# Films and books: Pelé, the wiki

> A film, documentary, book or song by him or about him.

- [Os Estranhos](https://pele.wiki/footballer/films-and-books/os-estranhos): A Brazilian television series about first contact with aliens, in which Pelé acted in 1969.
- [My Life and the Beautiful Game](https://pele.wiki/footballer/films-and-books/my-life-and-the-beautiful-game): Pelé's first English-language autobiography, written with the American author Robert L. Fish and published by Doubleday in 1977.
- [Pelé (soundtrack album)](https://pele.wiki/footballer/films-and-books/pele-sergio-mendes-album): A 1977 album by Sérgio Mendes and Pelé, the soundtrack for a documentary about his life, on which Pelé sang for the first time.
- [Escape to Victory](https://pele.wiki/footballer/films-and-books/escape-to-victory): John Huston's 1981 film about Allied prisoners of war who play a German team, starring Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine and Pelé.
- [Pelé Eterno](https://pele.wiki/footballer/films-and-books/pele-eterno): A 2004 Brazilian documentary by Anibal Massaini Neto tracing Pelé's life and career, with interviews from teammates.
- [Pelé: The Autobiography](https://pele.wiki/footballer/films-and-books/pele-the-autobiography): Pelé's 2006 autobiography, written with Orlando Duarte and Alex Bellos and published by Simon & Schuster.
- [Pelé: Birth of a Legend](https://pele.wiki/footballer/films-and-books/pele-birth-of-a-legend): A 2016 American biopic by Jeff and Michael Zimbalist about Pelé's childhood and the 1958 World Cup, in which he makes a cameo.
- [Pelé (Netflix documentary)](https://pele.wiki/footballer/films-and-books/pele-netflix-documentary): A 2021 Netflix documentary directed by Ben Nichols and David Tryhorn, built on archive footage and interviews with Pelé.