Bella Donna
Bella Donna

Bella Donna

2.7

1 hr 31 min

1934-12-11

3

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.

Drama

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Characters

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

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