Märksõna Biography

"Hacksaw Ridge'i lahing" on erakordne tõestisündinud lugu sõjaväeteenistusest keeldunud Desmond Dossist (Andrew Garfield), kes päästis Okinawas II maailmasõja veriseima lahingu käigus 75 meest, ilma et oleks kordagi relvast tulistanud. Ta uskus, et sõda on vajalik, aga tapmine mitte. Ta oli II maailmasõja ajal ainus Ameerika sõdur, kes võitles eesliinil ilma relvata. Sõjaväearstina päästis Doss vigastatuid vaenlase tagalast, ravis sõdureid, trotsides kuulirahet, ning sai ise viimaks haavata, kui lõhkes granaat ja teda tulistasid snaiprid. Ta oli esimene sõjaväeteenistusest keelduja, kellele anti Kongressi aumedal.

Tõestisündinud lool põhinev film, mis räägib Oskar Schindleri, ahne ja jõuka saksa ärimehe, tegudest Teise maailmasõja vältel. Ta suutis päästa üle 1100 juudi surmast gaasikambris ja märkis nad kõik üles enda koostatud nimekirja.

Napoleon kujutab kuulsa Prantsusmaa keisri Napoloeon Bonaparte kirevat teed võimule ja võimu kaotamist. Filmi keskmes on Bonaparte sõltuvust tekitav, heitlik suhe tema eluarmastuse Josephinega. Esile tõstetakse Bonaparte lennukaid sõjalisi ja poliitilisi taktikaid läbi kõigi aegade hoogsamate praktiliste lahingustseenide.

Film põhineb gangster Henry Hilli elul ja näitab tema teed New Yorki tänavatelt kuni anonüümse eksiilini tunnistajakaitseprogrammis. Nooruke Henry Hill elab linnaosas koos iiri või itaalia päritolu inimestega. Seal kohtub ta halastamatu gangsteri Jimmy Conway ja tulipäise Tommy DeVitoga. Koos teevad nad mitu röövi ja Henry tõuseb maffiahierarhias. Kuid perekond ei ole usaldusväärne, sest paljud tunnevad kadedust. Lisaks sellele ei kavatase ka FBI toimuvat niisama kõrvalt vaadata.

Tõsielul põhinev lugu Frank Abagnale Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio), noorimast mehest, kes iial FBI enim tagaotsitavate nimekirja on sattunud. Erinevatel aegadel esines ta kui arsti, advokaadi, piloodi ja korra isegi FBI agendina. Oma elu jooksul pettis ta välja miljoneid dollareid ning peale tema tabamist suutis veel vanglastgi põgeneda. Lõpuks sai Abagnale'st FBI nõustaja, spetsialiseerudes "valge-kraede" kuritegevusse.

USA mereväe eriüksuslane Chris Kyle saadetakse Iraaki kindla ülesandega – kaitsta oma relvavendi. Tema uskumatu täpsus päästab lahinguväljal lugematul hulgal elusid ja kui jutud tema vägitegudest liikvele lähevad, hakatakse teda Legendiks kutsuma. Aga Kyle’i tuntus kasvab ka vaenlaste hulgas, muutes ta mässuliste peamiseks sihtmärgiks. Samal ajal peab ta kodurindel aga teistsugust võitlust – ta püüab teisest maailma otsast olla hea abikaasa ja isa.

NHK's 102nd morning drama depicts the life of a famous composer. Koyama Yuichi with his wife Oto. They meet each other through music and overcome hardships together. Yuichi composes songs that became "Yells" for people all over Japan in the Showa Era (1926-1989) in which radical changes were going on.　

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In late 19th-century Turin, the young Lidia Poët, fights against everything and everyone to get what is rightfully hers: to be enrolled in the official register of lawyers. A profession, at the time, reserved exclusively for men. Nevertheless, nothing could stop her dream of becoming the first female lawyer in Italy.

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This story basically follows the most important happenings in Prophet Josephs life, from the view of muslims. The most important happenings are: 1. his travel to egypt 2. his rise and growing up in Egypt 3. his life problems when his "owner" Zuleikha falls in love with him and wants him to return the love to him. 4. his stay in prison, and how he reforms the prisoners. 5. his return by the side of the Pharao. 6. his uprising to the side of the pharao as his advisor. 7. his brothers coming to egypt, and how he decides to make them regret their mistakes so they can receive forgivness, and peace. 8. his reunion with his family after more than 20 years.

Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network focusing on different celebrities, which includes interviews with each subject. Among the people profiled were Grace Kelly, Natalie Wood, Carly Simon, Jackie Kennedy, Katharine Hepburn, Carol Burnett, Tanya Tucker, and Marla Maples.

Anthology series of famous feuds with the first season based on the legendary rivalry between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford which began early on their careers, climaxed on the set of "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" and evolved into an Oscar vendetta.

The shocking story of how fashion icon Christian Dior and his contemporaries including Coco Chanel, Pierre Balmain, and Cristóbal Balenciaga navigated the horrors of World War Il and launched modern fashion.

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Fascinated by cars since childhood, Brazilian racer Ayrton Senna became a sports legend — until tragedy struck, changing Formula 1 forever.

During the heyday of women's pro wrestling in bubble-era Japan, Dump Matsumoto bursts into the ring, shattering norms and turning the nation against her.

Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) was a mediocre who rose to power because of the blindness and ignorance of the Germans, who believed he was nothing more than an eccentric dreamer. But when the crisis of 1929 devastated the economy, the population, fearful of chaos and communism, voted for him. And no one defended democracy. As the dictatorship extended its relentless shadow, the leader claimed peace, but was preparing the Apocalypse.

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