Screenplay: Ladislas Fodor

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Ladislas Fodor. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Tales of Manhattan

1942 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction Julien Duvivier

Cast Charles Boyer · Rita Hayworth · Thomas Mitchell · Ginger Rogers

Plot A formal tailcoat that gets passed from one owner to another affects each life in a significant way.

7.0

536 votes

7.0

536 votes

The Great Sinner

1949 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Robert Siodmak

Cast Gregory Peck · Ava Gardner · Melvyn Douglas · Walter Huston

Plot A young writer goes to Paris. He meets in the train a young woman forced to marry a wealthy casino manager in Monte Carlo. His true love for the girl...

6.9

508 votes

6.9

508 votes

North to Alaska

1960 · Movie · 122 min. · United States

Direction Henry Hathaway

Cast John Wayne · Stewart Granger · Capucine · Ernie Kovacs

Plot Year 1900. After partners George Pratt and Sam McCord strike it rich with their Nome, Alaska gold mine, George's only wish is to marry his French fiancée Jenny, who has...

6.5

1K votes

6.5

1K votes

Jewel Robbery

1932 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction William Dieterle

Cast William Powell · Kay Francis · Helen Vinson · Hardie Albright

Plot When a baroness is present during a robbery at a jewellers in Vienna, she finds the gang's debonair leader more attractive than either her husband or her lover.

6.5

45 votes

6.5

45 votes

6.4

21 votes

The Kneeling Goddess

1947 · Movie · 107 min. · Mexico

Direction Roberto Gavaldón

Cast María Félix · Arturo de Córdova · Rosario Granados · Fortunio Bonanova

Plot Legendary superstar María Félix, stars in this melodrama noir playing the role of Raquel, a woman who has a passionate love affair with married aristocrat Antonio. However, a sensual sculpture...

6.4

106 votes

6.4

106 votes

The Kiss Before the Mirror

1933 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction James Whale

Cast Nancy Carroll · Frank Morgan · Paul Lukas · Gloria Stuart

Plot When a famous doctor kills his adulterous wife, he is defended by his best friend, an attorney--who suspects that his own wife is having an affair.

6.2

37 votes

6.2

37 votes

Seven Sinners

1940 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Tay Garnett

Cast Marlene Dietrich · John Wayne · Albert Dekker · Broderick Crawford

Plot Bijou, a saloon singer with a reputation for insighting brouhahas, is one of several deportees from a south Pacific island to arrive at another U.S. protectorate, Boni Komba. She becomes...

6.2

120 votes

6.2

120 votes

Tom Thumb

1958 · Movie · 98 min. · United Kingdom

Direction George Pal

Cast Russ Tamblyn · Alan Young · June Thorburn · Terry-Thomas

Plot Adaptation of the famous Grimm fair tale about a five inch tot who defies the efforts of two unsavory schemers attempting to lure him to a life of evil.

6.2

246 votes

6.2

246 votes

The Other Love

1947 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction André De Toth

Cast Barbara Stanwyck · David Niven · Richard Conte · Gilbert Roland

Plot Seriously ill, concert pianist Karen Duncan (Barbara Stanwyck) is admitted to a Swiss sanitorium. Despite being attracted to Dr. Tony Stanton (David Niven) she ignores his warnings of possibly fatal...

6.1

211 votes

6.1

211 votes

Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy

1966 · Movie · 85 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Harald Reinl

Cast Uwe Beyer · Rolf Henniger · Siegfried Wischnewski · Maria Marlow

Plot Volker von Alzey, the royal bard of the Burgunds (far greater then modern Burgundy), ruled by the Christian, papist king Gunther, who has two brave, loyal brothers and a sister...

6.0

82 votes

6.0

82 votes

Die Nibelungen, Teil 2 - Kriemhilds Rache

1967 · Movie · 79 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Harald Reinl

Cast Karin Dor · Herbert Lom · Rolf Henniger · Siegfried Wischnewski

Plot Now Brunhild knows by which treason she was won for king Gunther of Burgund by Siegfried of Xanthen, and has been revenged by his foul murder by Hagen, more bloody...

6.0

61 votes

6.0

61 votes

Wives Under Suspicion

1938 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

5.3

49 votes

5.3

49 votes

Im Banne des Unheimlichen

1968 · Movie · 85 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

5.3

70 votes

5.3

70 votes

The Last Roman

1968 · Movie · 103 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

5.1

59 votes

5.1

59 votes

The Devil Came from Akasava

1971 · Movie · 84 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Jesús Franco

Cast Fred Williams · Soledad Miranda · Horst Tappert · Ewa Strömberg

Plot In Akasawa's African city there has revealed itself a strange substance that blinds the persons. Several persons, representing different international interests, fight for be doing by the product and an...

4.8

51 votes

4.8

51 votes

Old Shatterhand

1964 · Movie · 122 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Hugo Fregonese

Cast Lex Barker · Guy Madison · Pierre Brice · Daliah Lavi

Plot Renegades trying to get the army to abandon their fort get the Indians addicted to whiskey, then convince them to attack and drive out the soldiers.

4.5

74 votes

4.5

74 votes

Who Killed Johnny R.?

1966 · Movie · 91 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

3.9

102 votes

3.9

102 votes

Rebel Flight to Cuba

1959 · Movie · 99 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Gottfried Reinhardt

Cast O.W. Fischer · Sonja Ziemann · Peter van Eyck · Christian Wolff

Plot The airplane in trouble this time is loaded with some noteworthy passengers including a priest, a minister, a rabbi, an, unhappy rich countess, a couple who keep marrying and divorcing,...

Not rated

Not rated

The Return of Dr. Mabuse

1961 · Movie · 89 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Harald Reinl

Cast Gert Fröbe · Lex Barker · Daliah Lavi · Fausto Tozzi

Plot Commissioner Lohmann is already planning his holidays. An unexpected phone call calls him back to work. A member of Interpol was murdered. The head of an organisation wants to come...

Not rated

Not rated