Best Biography movies of 1970s

Actors : Jun Fujimaki, Shin'ichi Chiba, Eiji Gô, Masashi Ishibashi,
Directors : Kazuhiko Yamaguchi,

This movie is based on the true life story of a Korean fighter named Choi Bae-dal (who later changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama), the founder of Kyokushin Karate in Japan.

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 : Hans Korte, Elisabeth Schwarz, Götz George, Kurt Hübner,
Directors : Theodor Kotulla,

The disturbing biography of Auschwitz commander Rudolf Höss.

Actors : Rasim Balayev, Kamal Xudaverdiyev, Ismayil Osmanli, Khalida Kasumova,
Directors : Hasan Seyidbayli,

Imadaddin Nasimi, well-known throughout the East for his school of philosophy and thought, poems and promotion of moral values in a feudal society.

Actors : Joni Eareckson Tada, Katherine De Hetre, Bert Remsen, Cooper Huckabee,
Directors : James F. Collier,

Based on Joni Eareckson's autobiography. She becomes paralyzed after breaking her neck in a swimming accident at age 17. Trying to cope with her new life, she learns to paint using her mouth and finds strength in her new Christian faith.

Actors : Igor Dmitriev, Ariadna Shengelaia, Imre Sinkovits, Sándor Pécsi,
Directors : Márton Keleti,

Pianist and composer Liszt was giving performances all over Europe and made his famous concert tour to St. Petersburg, Russia. Liszt's brilliant piano playing impressed the Russian royalty ...

Actors : Paul Rogers, Liv Ullmann, Cyril Cusack, Peter Finch,
Directors : Anthony Harvey,

Queen Christina of Sweden (1626-1689) abdicates and travels to Rome to embrace the Catholic church. Today, she is mostly known for the rumors that she was lesbian.

Actors : Viera Strnisková, Július Vasek, Václav Helsus, Magda Vásáryová,
Directors : Jaromil Jires,

Towards the end of 1942 a young prisoner Maruska (Magda Vásáryová) awaits in her cell in prison in Breslau (after war Polish Wroclaw) her execution. After death sentence it was ninety nine ...

Actors : Claudio Obregón, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Eduardo López Rojas, Juan Ángel Martínez,
Directors : Paul Leduc,

A dramatization of John Reed's newspaper accounts of the Mexican Revolution. Considered the first real film in Mexican cinema to be made on the Mexican Revolution.

Actors : Courtney Simon, Wynn Irwin, Bernie Travis, Miss Sam Teardrop,
Directors : Herbert S. Altman,

The life and career of the controversial comedian, Lenny Bruce.

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 : Jean-Louis Trintignant, David Drach, Marie-José Nat, Gabrielle Doulcet,
Directors : Michel Drach,

For many years, filmmaker Michel Drach wanted to tell the story of his childhood during WWII and his family's escape from the occupying Nazis. The film explores his bittersweet memories, ...

Actors : Valeria Sabel, Luigi Vannucchi, Dominique Darel, Rita Calderoni,
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 : 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 : 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 »

Actors : Bronwyn Mackay-Payne, Ron Haddrick, Bunney Brooke, Tom Richards,
Directors : Ken Hannam,

Biopic of Australian 3 Time Olympic Gold Medalist swimmer Dawn Fraser.

Actors : Nikos Apergis, Ketty Papanika, Lakis Komninos, Giannis Argyris,
Directors : Filippos Fylaktos,

The military action of a Greek officer, Pavlos Melas, for the liberation of Macedonia from the Turks and Bulgarians. A story stick to the facts for the heroism and sacrifice of the Greeks. ...

Actors : Stanislav Fiser, Miroslav Dolezal, Petr Kostka, Eduard Cupák,
Directors : Josef Mach,

Josef Mánes (Petr Kostka) gets into a conflict with the director of the Academy of Fine Art, and is immediately thrown out of the school. But Josef is not downcast. He is young and believes...

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 ...