Keyword: biography

Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love

7.5

2022

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Composer, conductor, genius, mensch, Marvin Hamlisch was as close to a modern day Da Vinci as it gets. Hit after hit...The Way We Were, Nobody Does It Better, The Sting, Chorus Line, Marvin was irrepressible and prolific. His streak was staggering. So what made a genius like that tick? What was his creative process? What struggles, inner turmoil, breakthroughs did Marvin endure to realize his triumphs? And when breathtaking success was followed by flops, how did Marvin cope? With exclusive access to Marvins rich personal archive and interviews with Marvins A+-name collaborators, classmates and colleagues, we are able to craft a deeply personal, candid, insider portrait of one of the great artists of our time. This film vividly captures the way he was....

Gierek

4.3

2022

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A film about a man with a breakthrough history of Poland in the background. Edward Gierek is one of the most important figures of the 20th century in the collective memory of Polish people. Even though he stands in line with notables like John Paul II, Jozef Pilsudski or Lech Walesa, film industry hasnt noticed him yet. Janusz Iwanowski and Jolanta Owczarczyk, producers, decided to fill this gap. The film is set in the years 1970-1982, when Edward Gierek becomes First Secretary of the Central Committee of the PZPR (Central Committee of the Polish United Workers Party) until his internment. It wont be a political film. The audience will see Edward Gierek behind the scenes of his political power. Family relations that have never seen the light of day are an essential part of this story. The filming was preceded by months of preparations and rehearsals with actors as well as appearance transformations. The film was shot in the South of Poland: in Katowice, Ustron, Zawiercie, as well as in Warsaw, Deblin and the Imperial Shipyard in Gdansk.

The Last Movie Painter

6.8

2022

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A thrilling journey through the world of Renato Casaro, one of the most important living illustrators that the worlds film poster industry has ever known.

Queen of Katwe

7.3

2016

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A Ugandan girl sees her world rapidly change after being introduced to the game of chess.

The Rise of Catherine the Great

6.4

1934

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Straightforward biography of the Russian Empress, up to her assumption of the throne.

Marie Kroyer

5.4

2012

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The story of the marriage between the painters Marie and P.S. Krøyer.

The Most Reluctant Convert: The Untold Story of C.S. Lewis

6.9

2021

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Spanning C.S. Lewis bitter childhood, WWI and his life-changing friendships at Oxford, The Most Reluctant Convert depicts the events that shaped Lewis early life and journey from hard-boiled atheism to prolific Christianity.

Merkel

6.9

2022

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Driven by extensive archive material and interviews with those who know her, this is the astonishing story of how a triple outsider - a woman, a scientist, and an East German - became the de facto leader of the Free world, told for the first time for an international audience.

King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein

5.6

1961

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The story of flamboyant Prohibition-era gangster, gambler and bootlegger Arnold Rothstein.

Larisa

6.1

1980

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A loving film tribute to Russian filmmaker Larisa Shepitko, who died tragically in a car accident in 1979 at the age of 40. This documentary by her husband, Elem Klimov, includes excerpts from all of Shepitkos films, and her own voice is heard talking about her life and art.

Ganes

6.2

2007

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In early days Remu Aaltonen was young musician and his band named Hurriganes were unknown. This story is all about the Finnish rock band and how they became famous.

Drag Becomes Him

7.1

2015

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Drag Becomes Him provides an intimate glimpse inside the life of internationally acclaimed drag performer Jinkx Monsoon.