Best Biography movies of 1970s

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 : Brigitte Ariel, Pierre Vernier, Pascale Christophe, Guy Tréjan,
Directors : Guy Casaril,

Édith Giovanna Gassion is born in 1915. As a young girl she sings on the streets of Paris until a nightclub owner, Louis Leplée, discovers her. When he is murdered the composer Raymond Asso...

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 : 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 : Constantin Codrescu, Cornel Ciupercescu, Silviu Stanculescu, Vlad Radescu,
Directors : Mircea Moldovan,

In 1848 during the tumultuous era of European revolutions shaking the continent out of its feudal-based empire-based system the Wallachian politician Nicolae Balcescu is trying to reach the same revolutionary goals at home.

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 : 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 : Larisa Luzhina, Oleg Orlov, Svetlana Ponomaryova, Georgiy Burkov,
Directors : Boris Grigorev,

Biopic of Yuri Gagarin, the first man who flew around the Earth, from his birth to his dream of flying since he saw combat airplanes over his small village, during the German occupation in WWII.

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 : 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 : Dean Jones, Jay Robinson, Anne Francis, Dana Andrews,
Directors : Irving Rapper,

Charles Colson was involved in the infamous Watergate scandal that brought down the administration of former President Richard Nixon. Colson was sentenced to prison for the crimes he ...

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

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

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Nikos Apergis, Lakis Komninos, Ketty Papanika, 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. ...