Acting
Victor Varconi
Born March 30, 1891 · Kisvárda, Austria-Hungary
Died June 6, 1976 · aged 85
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Victor Varconi (born Mihály Várkonyi, 31 March 1891 – 6 June 1976) was a highly successful silent film actor in Hungary. Born in Kisvárda, Austria-Hungary, Varconi was the first Hungarian actor to make a film in the United States. His normal speaking accent sounded almost exactly like that of Transylvanian Bela Lugosi. He worked under contract to Cecil B. D…
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Mágnás Miska · 1917Mágnás Miska
1917
MovieDrama
Based on a popular stage musical comedy by Károly Bakonyi and Andor Gábor, the film tells the story of a young engineer who tries to construct a railway in his hometown, helped by the Count's daughter, Marcsa (Lili Berky).
Samson and Delilah · 1949Samson and Delilah
★ 6.61949
MovieRomanceDrama
When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret.
For Whom the Bell Tolls · 1943For Whom the Bell Tolls
★ 6.51943
MovieWarRomance
Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan—who has joined up on the side that appeals most to idealists of that era—has been given a high-risk assignment up in the mountains. He awaits the right time to blow up a crucial bridge in order to halt the enemy's progress.
Unconquered · 1947Unconquered
★ 6.51947
MovieDramaAdventure
England, 1763. After being convicted of a crime, the young and beautiful Abigail Hale agrees, to escape the gallows, to serve fourteen years as a slave in the colony of Virginia, whose inhabitants begin to hear and fear the sinister song of the threatening drums of war that resound in the wild Ohio valley.
The Sea Hawk · 1940The Sea Hawk
★ 7.21940
MovieAdventureHistory
Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal he captures.
The Devil · 1918The Devil
1918
MovieDrama
The Devil, in the guise of a human, meets a young couple who remark upon looking at a Renaissance painting of a martyr that Evil could never triumph over Good.
The Scorpion · 1918The Scorpion
1918
MovieDramaCrime
Reap the Wild Wind · 1942Reap the Wild Wind
★ 6.41942
MovieAdventureAction
The Florida Keys in 1840, where the implacable hurricanes of the Caribbean scream, where the salvagers of Key West, like the intrepid and beautiful Loxi Claiborne and her crew, reap, aboard frail schooners, the harvest of the wild wind, facing the shark teeth of the reefs to rescue the sailors and the cargo from the shipwrecks caused by the scavengers of the sea.
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The Devil · 1918The Devil
1918
MovieDrama
The Devil, in the guise of a human, meets a young couple who remark upon looking at a Renaissance painting of a martyr that Evil could never triumph over Good.
Száki János, festõmüvész
Submarine Patrol · 1938Submarine Patrol
★ 6.71938
MovieAdventureDrama
A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser with a motley crew.
Italian Naval Chaplain Vanzano
Safe in Hell · 1931Safe in Hell
★ 6.71931
MovieThrillerDrama
To avoid the rigors of the law, Gilda flees New Orleans and hides on a Caribbean island where the worst criminals can ask for asylum. Besieged by the scum of the earth, Gilda will soon find out that she has found refuge in hell.
General Emmanuel Jesus Maria Gomez















