Country: United States
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Interview-style biography of controversial and pioneering stand-up comedian Lenny Bruce. The film traces Bruce from his beginnings as a Catskills comic to his later underground popularity based on his anti-establishment politics and his scatological...
Country: United States
Genre: Biography, Drama, Musical
Life story of the musical star from her discovery in 1890 by band leader Tony Pastor till her retirement in 1912 when she married newspaperman Alexander...
Country: United Kingdom, Spain
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
In 1922 Madrid is wavering on the edge of change as traditional values are challenged by the dangerous new influences of Jazz Freud and the avant-garde. Salvador Dali arrives at the university; 18 years old and determined to become a great artist. His bizarre blend of shyness and rampant exhibitionism attracts the attention of two of the universitys social elite - Federico Garcia Lorca and...
Country: United States
Genre: Biography, Drama
On the set of Cleopatra Hollywoods most beautiful star Elizabeth Taylor fell into the arms of one of the worlds greatest actors Richard Burton - and she didnt leave. Their subsequent white-hot scandalous love affair gave rise to the paparazzi and they became the most hunted and photographed couple on earth. Their rocky passionate relationship born in front of the cameras was...
Country: United Kingdom, France, Japan
Genre: Biography, Drama
In the 1960s British painter Francis Bacon 1909-1992 surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. The burglar a working class man named George Dyer 30 years Bacons junior accepts. Bacon finds Dyers amorality and innocence attractive introducing him to his Soho pals. In their sex life Dyer dominates Bacon is the masochist. Dyers bouts with depression his drinking and pill...
Country: United States, Germany
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Biography of Martin Luther the 16th-century priest who led the Christian Reformation and opened up new possibilities in exploration of faith. The film begins with his vow to become a monk and continues through his struggles to reconcile his desire for sanctification with his increasing abhorrence of the corruption and hypocrisy pervading the Churchs hierarchy. He is ultimately charged with...
Country: United States
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
The story of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur Supreme Allied Commander during World War II and United Nations Commander for the Korean War. MacArthur begins in 1942 following the fall of Phillipines and covers the remarkable career of this military legend up through and including the Korean War and into MacArthurs days of forced retirement after being dismissed from his post by...
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