Historical Figure Movies

This 1982 biographical television miniseries, as seen on PBS's Great Performances, dramatizes the life of this classic Italian composer known for...

The 'Hidden Faith of Our Founding Fathers' is perhaps the first and only documentary to go where no film has ever gone before: into the hidden faith...

Portrait of an exceptional musical talent and one of opera’s biggest stars, mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli. With interviews from her illustrious...

Movie despicting the life and accomplishments of Korean Admiral Yi Sun Shin.

Elisabeth of Austria is a German movie with Lil Dagover as royalty Elisabeth who has many men to choose from.

Queen Yun reigned with King Sunjong since she was just 13 years old. She hid the royal seals needed to complete an agreement between Korea and Japan...

The movie is about the great historical figure Vasil Levski. It follows three different plot lines: the relationship with his mother, Gina, the...

The first American space station Skylab is found in pieces scattered in Western Australia. Putting these pieces back together and re-tracing the...

The passionate story of the femme fatale, seductive and dangerous, a myth and a fantasy, through her representation in art.

Sisters of Wrestling paints an intimate portrait of Azaelle, LuFisto and Loue O'Farrell, three ring warriors for whom wrestling is both a passionate...

A series of figure studies using high-speed HD video, and inspired by the works of Eadweard Muybridge and Etienne-Jules Marey.

After an unfortunate internet purchase, Erich finds himself with a problem: he now has a terrible shirt that threatens to ruin his life. Thankfully,...

A look back at the encounter between the King, then a conscript in Germany, and a 14-year-old “nymphet“ who became his wife, for better...

The movie tells the story of Bao Zheng, Gongsun Ce, and Zhan Zhao. When the truth about the mysterious case of Baiyun Town surrounded by the enemy...

Switzerland in the 13th century: Shot in the middle of World War II, this classic film returns to the origins of Switzerland and turns about the...

A famous general who defeated Japanese invaders with the world's first iron ship, 'Turtle battleship' during Chosun dynasty, was intrigued against by...