Keyword: biography

Song of Norway

4

1970

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Based on the life of Norways greatest composer Edvard Grieg, and filmed in Norway where he lived. The soundtrack is all Edvard Griegs music with added lyrics.

Michael Landon, the Father I Knew

5.6

1999

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Michael Landon Jr. directs this biographical story of his television star father, Michael Landon (John Schneider). The film deals with the scarring that Michael Jr. felt after his parents divorce when he was 15 and looks at his fathers philandering ways. Michael Jr. is the son of Landons second wife Lynn Noe), who was deserted when Landon took up with a make-up artist on the set of Little House on the Prairie (1974).

Martin Luther

7

1953

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Biopic of German priest Martin Luther (Niall MacGinnis), covering his life between 1505 and 1530 A.D., and the birth of the Protestant Reformation movement.

Houdini

6.9

1953

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From his beginnings as a wildman carnival act to the internationally famous feat of escaping from a locked trunk in an ice-jammed river, the great Harry Houdini emerged as the worlds most captivating magician and escape artist.

Young Cassidy

6.5

1965

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Dublin playwright Sean OCasey (Rod Taylor) loves a librarian (Maggie Smith), sleeps with a chorus girl (Julie Christie) and meets Yeats.

Padre Padrone

7.4

1977

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The son of a shepherd embarks in the quest of emancipating himself from a tough lifestyle that his condition and his father force on him.

The Bit Player

7.4

2018

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The Bit Player tells the story of an overlooked genius, Claude Shannon (the Father of Information Theory), who revolutionized the world, but never lost his childlike curiosity.

No No: A Dockumentary

7.2

2014

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Dock Ellis pitched a no-hitter on LSD, then worked for decades counseling drug abusers. Docks soulful style defined 1970s baseball as he kept hitters honest and embarrassed the establishment. An ensemble cast of teammates, friends, and family investigate his life on the field, in the media, and out of the spotlight.

Valentino

5

1951

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Italian immigrant Rudolph Valentino makes it big in silent Hollywood, but he ends up struggling between his career and the woman he loves.

The Little House

7.3

2014

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A woman looks back on her familys life in Tokyo before and during WWII. A maid arrives from the countryside to work for an upper middle class family. She fits in well, but everyones emotions are stirred up with the arrival of a student.

The Last of Robin Hood

5.7

2013

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The last days in the life of legendary Hollywood actor Errol Flynn.

The Story of Louis Pasteur

7.3

1936

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The biography of the pioneering French microbiologist who helped revolutionize agriculture and medicine.