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I, Mattoni (2016)
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Original name: Já, Mattoni
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic
TV show
Story:
Biographical series about Heinrich Mattoni, capitalist of the early period of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, founder of the world-famous mineral water bottling company, a man of a dynamic and controversial fate.
Style:
family saga, psychological, captivating, disturbing, semi autobiographical, dramatic, realistic, inspirational, historically accurate, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family business, self made man, husband wife relationship, flashback, entrepreneurship, capitalism, ambition, mogul, ambitious man, biopic, businessman, historical figure, male female relationship, lifestyle, business tycoon, historical character, industrialization, moral ambiguity, rise to power, czech history, legacy, controversy, portrait, innovation, urban ...
Time:
19th century, turn of the century
Place:
central europe, czech republic
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, historical drama, period drama and period piece films and TV series with plots about biopic, ambition, historical figure, entrepreneurship, historical character, family relations and businessman mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres. Some movies like I, Mattoni: Bezos (2023), House of Guinness (2025), Massan (2014), Freddy Heineken (2013), Taira no Kiyomori (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Audience:
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