Anny Ondra

Acting

Anny Ondra

Born 1902-05-15 · Tarnów, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Tarnów, Malopolskie, Poland]

Anny Ondra (May 15 1903 – February 28 1987) was a Czech film actress. She was born Anna Sophie Ondráková in Tarnów, Galicia, Austria–Hungary, now Poland. She began her career in 1920 and appeared in Czech, German, Austrian, French and English films. In 1933, she married German boxing champion Max Schmeling. She died in Hollenstedt near Harburg, Germany. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anny Ondra, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

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9.0

The head of a squad of maids captures the heart of a wealthy young bachelor.

General Housecleaning

1935

Heaven, We Inherit a Castle poster
7.5

Max and Karla visit his deceased uncle's farming estate where it is confirmed that they will inherit it. Financial expert Max tries to manage the farm but collides with manager Georg whom Max soon suspects to have an affair with Karla.

Heaven, We Inherit a Castle

1943

No artwork available
8.0

A Carl Lamac directed movie based on a novel by Karel Václav Rais.

The Old Man Bezousek

1927

White Paradise poster
8.0

After a young man is arrested for a crime he didn't commit, the daughter of the local tavern owners must spring to the rescue.

White Paradise

1924

Mamsell Nitouche poster
10.0

A convent organist escorts a young lady who has been boarding there,home to be married, but various romantic complications ensue.

Mamsell Nitouche

1931

The Great Desire poster
7.7

A young woman leaves behind her job, home and family to try to make it in the movie business. Features cameos from about three dozen German film stars of the era.

The Great Desire

1930

Narren im Schnee poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Narren im Schnee

1938

Schön muß man sein poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Schön muß man sein

1951

Baby poster
7.0

The daughter of the Parisian countess Lafitte, named "Baby", is supposed to go to an English boarding school, but she's much more interested in variety shows. Nevertheless, she travels with her friend Susette to London, who also wants to make a career for herself as a showgirl. During the journey, Baby is mistakenly considered to be a showgirl and she does nothing to dissuade two young English lords from believing so. The girls continue to live under false pretenses even when they arrive in England, with Baby being a soloist with the group "Babies" and Suzette passing herself off as the Contessa Lafitte for school exams. At the end -- a double marriage.

Baby

1932

The Manxman poster
6.0

A fisherman and a rising lawyer who grew up together as brothers fall in love with the same woman.

The Manxman

1929

Der Unwiderstehliche poster
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

Der Unwiderstehliche

1937

Blackmail poster
6.5

London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend. Feeling herself ignored, Alice agrees to go out with an elegant and well-mannered artist who invites her to visit his fancy apartment.

Blackmail

1929

The Lovers of an Old Criminal poster
7.0

Factory owner Pardon, meets Olga, daughter of clairvoyant Stefanie Lesczynska at a ball. Their brief acquaintance is interrupted when Olga and her mother have to leave. Fifi Hrazánková has her sights set on the elligible Pardon. Pardon asks his Uncle Cyril Ponděliček if the girl could take over his position at work so that she may be dissuaded of her amorous intentions. Fifi seduces Pondělíček. In the meantime, Pardon meets Olga and Stefanie again by chance and offers them a place to stay at Ponděliček’s while Pondělíček passes himself off as Pardon.

The Lovers of an Old Criminal

1927

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8.0

A woman discovers after she has just married him, that her husband is abusive, and she tries to get away.

Honeymoon

1936

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10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Palimpsest

1919

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8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Do panského stavu

1925

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9.0

Henriette Lange lives only for the theater in Berlin around 1900. Her grandfather, however, has no understanding for this. He is a prompter and knows all about the hustle and bustle of the theater. Her friend, the chorus girl Liesbeth, is heartbroken because the revue star Vera Schreyvogel has his eye on her boyfriend Hans Reuter. But Liesbeth soon consoles herself with someone else, and Mrs. Schreyvogel is quickly forgotten. For Hans Reuter too, because he now loves Henriette. Liesbeth is dismissed without notice because she has fallen out with Mrs. Schreyvogel, and Henriette now has to sing her part. Her dream finally comes true. As she sings blissfully, she sees the Schreyvogel hugging her Hans in the background. She gets stuck in the middle of the song - her career is over! But not with love: she has conquered her Hans forever.

A Girl from the Chorus

1937

The Poisoned Light poster
6.8

Professor Grant signs a contract with Dr. Selin for the sale of his invention of cold light with the plans for his invention being kept in Grant's apartment. The negotiations are secretly heard by the illusionist Durk, who wants to seize the invention. A few days later Selín is found dead, killed by a light bulb filled with poisonous gas. Durk performs at the birthday party of Grant's daughter Anna and seizes the plans for the invention.

The Poisoned Light

1921

Kiki poster
5.2

Kiki who has a walk-on part in a show, is in love with her director, who doesn't notice her at all. She settles into his home and causes him to break up with his lover, the star of the show; and finally manages to make him love her.

Kiki

1932

The bat poster
8.0

Film by Karel Lamac.

The bat

1931

kiki poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

kiki

1933

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10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Dráteníček

1920

The Switched Bride poster
6.2

Capricious Lady Virginia has an unexpected double in a girl who works at a fair and wishes for a beauty salon. When the first one's eccentricities lead to her arrest, the second is paid for going to prison. There she meets Charles, Virginia's suitor. When out of jail she will have to fight not only for him but for going through with the leading role in a skating show.

The Switched Bride

1934

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Zpěv zlata

1921

Behind the camera

Im Schallplattenladen poster
10.0

A customer (Karl Valentin) tries to buy a record in a record store but can not decide what he actually wants. The saleswoman (Liesl Karlstadt) tries to help him – which is in vain, as the customer eventually damages various records and even a complete cabinet during his visit.

Im Schallplattenladen

1934

The Hound of the Baskervilles poster
5.8

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson look into reports that a huge, vicious hound has killed Lord Charles Baskerville and that Lord Henry Baskerville is the next to be killed.

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1937

Grounds for Divorce poster
7.0

The lawyer, Dr. Werkmann, is seeking a legal separation for Mr. Bernhof, who claims his wife is an incorrigible gambler. In reality, it is he who is the weakling; and while he dearly loves his wife, he's going through her fortune like there's no tomorrow. His wife, however, loves him dearly, too, in spite of his faults and doesn't want the marriage to end. Dr. Werkmann proposes something at a family meeting, which just might save the marriage after all.

Grounds for Divorce

1937

The Squeeker poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

The Squeeker

1931

Little Dorrit poster
5.8

Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in London. Amy and her family's world is transformed when her employer's son, Arthur Clennam, returns from overseas to solve his family's mysterious legacy and discovers that their lives are interlinked.

Little Dorrit

1934

The Ringer poster
5.1

A shifty lawyer is threatened with death within two days by a criminal who supposedly died in Australia.

The Ringer

1932

Fairground People poster
8.0

Young Anny returns from school to her circus family, which runs a little venue at the town fair. When Anny suddenly has to fill in for one of the artists, her piano-playing not only enthrals the audience, but also theatre agent Horbes. He casts the whole family for the Apollo theatre in Berlin, where Anny quickly raises to stardom and is offered an engagement from the US.

Fairground People

1930

The Cruel Girlfriend poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Cruel Girlfriend

1932