Roland Varno
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 15, 1908
Deathday: May 24, 1996
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Scared to Death
1947-02-01
Scared to Death
Overview: A woman is married to the son of a doctor, the proprietor of a private sanatorium, where she is under unwilling treatment. Both the son and the doctor indicate they want the marriage dissolved. Arriving at the scene is a mysterious personage identified as the doctor's brother who formerly was a stage magician in Europe. He is accompanied by a threatening dwarf...
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-02-01
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The Mad Magician
1954-05-19
The Mad Magician
Overview: Don Gallico is an inventor of stage magic effects who aspires to become a star in his own right. Just before his first performance his act is shut down by capricious manager Ross Ormond who wants Gallico's brilliant buzz saw effect for the act of The Great Rinaldi, an established star. With this defeat, and the humiliation of having already lost his wife Claire to Ormond, Gallico decides it is time to take matters into his own hands.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-05-19
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To Be or Not to Be
1942-03-06
To Be or Not to Be
Overview: During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
Genres: Comedy War Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-03-06
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My Name Is Julia Ross
1945-11-08
My Name Is Julia Ross
Overview: Julia Ross secures employment, through a rather-noisy employment agency, with a wealthy widow and goes to live at her house. Two days later, she awakens in a different house in different clothes and with a new identity.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-11-08
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Betrayal from the East
1945-04-24
Betrayal from the East
Overview: A carnival showman tries to keep Japanese spies from sabotaging the Panama Canal.
Genres: Thriller Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-04-24
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Zwischen vierzehn und siebzehn
1929-09-26
Zwischen vierzehn und siebzehn
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1929-09-26
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Het Meisje met den Blauwen Hoed
1934-12-20
Het Meisje met den Blauwen Hoed
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Genres: Romance
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1934-12-20
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The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937-07-02
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Overview: Spies on opposite sides fall in love in pre-revolutionary Russia.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-07-02
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Devil Pays Off
1941-11-10
Devil Pays Off
Overview: A former Navy man attempts to redeem his honor by exposing a shipping tycoon's dealings with the enemy.
Genres: Crime War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-11-10
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Hostages
1943-08-11
Hostages
Overview: After the mysterious disappearance of a German soldier from a Prague cafe, the staff and customers are held captive by the Nazis accused of murder and collusion with the Czech resistance.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-08-11
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Mystery Sea Raider
1940-10-26
Mystery Sea Raider
Overview: June McCarthy has unwittingly aided an undercover Nazi naval officer with acquiring a "mother ship" for German submarines in the Atlantic.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-26
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Flight to Nowhere
1946-09-30
Flight to Nowhere
Overview: A couple on board a plane find themselves mixed up in a plot to steal atomic secrets.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-09-30
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The Master Key
1945-04-24
The Master Key
Overview: Before the outbreak of WWII, Nazi sympathizers plot to undermine America.
Genres: Action War Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-04-24
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Istanbul
1957-01-23
Istanbul
Overview: A suspected diamond smuggler returns to Istanbul and finds the lady love he thought was dead...or does he?
Genres: Crime Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-23
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Malle gevallen
1934-09-28
Malle gevallen
Overview: Three students decide to share a flat, each courting a young woman. While they pass the time teasing their rival Piet Janssen (de Klit) and nosy neighbour Mr. Smallebroek, rumours and arguments threaten to drive the boys and their crushes apart.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1934-09-28
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The Return of the Vampire
1943-11-11
The Return of the Vampire
Overview: In 1918, an English family is terrorized by a vampire, until they learn how to deal with it. They think their troubles are over, but German bombs in WWII free the monster. He reclaims the soul of his wolfman ex-servant, and assuming the identity of a scientist who has just escaped from a concentration camp, he starts out on a plan to get revenge upon the family.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-11-11
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The Fighting 69th
1940-01-27
The Fighting 69th
Overview: Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the regimental chaplain, has faith that he'll prove himself in the end.
