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1. Friedrich Schiller - Eine Dichterjugend (1923)

Friedrich Schiller (1788–1805)

9

8

7.3

2. The Beloved Rogue (1927)

François Villon (1431-1463)

1

0

4.8

3. House of Death (1932)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881)

0

0

6.6

4. Voltaire (1933)

Voltaire (1694-1778)

12

8.3

6.9

5. The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)

Robert Browning (1812–1889)

91

7.6

7.3

6. The Life of Emile Zola (1937)

Émile Zola (1840–1902)

0

0

0

7. Young Pushkin (1937)

Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837)

15

7.8

7.1

8. The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (1938)

Maxim Gorky (1868-1936)

Petri's rating:

1

0

5.7

9. The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942)

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)

5

0

5.2

10. The Story of Jack London (1943)

Jack London (1876–1916)

6

7.5

7

11. The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)

Mark Twain (1835-1910)

12

7.3

6.6

12. Devotion (1946)

Emily, Charlotte and Anne Bronthe.

19

7.4

6.7

13. Hans Christian Andersen (1952)

Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875)

17

4.7

5.8

14. Beloved Infidel (1959)

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940)

14

8

6.9

15. The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960)

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

8

6

6.3

16. The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)

Jacob Grimm (1785-1863)

Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859)

1

5

5

17. Cervantes (1967)

Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)

2

4

5.8

18. Una stagione all'inferno (1970)

Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891)

Paul Verlaine (1844-1896)

3

0

6.4

19. The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe (1974)

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)

89

6.5

7.3

20. Julia (1977)

Lillian Hellman (1905-1984)

Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961)

0

0

6.9

21. Molière (1978)

Molière (1622-1673)

11

8.4

6.7

22. Stevie (1978)

Stevie Smith (1902-1971)

3

5.7

6.5

23. Runoilija ja muusa (1978)

Eino Leino (1878-1926)

Petri's rating:

19

5.9

6.4

24. Les soeurs Brontë (1979)

Emily, Charlotte and Anne Bronthe.

17

5.2

6.1

25. Agatha (1979)

Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

0

0

6.5

26. Céleste (1980)

Marcel Proust (1871-1922)

103

6.5

6.5

27. Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)

Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005)

Petri's rating:

4

0

5.8

28. Heart Beat (1980)

Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)

8

7

6.6

29. Priest of Love (1981)

D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930)

1

0

5.9

30. Twenty Six Days from the Life of Dostoyevsky (1981)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881)

0

0

5.7

31. Guy de Maupassant (1982)

Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893)

22

6.1

6.4

32. Hammett (1982)

Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961)

Petri's rating:

5

7

6.8

33. Cross Creek (1983)

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896-1953)

133

8.1

7.7

34. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

Yukio Mishima (1925-1970)

Petri's rating:

0

0

6.6

35. Lev Tolstoy (1985)

Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)

1

0

6.2

36. James Joyce's Women (1985)

James Joyce (1882-1941)

0

0

5.1

37. Meteor and Shadow (1985)

Napoleon Lapathiotis (1888-1944)

17

8

7

38. Dreamchild (1985)

Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)

68

5.6

5.4

39. Gothic (1986)

Mary Shelley (1797-1851)

Lord Byron (1788-1824)

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)

0

0

5.5

40. The Last Road (1986)

Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837)

77

7.5

7.3

41. 84 Charing Cross Road (1987)

Helene Hanff (1916-1997)

Petri's rating:

92

6.8

7.1

42. Prick Up Your Ears (1987)

Joe Orton (1933-1967)

Petri's rating:

2

6

5.8

43. Rowing with the Wind (1988)

Mary Shelley (1797-1851)

Lord Byron (1788-1824)

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)

2

2

7.7

44. The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway (1988)

Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)

9

7

5.8

45. Haunted Summer (1988)

Mary Shelley (1797-1851)

Lord Byron (1788-1824)

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)

495

7.5

7.8

46. My Left Foot (1989)

Christy Brown (1932-1981)

Petri's rating:

5

5

5.7

47. Old Gringo (1989)

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1913)

67

7.5

7.3

48. An Angel at My Table (1990)

Janet Frame (1924-2004)

1

0

6.3

49. Beautiful Dreamers (1990)

Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

210

6.6

6.2

50. Henry & June (1990)

Henry Miller (1891-1980)

Anaïs Nin (1903-1977)

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Comments

Posted: 11 months, 3 weeks ago at Jun 1 8:43

Maybe you could specify which writer in every movie ... would be great !

Posted: 11 months, 2 weeks ago at Jun 4 14:51

You're right! I was going to do that but then I felt lazy and moved to other projects. Maybe sometimes soon.

Posted: 11 months, 2 weeks ago at Jun 9 9:19

is a very good list, thanks!

Posted: 4 months ago at Jan 15 18:35

sunset blvd is about a writer

Posted: 4 months ago at Jan 15 18:35

nvr mind. good list.

Victorian Fantasy

Posted: 4 months ago at Jan 15 23:11

Great list! :)

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