Information about List Of Biographical Films

A biographical picture — often shortened to biopic (rhymes with myopic) — is a film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or people. They differ from films “based on a true story” or “historic films” in that they attempt to
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Cyrano Hercule Savinien de Bergerac (6 March 1619 – 28 July 1655) was a French dramatist and duellist born in Paris, who is now best remembered for the many works of fiction which have been woven around his life story, most notably the play by Edmond Rostand that bears his
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Benoît-Constant Coquelin, known as Coquelin aîné, (January 23, 1841–January 27, 1909) was a French actor.

Biography

Coquelin was born in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais.
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Cleopatra (1917) was directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starred Theda Bara in the title role. Fritz Leiber Sr. played Julius Caesar and Thurston Hall played Mark Antony.
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Cleopatra Selene Philopator
Queen of Egypt

Coin of Cleopatra VII, depicting Cleopatra in profile.
Reign 51 BC–12 August 30 BC
Ptolemy XIII (51 BC–47 BC)
Ptolemy XIV (47 BC–44 BC)
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Theda Bara

Theda Bara as Cleopatra in the 1917 film Cleopatra
Birth name Theodosia Burr Goodman
Born July 29 1885(1885--)
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
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This article is about the 1923 film. For the Biblical phenomenon, please see Ten Commandments.

The Ten Commandments is a 1923 epic silent film directed by Cecil B.
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Moses (Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה, Standard  
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Theodore Roberts (October 8, 1861 in San Francisco, California - December 14, 1928 in Hollywood, California) was a movie and stage actor. A stage actor decades before becoming lovable old man in silents.
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The King of Kings is a 1927 silent film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It is a religious movie about the last weeks of Jesus before his crucifixion. H.B. Warner starred as Jesus.
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Jesus (8–2 BC/BCE to 29–36 AD/CE),^[2] also known as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of Christianity, and is also an important figure in several other religions.
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H. B. Warner (26 October 1875 - 21 December 1958) was an English actor.

He was born Harry Byron Warner in St John's Wood, London, England in 1875. His father was an actor, and, although young Harry had initially thought to study medicine, he eventually followed in his
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Napoléon is an epic (1927) silent French film directed by Abel Gance that tells the story of the rise of Napoleon I of France.
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Napoléon I
Emperor of the French

Napoleon in His Study by Jacques-Louis David (1812)
Reign 20 March 1804–6 April 1814
1 March 1815–22 June 1815
Coronation 2 December 1804
Full name Napoléon Bonaparte
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Albert Dieudonné (November 26, 1889 - March 19, 1976) was a French actor, screenwriter, film director and novelist.

Dieudonné was born in Paris, France and made his acting debut in silent film in 1908.
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The Patriot is a semi-biographical film that was released in 1928. The film was written by Julian Johnson and Hanns Kräly. It is an adaptation of several different plays: Paul I by Dmitri Merezhkovsky; Der Patriot
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Emperor Paul I
Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias

Paul I of Russia
Reign November 6, 1796 – March 23, 1801
Full name Pavel Petrovich
Titles Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp
Count of Oldenburg
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Emil Jannings

Birth name Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz
Born July 23 1884(1884--)
Rorschach, Switzerland
Died January 3 1950 (aged 67)
Strobl, Austria

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The Passion of Joan of Arc (French: La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc) is a silent film produced in France in 1928. It is based on the trial records of Joan of Arc.
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Joan of Arc, or Jeanne d'Arc in French,^[1] (c. 1412 – May 30, 1431)^[1] was a 15th century national heroine of France. She was tried and executed for heresy when she was only 19 years old.
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Renée Jeanne Falconetti ^[1] (July 22, 1892 – December 12, 1946), sometimes credited as Maria Falconetti,^[2] Marie Falconetti,^[3] or Renée Maria Falconetti,^[4][5]
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Disraeli is a 1929 film that was adapted by Julien Josephson and De Leon Anthony from a play by Louis N. Parker. The film was directed by Alfred E. Green.
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Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS (born Benjamin D'Israeli; 21 December 1804–19 April 1881) was a British Conservative statesman and literary figure.
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