Genres: Action Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-27
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Gunga Din
1939-01-26
Gunga Din
Overview: British army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along with their native water-bearer, Gunga Din. While completing a dangerous telegraph-repair mission, they unearth evidence of the suppressed Thuggee cult. When Gunga Din tells the sergeants about a secret temple made of gold, the fortune-hunting Cutter is captured by the Thuggees, and it's up to his friends to rescue him.
Genres: Adventure War Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-01-26
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Nazi Agent
1942-03-01
Nazi Agent
Overview: Humble stamp dealer Otto Becker has little to do with international politics, so when he receives a surprise visit from his estranged twin brother and Nazi spy, Baron Hugo von Detner, his world is thrown into turmoil. Threatening Becker with deportation, Hugo forces him to use his shop as a front for espionage.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-03-01
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Balalaika
1939-12-15
Balalaika
Overview: A Russian prince disguised as a worker and a cafe singer secretly involved in revolutionary activities fall in love.
Genres: Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-15
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Sins of Man
1936-06-19
Sins of Man
Overview: Austrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche) to love it too. The first goes to America and the second is born deaf-mute but gains hearing during WWI bombing.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-06-19
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The Unwritten Code
1944-10-26
The Unwritten Code
Overview: The Unwritten Code is an offbeat, better-than-average Columbia wartime "B" picture. Though Ann Savage and Tom Neal are top-billed, the central character is supporting-actor Roland Varno. He plays a Nazi spy who sneaks into the U.S., hoping to release hundreds of German prisoners. He fails, but not until plenty of bullets have been spent. The most interesting aspect of The Unwritten Code is the casting of Savage and Neal as the "good" characters: in 1945, these two cult favorites would play the decidedly unsavory protagonists of the film noir classic Detour.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-10-26
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Valley of Hunted Men
1942-11-13
Valley of Hunted Men
Overview: Fugitive Nazis threaten to take over the Wyoming range in this Three Mesqueteers outing, which also warns about the danger of blithely assuming that every German-American is a fifth columnist. Which is exactly what rancher Clem Parker (Hal Price) does when learning that a couple of escaped Axis war criminals may be heading towards the local valley.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-11-13
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Underground
1941-06-28
Underground
Overview: A World War II Hollywood propaganda film detailing the dark underside of Nazism and the Third Reich set between two brothers, Kurt and Erik Franken, whom are SS officers in the Nazi party. Kurt learns and exposes the evils of the system to Erik and tries to convince him of the immoral stance that marches under the symbol of the swastika.
Genres: Adventure Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-06-28
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Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
1944-11-02
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
Overview: In 1923, two young ladies depart, unescorted, for a tour of Europe. Their great naïvité and efforts to seem grown-up lead them into many comic misadventures.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-11-02
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Three Faces West
1940-07-03
Three Faces West
Overview: Viennese surgeon Dr. Braun and his daughter Leni come to a small town in North Dakota as refugees from Hitler. When the winds of the Dust Bowl threaten the town, John Phillips leads the townsfolk in moving to greener pastures in Oregon. He falls for Leni, but she is betrothed to the man who helped her and her father escape from the Third Reich. She must decide between the two men.
Genres: Drama Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-07-03
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The Girl in the Blue Hat
1934-12-20
The Girl in the Blue Hat
Overview: When grocers's son Daantje Pieters is drafted, he falls for a girl in a blue hat he spots aboard the train to the garrison. At the barracks in The Hague, crafty conman Toontje takes Daantje under his wing. Toontje decides to help him look for his dream girl, but draws the line at them planning an engagement — for such things are not for soldiers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1934-12-20
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Eagle Squadron
1942-06-16
Eagle Squadron
Overview: An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in love with a beautiful English girl.
Genres: Romance War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-06-16
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Follow That Woman
1945-12-14
Follow That Woman
Overview: A private detective's wife takes over his business when he enters the Army.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-12-14
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Private Jones
1933-03-25
Private Jones
Overview: After America enters World War I, young William "Bill" Jones tries to avoid military service by telling the draft board that he is the sole supporter of his family and is employed by businessman Roger Winthrop, his sister Helen's boss.
