Biography

Steamboat inventor Robert Fulton shows up in New York in 1807. Tavern keeper believes in him, but her boyfriend doesn’t. All seems lost when sailors afraid of losing their jobs burn his boat.

This biographical film, based on the life of French artist Paul Gauguin (Donald Sutherland), follows the painter as he returns to Paris after a long stay in Tahiti and must confront his wife, his children, and his former lover.

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.

Violette Leduc, born a bastard at the beginning of last century, meets Simone de Beauvoir in the years after the war in St-Germain-des-Prés.

Aimless youth Rick Martin learns he has a gift for music and falls in love with the trumpet.

Torgny Segerstedt was one of the leading journalists in Sweden in the 20th century.

Cold Light of Day is based on a true story, the life of Britain’s foremost mass murder Dennis Andrew Nilsen.

Dr. Frederic Treves (Anthony Hopkins) discovers Joseph (John) Merrick (John Hurt) in a sideshow.

Biographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg.

Ruth Ellis lives with her 10-year old son Andy next to a night club. One night she meets David Blakely, and they start a love affair.