Writing

Ernest Vajda

Place of birth

Komárno, Austria-Hungary [now Slovakia]

Known for

Writing

Credits

32 titles

Hungarian screenwriter, playwright, novelist, and actor.

Known for

Broken Lullaby poster
7.4

A young French soldier in World War I is overcome with guilt when he kills a German soldier who, like himself, is a musically gifted conscript, each having attended the same musical conservatory in France. The fact that the incident occurred in war does not assuage his guilt. He travels to Germany to meet the man's family.

Broken Lullaby

1932

Marie Antoinette poster
6.6

The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in various whims and flirtations. When Louis XV passes and Louis XVI ascends the French throne, his queen's extravagant lifestyle earns the hatred of the French people, who despise her Austrian heritage.

Marie Antoinette

1938

The Merry Widow poster
6.8

A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.

The Merry Widow

1934

They Dare Not Love poster
7.5

An Austrian prince flees his homeland when the Nazis take over and settles in London. After meeting a beautiful Austrian émigré who makes him realize his mistake in leaving, he strikes a deal with the Nazis to return in exchange for some Austrian prisoners, but quickly discovers that the Nazis are not to be trusted.

They Dare Not Love

1941

The Barretts of Wimpole Street poster
6.2

Remarkable poet Elizabeth Barrett is slowly recovering from a crippling illness with the help of her siblings, especially her youngest sister, Henrietta, but feels stifled by the domestic tyranny of her wealthy widowed father. When she meets fellow poet Robert Browning in a romantic first encounter, her heart belongs to him. However, her controlling father has no intention of allowing her out of his sight.

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

1934

Smilin' Through poster
6.0

On the day of his wedding, Sir John Carteret's fiancée, Moonyeen, is killed by a jealous rival named Jeremy, leaving him emotionally devastated. Carteret spends three decades in seclusion, mostly communing with the spirit of Moonyeen, until he learns that her niece, Kathleen, has become an orphan. He adopts and raises the child as his own but is alarmed when, as a young woman, she falls in love with the son of Moonyeen's murderer.

Smilin' Through

1932

Behind the camera

Broken Lullaby poster
7.4

A young French soldier in World War I is overcome with guilt when he kills a German soldier who, like himself, is a musically gifted conscript, each having attended the same musical conservatory in France. The fact that the incident occurred in war does not assuage his guilt. He travels to Germany to meet the man's family.

Broken Lullaby

1932

Marie Antoinette poster
6.6

The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in various whims and flirtations. When Louis XV passes and Louis XVI ascends the French throne, his queen's extravagant lifestyle earns the hatred of the French people, who despise her Austrian heritage.

Marie Antoinette

1938

The Merry Widow poster
6.8

A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.

The Merry Widow

1934

They Dare Not Love poster
7.5

An Austrian prince flees his homeland when the Nazis take over and settles in London. After meeting a beautiful Austrian émigré who makes him realize his mistake in leaving, he strikes a deal with the Nazis to return in exchange for some Austrian prisoners, but quickly discovers that the Nazis are not to be trusted.

They Dare Not Love

1941

The Barretts of Wimpole Street poster
6.2

Remarkable poet Elizabeth Barrett is slowly recovering from a crippling illness with the help of her siblings, especially her youngest sister, Henrietta, but feels stifled by the domestic tyranny of her wealthy widowed father. When she meets fellow poet Robert Browning in a romantic first encounter, her heart belongs to him. However, her controlling father has no intention of allowing her out of his sight.

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

1934

Smilin' Through poster
6.0

On the day of his wedding, Sir John Carteret's fiancée, Moonyeen, is killed by a jealous rival named Jeremy, leaving him emotionally devastated. Carteret spends three decades in seclusion, mostly communing with the spirit of Moonyeen, until he learns that her niece, Kathleen, has become an orphan. He adopts and raises the child as his own but is alarmed when, as a young woman, she falls in love with the son of Moonyeen's murderer.

Smilin' Through

1932

The Guardsman poster
5.2

An acclaimed actor and his equally acclaimed actress wife, who have been married for less than a year, are already showing signs of strain in their marriage. The actor believes his wife is capable of infidelity and sets out to prove this is so. Disguising himself as the kind of man he believes she fancies (a Russian military officer), the actor woos his wife while she believes her husband to be out of town.

The Guardsman

1931

He Stayed for Breakfast poster
8.0

Set in Paris, this romantic comedy revolves around the beautiful estranged wife of a wealthy banker who hides a handsome and fiery Communist fugitive in her apartment.

He Stayed for Breakfast

1940

A Woman Rebels poster
5.8

A defiant young woman struggles against the norms and morals established by Victorian society and enforced by her autocratic father.

A Woman Rebels

1936

Personal Property poster
6.9

Raymond Dabney returns to his family after trouble with the law. He convinces the sheriff to give him a job watching the house and furniture of widow Crystal Wetherby without knowing she is engaged to his brother.

