Countess Cosel

First Printer Ivan Fedorov

May 1941 •Russian

A historical biographical film about the life of Ivan Fedorov, founder of the first printing press in Russia. Printed books published during the reign of Ivan the Terrible seemed like witchcraft. Fedorov was accused of heresy.

Master Will Shakespeare

June 1936 •English

A short biography of William Shakespeare that highlights the various jobs he worked at in the theater.

The Great Houdinis

October 1976 •English

A biography of the renowned escape artist Harry Houdini, examining his fascination with the occult and his promise to his wife on her deathbed that he would speak from the beyond.

So This Is Love

July 1953 •English

Film biography of opera star Grace Moore, released in 1953.

Asier ETA biok

January 2014 •Spanish

Asier and I grew up in the Basque Country. But one day he disappeared, later I found out he had joined ETA.

JFK: Seven Days That Made a President

November 2013 •English

'JFK: Seven Days That Made a President' investigates the seven key days in JFK's life that helped shape his character and have come to define him.

Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife

February 1936 •English

The story of Mozart and his wife Constance, set against a background of court intrigue and professional jealousy, with music conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham.

Galilée ou L'Amour de Dieu

January 2006 •French

Before the court of the Inquisition, the scientist Galileo defends his position in favor of Copernicus' thesis that the Earth revolves around the sun.

Get on Up

August 2014 •English

A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.

Touch

April 1974 •Latvian

Rainis

January 1949 •Latvian

A biopic of Rainis (born as Jānis Pliekšāns), a Latvian poet, playwright, translator, and politician, whose works had a profound influence on the literary Latvian language, and the ethnic symbolism he employed in his major works has been central to Latvian nationalism.

Winchell

November 1998 •English

The true story of the influential and controversial columnist, Walter Winchell.

Prisoner of Honor

November 1991 •English

France, 1897. Colonel Georges Picquart challenges the French government when he discovers the obscure political maneuvers that led to the imprisonment of the Jewish Captain Alfred Dreyfus after being convicted of espionage in 1894.

Houston: The Legend of Texas

November 1986 •English

Sam Elliot stars as Sam Houston, the visionary who nearly single-handedly forged the state of Texas into a powerful entity in its own right. Refusing to forget the Alamo (as if anyone could), Houston led the military in Texas' rebellion against Mexico. G.D. Spradlin co-stars as President Andrew Jackson, with Michael Beck appearing as Jim Bowie, James Stephens as Stephen Austin, and Richard Yniguez as Mexican General Santa Anna. Lensed on location in the Lone Star state, this sweeping made-for-TV film originally occupied three hours' screen time on November 22, 1986. Its title at that time was Houston: The Legend of Texas. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Taras Shevchenko

December 1951 •Russian

Growing up in a Ukrainian peasant family, knowing all hardships of serf life, young artist and poet Taras Shevchenko in the years of study clearly identifies the meaning of true art, which is to serve the interests of the people. The poems of Shevchenko are imbued with love for the common people. Fiery freedom-loving creativity of Taras Shevchenko is known throughout Russia. Nicholas I exiles the poet to the distant Caspian fort where he is to serve as an ordinary soldier and is banned from writing or drawing. In the poet's difficult days he has the support of Ukrainian soldier Skobelev, Polish revolutionary Sierakowski, captain Kosarev and the commandant of the fortress, Uskov. For the sake of his release Chernyshevsky and Dobrolyubov are hard at work. And so, the sick and aged Shevchenko is finally free. Together with Chernyshevsky and Dobrolyubov, he dreams of a bright future of the motherland, when the Russian and Ukrainian peoples throw off the chains of slavery.

Člověk proti zkáze

February 1990 •Czech

Biography of Karel Čapek.

Young Toscanini

October 1988 •Italian

A fanciful biopic of legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini as a very young man.

Teddy the Rough Rider

February 1940 •English

This short follows the political career of Theodore Roosevelt, beginning in 1895, when he was appointed police commissioner of New York City. In 1897 he was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy. His charge up San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War in 1898 is re-created. He becomes vice president in March 1901 and assumes the presidency when William McKinley is assassinated six months later. According to the narrator, Roosevelt refused to be beholden to political bosses, doing what he believed to be right for the American people.

Little Old New York

February 1940 •English

Inventor Robert Fulton receives support from a tavern owner and a shipyard worker to help realize his dream of a high-powered steamboat.

Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life

February 1976 •Russian

A semi-documentary biography film about the life and work of Soviet film actor Pyotr Aleynikov. Includes newsreels from the 1930s, footage from films featuring Aleynikov and interviews with his closest friends and colleagues.