Screenplay: Mika Waltari

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


The Egyptian

1954 · Movie · 140 min. · United States

Direction Michael Curtiz

Cast Jean Simmons · Victor Mature · Edmund Purdom · Gene Tierney

Plot In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new Pharoah. Sinuhe's personal triumphs and tragedies...

6.4

2K votes

6.4

2K votes

Inspector Palmu's Error

1960 · Movie · 106 min. · Finland

6.2

33 votes

6.2

33 votes

The Witch

1952 · Movie · 80 min. · Finland

Direction Roland af Hällström

Cast Mirja Mane · Toivo Mäkelä · Hillevi Lagerstam · Sakari Jurkka

Plot Archaeological team unearths a body of a young woman, who was told to be a witch buried in the bog some 300 years ago. Soon a naked woman appears and...

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The Vagabond's Valse

1941 · Movie · 104 min. · Finland

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Gas, Inspector Palmu!

1961 · Movie · 99 min. · Finland

Direction Matti Kassila

Cast Joel Rinne · Matti Ranin · Leo Jokela · Elina Salo

Plot Kaasua, Komisario Palmu! AKA Gas, Inspector Palmu! (1961) is based loosely on the short novel written by the critically acclaimed Finnish author, Mika Waltari. This black and white thriller, shot...

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Vodka, Mr. Palmu

1969 · Movie · 100 min. · Finland

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The Stars Will Tell, Inspector Palmu

1962 · Movie · 95 min. · Finland

Direction Matti Kassila

Cast Joel Rinne · Matti Ranin · Leo Jokela · Helge Herala

Plot A body is found in the park near Tähtitorninmäki. The police are called in, believing him to be a dead vagrant. However, journalist Nopsanen happens by the scene, leading to...

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The Curse

1973 · Movie · 100 min. · Iran

Direction Naser Taghvai

Cast Mohammad Taghi Khanemoui · Fakhri Khorvash · Jamshid Mashayekhi · Behrouz Vossoughi

Plot An old man who works for a landlord brings a young worker to paint the house for him. The old landlord is alcoholic and has a young wife and together...

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