That old theatrical war-horse Bella Donna (previously filmed in America by Alla Nazimova) was resurrected by Britain's Twickenham Studios in 1934. Conrad Veidt stars as sinister Egyptian Mahmoud Baroundi, who even before the film gets under way has left a long trail of ruined women behind him. His latest victim is American girl Mona Chepstow (Mary Ellis), whom Baroundi treats like dirt and makes her like it. The plot centers around a murder by poison, as evidenced by the film's deliberately exotic title. Critics in 1934 praised newcomer Mary Ellis for underplaying her role, but many film fans preferred Nazimova's arm-waving histrionics in the earlier version.
The Ransom
Crime, Thriller
6.4
Heart of Glass
Drama
6.5
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Music
5.4
Le Guignolo
Comedy, Action
6.1
Lucky Baskhar
Drama, Thriller, Crime
7.5
The Living End
Crime, Drama, Romance
6.7
The Boat
Comedy
6.6
Reading Lolita in Tehran
Drama
7.3
Heavenly Touch
Drama, Romance
5.8
The Bad Sleep Well
Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.7
Sinbad
Drama
7.2
A
5.9
SS Experiment Love Camp
Horror, War
5.5
Juliette in Spring
Drama
6.7
Howling III: The Marsupials
Horror
4.5
The Venerable W.
Documentary
6.6
C(r)ook
Comedy, Crime, Thriller
7.1
Pandora's Box
Drama, Crime, Romance
7.5
The Little Foxes
Drama, Romance, History
7.5
Final Analysis
Drama, Thriller, Romance
5.7
Love Life
Drama, Romance
4.8
The Man from the Embassy
Drama
5.5
Herzensschrei
Drama, Thriller
0.0
Jamon Jamon
Comedy, Drama, Romance
6.2
Last Year at Marienbad
Drama, Romance
7.4
Law of Desire
Drama, Romance, Thriller, Comedy
7.2
Lust, Caution
Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
7.2
Stolen Kisses
Comedy, Drama, Romance
7.3
Bed and Board
Comedy, Drama, Romance
7.1
Bad Boy
Drama
7.4
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Thriller, Romance, Drama, TV Movie
3.3
American Beauty
Drama
8.0
Breathless
Drama, Crime
7.5
The Apartment
Comedy, Drama, Romance
8.2
Grill Point
Comedy, Drama
7.0
People on Sunday
Drama
7.2
Delta of Venus
Drama, Romance
4.4
Ryan's Daughter
Romance, History, Drama
7.1
Cleopatra
Drama, History, Romance
7.0