Screenplay: Franz Werfel
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Franz Werfel. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Titles found: 6
Juarez
1939 · Movie · 132 min. · United States
Direction William Dieterle
Cast Paul Muni · Bette Davis · Brian Aherne · Claude Rains
Synopsis The newly named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carolotta arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment favoring Benito Juraez and democracy. He tries to appease the Mexicans but fails. Abraham Lincoln is supporting Juarez and asks the French to withdraw...
6.6
289 votes
6.6
289 votes
The Song of Bernadette
1943 · Movie · 156 min. · United States
Direction Henry King
Cast Jennifer Jones · William Eythe · Charles Bickford · Vincent Price
Synopsis In 1858 France, Bernadette, an adolescent peasant girl, has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the city dump. She never claims it to be anything other than this, but the townspeople all assume it to be the virgin Mary....
6.5
920 votes
6.5
920 votes
Me and the Colonel
1958 · Movie · 109 min. · United States
Direction Peter Glenville
Cast Danny Kaye · Curd Jürgens · Nicole Maurey · Françoise Rosay
Synopsis During the invasion of France by Nazi Germany, a shy, intelligent Jewish refugee tries to flee from the Nazis with the aid of an anti-Semitic, autocratic, brave Polish Colonel who is trying to smuggle papers to England. Their dysfunctional partnership...
6.4
70 votes
6.4
70 votes
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
1982 · Movie · 143 min. · United States
Direction Sarky Mouradian
Cast Kabir Bedi · Ronnie Carol · Guy Stockwell · Peter Haskell
Synopsis Armenian guerrilla troops fight against the Turkish forces on the mountain of Musa Dagh.
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Embezzled Heaven
1958 · Movie · 105 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Ernst Marischka
Cast Annie Rosar · Hans Holt · Viktor de Kowa · Vilma Degischer
Synopsis Teta Linek, a cook at a noble Austrian family Argan, thinks primarily of ways to achieve heavens in the afterlife. In the hope of merciful acts, she helps her nephew, Mojmir, become a priest and sends him a lot of...
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Juarez and Maximillian
1934 · Movie · 98 min. · Mexico
Direction Miguel Contreras Torres · Raphael J. Sevilla
Cast Medea de Novara · Enrique Herrera · Alfredo del Diestro · Antonio R. Frausto
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