Best Biography movies of 1981

Actors : Ronnie Ansell, Peter Butler, Franco Carli, Sam Cohen,
Directors : Ned Lander,

A dramatised documentary showing 48 hours in the lives of members of the Aboriginal bands, No Fixed Address and Us Mob, including the racism, hostility and harassment they receive.

Actors : Fernando Cabral Martins, André Gomes, Jorge Silva Melo, Juliet Berto,
Directors : João Botelho,

The film was to be a documentary, but evolved during production to a fictional film. It nevertheless adheres strictly to the poems and letters exchanged by two of the most outstanding names...

Actors : Stanislawa Celinska, Piotr Fronczewski, Dorota Stalinska, Bozena Dykiel,
Directors : Janusz Rzeszewski,

Loosely based on a biography of a famous Polish singer from the 1930's, Hanka Ordonowna. It opens in the Egyptian desert during African campaign in World War II where Hanka's husband is ...

Actors : Fusheng Feng, Fang Xie, Gengchen Jiang, Jiayuan Ding,
Directors : Jinglong Zhang,

Biography of famous ancient Chinese poetess Li Qingzhao who lived in the Song Dynasty.

Actors : Birgit Doll, Brigitte Horney, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Max Croiset,
Directors : Frans Weisz,

In 1939, Charlotte Salomon leaves Berlin to seek refuge at her grandparents' villa in the south of France. A little later, war breaks out, and Charlotte must, besides forgetting all she ...

Actors : Reinhard Vom Bauer, Michael Böhme, Margarita Calahorra, Ingrid Caven,
Directors : Jeanine Meerapfel,

Malou feels that the difficulties she is experiencing in her relationships lie in her past and so she searches out information about her mother. Her mother, a nightclub singer who lived in ...

Actors : Zhongxi Chen, Xu Chengxian, Qimin Wei, Yanfang Lu,

Set in the early stage after liberation of Shanghai, Chen Yi is delegated to be mayor and deals with a lot of economic and social issues.

Actors : J. Wesley Baker, Rebecca Baker, Charles Applegate, Mike Hickman,
Directors : Ken Anderson,

Biopic of Hudson Taylor (1832-1905), a British protestant missionary in China.