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Maria Graham: Diary of a Residence in Chile (2014)
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Maria Graham: Diary of a Residence in Chile (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Chile, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A true story of passion and political intrigue in early nineteenth century Chile, based on the memoirs of the intrepid travel writer, Maria Graham.
Plot: biopic, ship, diary, history of chile, latin american history, female director
Time: 19th century, 1820s
Place: chile

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, realistic, serious and thought provoking films with plots about biopic, writers, society, art, family relations, poet and history of chile mostly in Drama, History and Biography genres. Some movies like Maria Graham: Diary of a Residence in Chile: Young Andersen (2005), Joseph Smith: Plates of Gold (2011), The Liberator (2013), The Youth Years of Karl Marx (1980), Secret Weapon (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Young Andersen (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A powerful modern film narrative, set in a historical framework, about the crucial encounter between vulnerable eighteen-year-old Hans Christian Andersen, who rates himself so highly, and Mr. Meisling, the cynical school principal. An encounter that ...
Style: period piece
Plot: writers, poet, inspiration, biopic, teen rebel, memories, school, storytelling, friendship, coming of age, loss of friend, hans christian andersen
Time: 19th century
Place: denmark
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Joseph Smith: Plates of Gold (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In 1827, Joseph Smith, Jr. was only 21 years old when he received a prophetic calling to translate ancient scriptures that would soon be published as The Book of Mormon. Less than three years later, he founded The Church of Jesus Christ of ...
Plot: mormon, latter day saints, religion
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The Liberator (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Venezuela, Spain
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Bolívar was instrumental in Latin America’s struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire, and is today considered one of the most influential politicians and emancipators in American history. Libertador is told from the viewpoint of ...
Style: captivating, serious, epic, tense, political ...
Plot: revolutionary, revolution, military, war, biopic, battles, rebellion, leadership, ambition, folk hero, state affairs, freedom ...
Time: 1820s, 19th century, ancient times, 18th century
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The Youth Years of Karl Marx (1980)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union, East Germany
Duration: 455 min.
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Plot: anarchist, biopic, philosopher, young man, communism, youth, marxism
Time: 19th century
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Secret Weapon (1990)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Fact-based story of an Israeli government agent assigned to use her beauty as well as intelligence to snag a man on the run with atomic secrets.
Plot: biopic, treason, media, nuclear, traitor, pacifism, pacifist
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Country: UK, France, Germany, USA, Belgium
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.
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Bloody Nitrate (1969)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Chile
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Chilean soldiers try to survive in the desert after they are attacked by Peruvian troops. The 17 survivors are held together by the Captain (Hector Duvauchelle). The Lieutenant (Jaime Vadell) is a civilian attorney who clashes with the Captain as he ...
Plot: troops, heat wave, donkey, army, patriotism, disobeying orders, sun, survival, thirst, desert, water, lieutenant ...
Time: 1880s, 19th century
Place: chile, south america, peru, bolivia
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Cantata de Chile (1976)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Cuba
Duration: 119 min.
Story: The story of the Santa María School massacre of miners in 1907.
Style: allegory
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Biopic of Louis Cyr, strongest man in the world at the end of the 19th Century.
Style: realistic, captivating, touching, serious
Plot: strong man, ambition, performer's life, rise to the top, artists and showbiz, rising to stardom, humble, biopic, strongman, world
Time: 19th century
Place: quebec, canada
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To Walk Invisible (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: To Walk Invisible takes a new look at the extraordinary Brontë family, telling the story of these remarkable women who, despite the obstacles they faced, came from obscurity to produce some of the greatest novels in the English language.
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Measuring the World (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Germany in the early 19th century. "Die Vermessung der Welt" follows the two brilliant and eccentric scientists Alexander von Humboldt and Carl Friedrich Gauss on their life paths.
Style: captivating, realistic, psychological, factual, semi serious ...
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Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: germany
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The Bronte Sisters (1979)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In a small presbytery in Yorkshire, England, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor, the Bronte sisters write their first works and quickly become literary sensations.
Style: realistic, serious, gloomy, contemplative, period drama ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: West Germany
Duration: 110 min.
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Sandino (1990)
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Duration: 135 min.
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