Tag: biography

Danton (1983)

Director: Andrzej Wajda Producer: Margaret Ménégoz, Barbara Pec-Slesicka Screenplay: Jean-Claude Carrière Genre: Biography | Drama | Historical Music: Jean Prodromidès Country: France | Poland | Germany Language: French Studio: Gaumont Release date: 1983 Running time: 136 minutes Gérard Depardieu (1948) as Georges Danton (1759-1794)…

Isadora (1968)

The Loves of Isadora Director: Karel Reisz Producer: Raymond Hakim, Robert Hakim Screenplay: Melvyn Bragg, Clive Exton Based on: My Life by Isadora Duncan; Isadora Duncan by Sewell Stokes Genre: Biography | Drama | Music Music: Maurice Jarre Country: United Kingdom |…

The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960)

The Man with the Green Carnation The Green Carnation Director: Ken Hughes Producer: Harold Huth Screenplay: Ken Hughes Based on: The Trials of Oscar Wilde by Montgomery Hyde; The Stringed Lute by John Furnell Genre: Biography | Drama | Historical Music: Ron Goodwin Country:…

Alexander (2004)

Director: Oliver Stone Producer: Moritz Borman & others Screenplay: Oliver Stone, Christopher Kyle, Laeta Kalogridis Genre: Action | Biography | Drama | Historical Music: Vangelis Country: Germany, France, Italia, Netherlands, UK, USA Language: English Studio: Warner Bros. Release date: 2004 Running time: 175 minutes Colin…

Alexander the Great (1956)

Director: Robert Rossen Producer: Robert Rossen Screenplay: Robert Rossen Genre: Biography | Drama | Historical Music: Mario Nascimbene Country: United States | España Language: English Studio: United Artists Release date: 1956 Running time: 141 minutes Richard Burton (1925-1984) as Alexander the Great Fredric March…

Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)

Director: Gabriel Pascal Producer: Gabriel Pascal Screenplay: George Bernard Shaw Based on: Caesar and Cleopatra (1898) by George Bernard Shaw Genre: Biography | Comedy | Drama | Historical Music: Georges Auric Country: United Kingdom Language: English Studio: Gabriel Pascal Productions…

Quo Vadis (1951)

Director: Mervyn LeRoy Producer: Sam Zimbalist Screenplay: John Lee Mahin, S.N. Behrman, Sonya Levien Based on: Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz Genre: Biography | Drama | Epic | Historical Music: Miklós Rózsa Country: United States Language: English Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Release date: 1951…

The Queen (2006)

Director: Stephen Frears Producer: Andy Harries & others Screenplay: Peter Morgan Genre: Biography | Drama | Historical Music: Alexandre Desplat Country: United Kingdom | France | Italia Language: English Studio: Pathé Release date: 2006 Running time: 103 minutes Helen Mirren (1945) as Queen Elizabeth…

Burton and Taylor (2013)

Director: Richard Laxton Producer: Lachlan MacKinnon Screenplay: William Ivory Based on: “Private Lives” by Noel Coward Genre: Biography | Drama Music: John Lunn Country: United Kingdom Language: English Studio: BBC Release date: 2013 Running time: 82 minutes Helena Bonham Carter (1966) Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011)…

Surviving Picasso (1996)

Director: James Ivory Producer: Ismail Merchant, David L. Wolper Screenplay: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Based on: Picasso: Creator and Destroyer by Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington Genre: Biography | Drama | Romantic Music: Richard Robbins Country: United States Language: English Studio: Merchant Ivory Productions | Warner…