Genres: War Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-03-25
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Action in the North Atlantic
1943-06-12
Action in the North Atlantic
Overview: Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged with getting a supply vessel to Russian allies as part of a sea convoy. When the group of ships comes under attack from a German U-boat, Rossi and Jarvis navigate through dangerous waters to evade Nazi naval forces. Though their mission across the Atlantic is extremely treacherous, they are motivated by the opportunity to strike back at the Germans, who sank one of their earlier ships.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-06-12
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As You Desire Me
1932-05-28
As You Desire Me
Overview: Bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with novelist Carl Salter. One day, Tony shows up on Salter's estate claiming that Zara is actually Maria, the wife of his close friend Bruno, claiming that her memory was destroyed during World War I. Zara doesn't remember but leaves with Tony to Salter's dismay. Bruno, now an officer in the Italian Army, tries to coax Maria's memory back on his large estate. No one is really sure if Zara is Maria, and when Salter shows up with a mental case from Trieste that he claims is the real Maria, everyone on Bruno's estate is desperately searching for the truth.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-05-28
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Arsène Lupin
1932-02-26
Arsène Lupin
Overview: A charming and very daring thief known as Arsene Lupin is terrorizing the wealthy of Paris, he even goes so far as to threaten the Mona Lisa. But the police, led by the great Guerchard, think they know Arsene Lupin's identity, and they have a secret weapon to catch him.
Genres: Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-02-26
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Edge of Darkness
1943-04-09
Edge of Darkness
Overview: The film pivots around the local Norwegian doctor and his family. The doctor's wife (Ruth Gordon) wants to hold on to the pretence of gracious living and ignore their German occupiers. The doctor, Martin Stensgard (Walter Huston), would also prefer to stay neutral, but is torn. His brother-in-law, the wealthy owner of the local fish cannery, collaborates with the Nazis. The doctor's daughter, Karen (Ann Sheridan), is involved with the resistance and with its leader Gunnar Brogge (Errol Flynn). The doctor's son has just returned to town, having been sent down from the university, and is soon influenced by his Nazi-sympathizer uncle. Captain Koenig (Helmut Dantine), the young German commandant of the occupying garrison, whose fanatic determination to do everything by the book and spoutings about the invincibility of the Reich hides a growing fear of a local uprising.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-04-09
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The Corsican Brothers
1941-11-28
The Corsican Brothers
Overview: Cultured Mario and outlaw Lucien, twins separated at birth, join forces to avenge their parents' death at the hands of evil Colonna. Because each feels all the same sensations experienced by the other, swordplay is difficult for them. Worse yet, raised very differently, they struggle to find common ground between their conflicting personalities. But to defeat their enemy, the two will have to overcome the obstacles and work as a team.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-11-28
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The Blue Angel
1930-04-01
The Blue Angel
Overview: Prim professor Immanuel Rath finds some of his students ogling racy photos of cabaret performer Lola Lola and visits a local club, The Blue Angel, in an attempt to catch them there. Seeing Lola perform, the teacher is filled with lust, eventually resigning his position at the school to marry the young woman. However, his marriage to a coquette -- whose job is to entice men -- proves to be more difficult than Rath imagined.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1930-04-01
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Our Wife
1941-08-20
Our Wife
Overview: A musician's ex-wife wants him back after he finds love and success.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-08-20
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Quality Street
1937-03-26
Quality Street
Overview: In the 1810s, an old maid poses as her own niece in order to teach her onetime beau a lesson.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-03-26
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The Man in Search of His Murderer
1931-02-04
The Man in Search of His Murderer
Overview: A man in bad sorts hires a burglar to later kill him, then changes his mind when his fortunes turn and must find the contracted murderer before it is too late.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1931-02-04
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