
Directors : Ken McMullen,

After Stalin's purges, Zinaida Volkova, daughter of Leon Trotsky, is exiled to Berlin. As the Nazis rise to power, and World War II is approaching, she becomes obsessed with Antigone, the protagonist of a famous Greek tragedy, and loses her mind.

Actors : Nikolay Burlyaev, Galina Belyaeva, Vladimir Faibyshev, Ivan Burlyaev,
Directors : Nikolay Burlyaev,

Lyrically beautiful dramatised documentary on the life of the Russian Romantic poet, Mikhail Lermontov (1814-41)

Actors : Reine Brynolfsson, Gunilla Nyroos, Grethe Ryen, Lennart Hjulström,
Directors : Anders Wahlgren,

The life of Swedish writer Moa Martinson. In 1925 Moa's two youngest children drowns. She is politically active and a passionate. 1928 her husband commits suicide. The next year she marries...

Actors : Ronald Haines, Jim Dratfield, Patrick Dray, Bob Damon,
Directors : James W. Roberson,

Based on a true story of Colorado's only convicted killer/cannibal Alfred Packer.

Actors : Chong Aier, Narola Aier, Noktila Aier, Sashimeren Aier,

The story of how the Gospel of John changed the course of history for a tribe of headhunters.

Actors : Evgeniy Evstigneev, Leonid Kuravlyov, Aleksandr Lazarev, Vadim Spiridonov,
Directors : Yaropolk Lapshin,

The historic saga of Russia's first industrialists. The main plot of the first season is the story of the Demidovas and Peter the first's mutual relationship. In a short time following ...

Actors : Ronnie Ansell, Peter Butler, Franco Carli, Sam Cohen,
Directors : Ned Lander,

A dramatised documentary showing 48 hours in the lives of members of the Aboriginal bands, No Fixed Address and Us Mob, including the racism, hostility and harassment they receive.

Actors : David Ackroyd, Paul Mercier, Susan Seaforth Hayes, Allison Gregory,
Directors : Jerry L. Jackson,

Wrestling with God is the true story of Alexander Campbell, a man whose conscience came into conflict with the accepted religious precepts of his time, and the struggle and resentment he ...

Actors : Aleksandr Timoshkin, Leonid Markov, Lyudmila Kasatkina, Igor Gorbachyov,
Directors : Sergey Kolosov,

Mother Maria Skobtsova, a Russian nun, helps Jews and other people hated by the Gestapo during World War II. Eventually, the Gestapo finds out and takes her away to the Ravensbruk Concentration Camp.

Actors : Gil Gerard, Tom Silardi, Joy Vogel, Jaime Alba,
Directors : Erik Jacobson,

The true story of Raul Ries. Raul abused his wife and hated his father. His name stood for fear, for fighting, and for fury. To his high school friends, he was a violent, dangerous ...

Actors : Vadim Medvedev, Yelena Karadzhova, Aleksandr Kalyagin, Irina Kupchenko,
Directors : Leonid Menaker,

About the death of Aleksandr Pushkin, the leading poet and writer of Russia, who was shot on a duel and died when he was 37.