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The White Angel
The White Angel (1936)
, 1h32
Directed by William Dieterle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Poésie, Political films, Adaptation d'un poème
Actors Kay Francis, Ian Hunter, Donald Woods, Nigel Bruce, Donald Crisp, Henry O'Neill

In Victorian England, Florence Nightingale (Kay Francis) decides to become a nurse, puzzling her upper-class family. She travels to Germany to the only nursing school. The training is arduous, but she endures and graduates. When she returns home, however, no one is willing to employ her.
Sant Tukaram
Sant Tukaram (1936)
, 2h11
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about religion

Set in 17th century Dehu, Maharashtra, Tukaram - a farmer and grocer - loses interest in the material world after losing his first wife and child in a famine. He neglects his worldly duties to his second wife Jijai (Awali) and their two children. The Brahmin Salomalo is jealous of the religious following and popularity of the shudra (a caste lower than the Brahmin) saint. He claims that Tukaram stole his verses, and questions a shudra's right to examine the Hindu scriptures, Vedas, a right reserved for Brahmins (priest caste). Pandit Rameshwar Shastri, a learned Brahmin scholar and religious authority, is invited by Salomalo to examine his claims, which he backs by fabricating evidence. Shastri orders that Tukaram immerse his works into the river and never discuss religion in public. Tukaram complies and sits on a fast on the river bank with his family for thirteen days, when God returns him his works. Shastri falls seriously sick, which he interprets as divine retribution and becomes Tukaram's devotee. Salomalo then approaches the reigning king Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Empire. When Shivaji tests Tukaram by offering material gifts, the saint refuses and in turn, Shivaji becomes a disciple too. Salomalo then informs the Mughals, Shivaji's enemies that the king was in town, but God protects Shivaji at behest of Tukaram, when the Mughals come to Dehu. His saintliness brought hordes of people from different regions of the state offering worship at his feet and also offering him huge gifts which could enrich him but he refuses to accept any kind of rewards. When Tukaram's work is done on earth, God comes to take him to heaven. Tukaram asks his wife to join, but she refuses as she has to look after the children.
Children Must Laugh
Children Must Laugh (1936)
, 59minutes
Directed by Aleksander Ford
Origin Pologne
Genres Biography, Documentary

Ce film documentaire à caractère promotionnel, produit par l'Union générale des travailleurs juifs (Bund), était destiné à lever des fonds auprès de la diaspora juive pour les œuvres du Bund dont le sanatorium Vladimir Medem faisait partie. Un prologue appelant à la solidarité internationale était ajouté dans la langue nationale du pays.
Annie Oakley
Annie Oakley (1935)
, 1h30
Directed by George Stevens
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Action, Western
Themes Circus films
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Melvyn Douglas, Moroni Olsen, Pert Kelton, Andy Clyde

In late 1800s Ohio, a young woman from the backwoods, Annie Oakley (Stanwyck) delivers six dozen quail she has shot to the owner of the general store. He sends them to the MacIvor hotel in Cincinnati, where the mayor is holding a large banquet in honor of Toby Walker (Foster), the "greatest shot in the whole world". Walker is particular about what he eats–the hotel owner (James MacIvor, played by Andy Clyde) bought Oakley's quail because she shoots the quail cleanly through the head, leaving no buckshot elsewhere.
Clive of India
Clive of India (1935)
, 1h35
Directed by Richard Boleslawski
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, Colin Clive, Francis Lister, C. Aubrey Smith, Cesar Romero

En Inde, au XVIII siècle, Robert Clive, las de travailler comme employé pour l'East India Company, décide de rejoindre les rangs de l'armée britannique. Il va y faire merveille.
Diamond Jim
Diamond Jim (1935)
, 1h28
Directed by A. Edward Sutherland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Actors Edward Arnold, Jean Arthur, Cesar Romero, Binnie Barnes, Eric Blore, Albert Conti

Diamond Jim Brady (Edward Arnold) is born to an Irish saloonkeeper and his wife in 1856, but is soon orphaned. At the age of thirty, working as baggage master at the Spuyten Duyvil train station, he rents a suit and a diamond from a pawn shop, and gets a job as a salesman; soon, he is the top salesman on the staff.
Joymoti
Joymoti (1935)

Directed by Jyoti Prasad Agarwala
Genres Biography, Historical
Actors Aideu Handique, Swargajyoti Barooah, Phani Sarma

Set in 17th-century Assam, the film recounts the sacrifice of Joymoti, an Ahom princess tortured and killed by the Ahom king Borphukan for refusing to betray her husband Gadapani by disclosing his whereabouts. The event is interpreted in contemporary patriotic terms, and calls for a greater harmony between the people of the hills and those of the plains. The hills are represented by the leader Dalimi, a Naga tribeswoman who shelters the fugitive Prince Gadapani.
Nandanar
Nandanar (1935)

Directed by Ellis Roderick Dungan
Genres Biography
Actors K.B.Sundarambal

The story is based on the life of nandanar (also known as Thirunaalai Povar-(thee who pilgrims tomorrow) ) and his becoming of a Naayanar. For full story,see Nandanar.
The Making of a King
The Making of a King (1935)
, 1h40
Directed by Hans Steinhoff
Genres Biography, Historical
Themes Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Emil Jannings, Leopoldine Konstantin, Claus Clausen, Carola Höhn, Paul Henckels, Walter Janssen

The film opens at Potsdam in the time of "The Soldier's King" Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia, with the Royal Family sitting at the breakfast table. It turns out that Crown Prince Friedrich, informally called "Fritz", had lost so much money at the gaming tables that he had to sign debentures. Members of the grenadier regiment had seen the crown prince appearing late in a wretched state, which greatly angers his father. The King would like to prepare his son for the future role as a ruler, and regards his preoccupation with music and literature with big displeasure.
Pasteur
Pasteur (1935)
, 1h15
Directed by Sacha Guitry
Origin France
Genres Biography, Historical
Actors Sacha Guitry, Maurice Schutz, Jean Périer, Armand Lurville, Camille Cousin, Gaston Dubosc

Louis Pasteur a une passion : la recherche scientifique. Il est à contre-courant de son temps, ses idées sur l'existence d'un infiniment petit contre lequel on peut lutter par l'asepsie se heurtent au conformisme et aux préjugés. La solitude est donc son lot quotidien. Mais sa foi en la science le mène à un combat acharné.