Cast: Anny Ondra

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Anny Ondra. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Blackmail

1929 · Movie · 84 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Alfred Hitchcock

Cast Anny Ondra · John Longden · Sara Allgood · Charles Paton

Synopsis Grocer's daughter Alice White kills a man in self-defence when he tries to sexually assault her. Her policeman boyfriend covers up for her, but she has been spotted leaving the scene by a petty criminal who tries to blackmail her....

6.7

2K votes

6.7

2K votes

The Manxman

1929 · Movie · 80 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Alfred Hitchcock

Cast Carl Brisson · Malcolm Keen · Anny Ondra · Randle Ayrton

Synopsis Poor fisherman Pete falls in love with Kate, the daughter of a landlord on Man island. Pete decides to leave on his ship to earn some money and then to marry the girl. Before leaving, Pete asks his friend Philip...

5.8

389 votes

5.8

389 votes

Sound Test for Blackmail (S)

1929 · Documentary · 1 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Alfred Hitchcock

Cast Alfred Hitchcock · Anny Ondra

Synopsis Alfred Hitchcock had to do a soundtest for Anny Ondra, a German actress who was cast in his first talkie: Blackmail. Here we see Hitchcock, about 30 years old, with a head of wavy hair, testing Ms. Ondra's recording voice...

5.2

151 votes

5.2

151 votes

Der Gasmann

1941 · Movie · 85 min. · Germany

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Daughters of Eve

1928 · Movie · 90 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Karel Lamac

Cast Anny Ondra · Wolfgang Zilzer · Steffie Vida · Theodor Pistek

Synopsis An unmarried showgirl takes a handsome companion with her on a vacation, to the distress of others.

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The Affairs of Julie

1957 · Movie · 106 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Helmut Käutner

Cast Liselotte Pulver · Paul Hubschmid · Bernhard Wicki · Wolfgang Lukschy

Synopsis Juliane Thomas is an unemployed young writer. After breaking up with her lover she works at her dentist uncle to make ends meet. One day she instantly falls in love with Jean Berner, the closest friend of one of the...

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Direction Karel Lamac · Hans H. Zerlett

Cast Anny Ondra · Max Schmeling · Hans Schönrath · Edith Meinhard

Synopsis Marianne is an accountant, but since she is so pretty the employment agency sends her to the theater. There, Max's gaffer falls in love with Marianne and persuades her to stay at the theater. Once he has to defend her...

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Fräulein Hoffmanns Erzählungen

1933 · Movie · 89 min. · Germany

Direction Karel Lamac

Cast Anny Ondra · Mathias Wiedman · Ida Wüst · Paul Otto

Synopsis Miss Anita Liman is the sole owner of a coffee importing company, with offices in Hamburg, Genoa and Santiago. Anita's first competitor Benno Karden would merry her purely for business reasons, but he falls in love with her. Benno has...

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Direction Ákos Ráthonyi

Cast Sonja Ziemann · Willy Fritsch · Anny Ondra · Hardy Krüger

Synopsis Impresario Zwickel (Rudolf Platte) fears for the preview of the new operetta. One day remains to complete the fragmentary opus. The complete finale is missing. While Zwickel is plodding to bring the dawdling composer duo Jupp (Willy Fritsch) and Juppi...

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White Paradise

1924 · Movie · 73 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Karel Lamac

Cast Karel Lamac · Vladimír Majer · Anny Ondra · Josef Rovenský

Synopsis 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.

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Baby

1932 · Movie · 82 min. · Germany

Direction Karel Lamac

Cast Anny Ondra · Anton Walbrook · Albert Paulig · Lotte Spira

Synopsis Baby, a count's daughter, longs for a stage career, while her best friend, a chorus girl, longs for an education. When Baby's parents find out she has cheated them, they decide to send her to an English boarding school. Her...

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I Love You

1925 · Movie · 60 min. · Germany

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Kantor ideál

1932 · Movie · 85 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Martin Fric

Cast Karel Lamac · Anny Ondra · Oscar Marion · Theodor Pistek

Synopsis A new professor, the shy and impractical Karel Suchý, enters the girls' grammar school. From the very beginning, he becomes the object of the quadruple interest of the girls. In inventing alliterations, he is led by Vera Matysová, the niece...

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The Lady with the Small Foot

1920 · Movie · 31 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Jan S. Kolár · Premysl Prazský

Cast Olga Augustová · Frantisek Pelísek · Gustav Machatý · Premysl Prazský

Synopsis A comical piece about a detective who doesn't discover anything, but does find his true love.

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The Poisoned Light

1921 · Movie · 61 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Jan S. Kolár · Karel Lamac

Cast Karel Fiala · Anny Ondra · Karel Lamac · Jindrich Lhoták

Synopsis 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...

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Die große Sehnsucht

1930 · Movie · 100 min. · Germany

Direction Steve Sekely

Cast Camilla Horn · Theodor Loos · Harry Frank · Paul Kemp

Synopsis A young woman leaves behind her job, home and family to try to make it in the movie business.

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Suzy Saxophone

1928 · Movie · 83 min. · France

Direction Karel Lamac

Cast Anny Ondra · Mary Parker · Gaston Jacquet · Olga Limburg

Synopsis A count's daughter wants a stage career, her show girl friend wants an education, so they change places.

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Die vertauschte Braut

1934 · Movie · 86 min. · Germany

Direction Karel Lamac

Cast Anny Ondra · Anton Walbrook · Fritz Odemar · Otto Wernicke

Synopsis 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...

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