Movie: Bella Donna

Top 8 Billed Cast

Mary Ellis
Mary Ellis

Mary Chepstow Amine

John Stuart
John Stuart

Nigel Armine

Cedric Hardwicke
Cedric Hardwicke

Dr. Meyer Isaacson

Conrad Veidt
Conrad Veidt

Mahmoud Baroudi

Jeanne Stuart
Jeanne Stuart

Lady Zoe Harwich

Rodney Millington
Rodney Millington

Ibrahim Achmed

Eve South
Eve South

The Dancing Girl

Michael Shepley
Michael Shepley

Dr. Baring-Hartley

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1934-12-11

  • Average

    3.5

  • Rating:

    1.8 starts
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    English
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