Giuseppe Tornatore

Larger recognition followed the adaptation of Gioachino Rossini's theatrical monologue Novecento into the movie The Legend of 1900, directed by Academy Award-winning director Giuseppe Tornatore.

Bernardo Bertolucci

The sixth and final day of the Küstendorf Film Festival began with a legendary film, featured in the Retrospective of Greatness section:1900 by Bernardo Bertolucci (

by Brian Helgeland, a terrific screenwriter whose masterpiece to date was probably LA Confidential

Legend is written and directed by Brian Helgeland, a terrific screenwriter whose masterpiece to date was probably LA Confidential.

Denis Villeneuve

Denis Villeneuve is a director and writer, known for The Best Offer (2013), Cinema Paradiso (1988) and The Legend of 1900 (1998).

by renowned Oscar-winning filmmaker Brian Helgeland

Written and directed by renowned Oscar-winning filmmaker Brian Helgeland, Legend charts the rise and fall of the Kray Twins, two East London-born gangsters (both played by Tom Hardy) who terrorised the city in the 1960s before being sentenced to life imprisonment for murder.

Celebrated screenwriter Brian Helgeland (of L.A. Confidential, director of 42 and A Knight's Tale)

Celebrated screenwriter Brian Helgeland (of L.A. Confidential, director of 42 and A Knight's Tale) wrote and directed Legend

by LA Confidential screenwriter and Brian Helgeland A Knights Tale helmer

Directed by LA Confidential screenwriter and A Knights Tale helmer Brian Helgeland, Legend’s gritty, passionately rigid portrayal of a mid-century London and the seedy underbelly of the city’s crime-life is on-point and solidly mounted.

by Oscar-winning screenwriter Brian Helgeland

Written and directed by Oscar-winning screenwriter Brian Helgeland, Legend is the story of London's infamous 1960s mobster brothers (famously immortalized in Morrissey's 'Last of the International Playboys').

Edwin Porter

Edwin Porter made this film for Thomas Edison in 1900, after the style of the French filmmaker and magician Georges Melies.

Karen Allen

Karen Allen was studying piano at the time and Karen Allen stumbled upon this film called The Legend of 1900, which came and went.

Edwin Carewe

The movie was written by Raymond L. Schrock based upon a 1910 story by James Oliver Curwood, and directed by Edwin Carewe.

Sam Raimi (Spiderman Trilogy)

Based on the 1900 book by L. Frank Baum but dramatically revamped by screenwriters Mitchell Kapner and David Lindsay-Abaine, this version is directed by Sam Raimi (Spiderman Trilogy).

by Alan Ravenscroft

Written, directed, and produced by Alan Ravenscroft, Legend moves along at a good pace and features some big name talking heads, including Van Morrison, the not-as-out-of-place-as-you-might-think Judy Collins, The Byrds’ Roger McGuinn, and The Doors’ Robby Krieger, as well as several descendants.

an unconventional, imaginative fable about a pianist (Tim Roth) whose entire universe is a ship

The Legend of 1900 is an unconventional, imaginative fable about a pianist (Tim Roth) whose entire universe is a ship.

Adolfo Arrieta

For the scenes set in 1900, veteran director Adolfo Arrieta (1942) imitates the slightly faded and magical palette of early colour photography.

the America Cornelius Vanderbilt

By 1900 the America Cornelius Vanderbilt portrays is wealthier than ever, yet prosperity is precarious, inequality rampant, and democracy stretched thin.

an unconventional, imaginative fable about a pianist () Tim Roth

The Legend of 1900 is an unconventional, imaginative fable about a pianist (Tim Roth) whose entire universe is a ship.

directed by Clint Eastwood

The film, directed by Clint Eastwood, is graphic in its depiction of the violence of war, but it also sheds light on the struggles of the man who became known as “Legend” on the battlefield.

by Executive Producers Arthur L. Bernstein forward

Set in the 1900's the film is written by Executive Producers Arthur L. Bernstein and Armando Gutierez which is based on the book of the same name written by Timothy Susanin, forward by Diane Disney Miller.

Francis Ford Coppola

Directing legend Francis Ford Coppola was spotted at the festival early Saturday, suggesting Rasoulof may pick up an award later for Rasoulof's Ancient Roman fable 'Megalopolis'.