Personal Property

1937

The Smiling Lieutenant poster
6.8

An amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep his violin-playing girlfriend on the side.

The Smiling Lieutenant

1931

Reunion in Vienna poster
7.2

An exiled archduke (John Barrymore) tries to renew romance with a former lover (Diana Wynyard) now wed to a psychiatrist (Frank Morgan).

Reunion in Vienna

1933

Tonight or Never poster
6.2

A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.

Tonight or Never

1931

Dramatic School poster
6.5

Aspiring actress Louise Muban attends the prestigious Paris School of Drama during the day and works at a dreary factory assembling gas meters at night. She daydreams and "acts" her way through life, and her fellow students at school begin to suspect her stories are just that - fabrications. After Louise begins to weave an actual meeting with a debonair playboy into a fantasy of club dates and romance, her classmate Nana discovers the lie when she too meets the playboy. Nana sets a trap for Louise, and the result is an end to one fantasy and the realization of another.

Dramatic School

1938

Payment Deferred poster
5.7

Bank clerk William Marble is desperate for money to pay his family's bills. When his wealthy nephew visits, Marble asks him for a loan, but the young man refuses. Marble decides to kill his nephew. It is a twisted path to justice after Marble is transformed by the crime he committed and the wealth he gains.

Payment Deferred

1932

The Great Garrick poster
6.6

Celebrated 18th-century British actor David Garrick receives an invitation from the Comédie-Française in Paris, but they mistakenly hear that he plans to give them acting lessons. Insulted, the troupe arranges to stay at his inn and put on an outlandish performance to convince him of their skills. When Countess Germaine de la Corbe, fleeing an arranged marriage, arrives, Garrick believes that her romantic advances are part of the plot.

The Great Garrick

1937

Son of India poster
5.7

An Indian jewel merchant goes from penniless to wealthy in this story about gratitude.

Son of India

1931

No artwork available
7.0

One of the first epic films made in Austria, as in some of the similar Cecil B De Mille entries, a fusion of a biblical story with a modern update.

Samson and Delila

1922

Such Men Are Dangerous poster
5.4

A wealthy and powerful industrialist changes his identity to avenge himself on the wife that spurned him on their wedding night.

Such Men Are Dangerous

1930

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hotel Potemkin

1924

Innocents of Paris poster
8.0

A Parisian junk dealer has to choose between love and fame after he rescues a boy.

Innocents of Paris

1929

Service for Ladies poster
7.6

Max Tracey is the head waiter at a London hotel. He falls in love at first sight with Sylvia Robertson, an aristocratic woman, and poses as a prince to win her love. In this venture, he is aided by Mr. Westlake, a Ruritanian monarch who owes him a favour. When Sylvia discovers Max's deception, she is appalled, but the situation is resolved when her father tells her that he was once a hotel dishwasher.

Service for Ladies

1932

Serenade poster
8.0

Franz Rossi is a brilliant composer who is blessed with a beautiful wife named Gretchen. However, Rossi finds it necessary to involve himself with other women, and so he tries to keep Gretchen at home and away from his work. When Gretchen discovers what her husband has been up to, she disappears completely from view. In time, Rossi discovers that his wife is staying at a fancy hotel, where all indications are that Gretchen herself is now enjoying the favors of another man. Considered lost.

Serenade

1927

No artwork available
8.0

A melodrama about a virtuous wife unjustly abandoned by her husband, who get him back with the help of a Hindu mystic.

The Unknown Tomorrow

1923

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Masters of the Sea

1922

No artwork available
8.0

Bound for Africa the next day, Captain Ferréol visits Gilberte Boismartel, his former sweetheart who is now married to Rochemore, a French magistrate, to return her love letters. Leaving he witness the murder of Rochemore.

A Night of Mystery

1928

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Merry Widow

1912

No artwork available
10.0

Monsieur Albert is a very elegant and much-appreciated butler. One day he falls in love with a client, Sylvia Robertson, and follows her to a winter sports resort. Sylvia does not recognize him and imagines that he is related to a king who goes incognito.

Mister Albert

1932

Monte Carlo poster
6.5

A countess fleeing her husband mistakes a count for her hairdresser at a Monte Carlo casino.

Monte Carlo

1930

Manhattan Cowboy poster
8.0

When easterner Jack Steel gets into trouble with the law again, his father sends him to his ranch out west. There he and Alice Duncan become attracted to each other. Cowhand Slim was planning to marry Alice and now kidnaps her. When Slim's girl friend learns of Slim's interest in Alice, she tells Jack where Alice is and he heads out alone to face the three kidnapers.

Manhattan Cowboy

1928

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Parrot

1913

Jedermanns Weib poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Jedermanns Weib

1924