Fedora

Fedora

Youth had been a habit of hers for so long that she could not part with it.

1978•1h 49m•6.7/10

DramaMystery

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.7/10(148)

Down-on-his-luck Hollywood producer Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler attempts to lure Fedora, a famous but reclusive film actress, out of retirement, only to discover the horrifying truth behind her success.

Open in PickFlick

Production

SFP, NF Geria II Filmgesellschaft m.b.H., Bavaria Studios

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

William Holden

William Holden

Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler

Marthe Keller

Marthe Keller

Fedora

Hildegard Knef

Hildegard Knef

Countess Sobryanski

José Ferrer

José Ferrer

Doctor Vando

Frances Sternhagen

Frances Sternhagen

Miss Balfour

Mario Adorf

Mario Adorf

Corfu Hotel Manager

Stephen Collins

Stephen Collins

Young Barry

Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda

President of the Academy

Michael York

Michael York

Self

Hans Járay

Hans Járay

Count Sobryanski

Gottfried John

Gottfried John

Kritos

Arlene Francis

Arlene Francis

Newscaster

Elma Karlowa

Elma Karlowa

Maid

Ellen Schwiers

Ellen Schwiers

Nurse

Ferdy Mayne

Ferdy Mayne

First Director

Peter Capell

Peter Capell

Second Director

Panos Papadopulos

Bartender

Recommended

The Front Page

The Front Page

Ruthless Chicago newspaper editor Walter Burns resorts to dubious motives in order to get top reporter Hildy Johnson to cover one more big crime story before retirement.

The Front Page

1974

7.3

Scarecrow

Scarecrow

Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh.

Scarecrow

1973

7.0

The Phantom Carriage

The Phantom Carriage

An alcoholic, abusive ne'er-do-well is shown the error of his ways through a legend that dooms the last person to die on New Year's Eve before the clock strikes twelve to take the reins of Death's chariot and work tirelessly collecting fresh souls for the next year.

The Phantom Carriage

1921

7.8

The Blood of a Poet

The Blood of a Poet

In a poet’s room, an armless statue abruptly comes to life. It invites the poet to step through a mirror and to discover another world. Strange places and characters present themselves to him. The poet tears himself away from these twisted fascinations and returns, with some difficulty, to his room.

The Blood of a Poet

1932

7.1

A Bunch of Bastards

A Bunch of Bastards

An isolated villa, a family just like the others. Michele has remarried beautiful Damiana, and lives with her and her daughter Fiore, a seductive teen with whom he has an intricate relationship. In the middle of the night, Sergio, an ex-con, bursts in the villa and abducts the family. his mission: retrieve and bring back to Caligola, the man who hired him, some important documents, now seeminlgy buried somewhere in the greenhouse near the house.

A Bunch of Bastards

2023

3.8

Hold Me Tight

Hold Me Tight

At dawn, Clarisse takes a last look at her husband and two sleeping children, hesitates to leave a note, and hits the road. A desperate escape that gradually reveals its layers as Clarisse — who seems to have an extra-sensory connection to the family she has left behind — loses herself in the world.

Hold Me Tight

2021

6.4

A Double Life

A Double Life

A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.

A Double Life

1947

6.3

Brutal Tales of Chivalry

Brutal Tales of Chivalry

After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by keeping black-market and illegal items out of their open-air market. Taking advantage of the mess, Iwasa and his gang take hold of goods from the US military, black-market and controlled items in order to become the most powerful group in Enko area.

Brutal Tales of Chivalry

1965

7.1

The Tin Drum

The Tin Drum

In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out.

The Tin Drum

1979

6.9

Dersu Uzala

Dersu Uzala

A military explorer meets and befriends a Goldi man in Russia’s unmapped forests. A deep and abiding bond evolves between the two men, one civilized in the usual sense, the other at home in the glacial Siberian woods.

Dersu Uzala

1975

7.9

Twilight Zone: The Movie

Twilight Zone: The Movie

An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the "Twilight Zone" TV series—"Kick the Can", "It's a Good Life" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"—and one original story, "Time Out."

Twilight Zone: The Movie

1983

6.5

Breaking the Waves

Breaking the Waves

In a small, conservative Scottish village, an oilman is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when he urges her to have sex with another.

Breaking the Waves

1996

7.5

Similar Movies

Hollywood 90028

Hollywood 90028

Mark, a cameraman who aspires to work on serious Hollywood films but can only find work making porno loops, turns to murder when his personal and professional frustrations reach their breaking point.

Hollywood 90028

1973

4.6

The Player

The Player

A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?

The Player

1992

7.2

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

This film is a glimpse into the life, love and the unconquerable spirit of the legendary Bruce Lee. From a childhood of rigorous martial arts training, Lee realizes his dream of opening his own kung-fu school in America. Before long, he is discovered by a Hollywood producer and begins a meteoric rise to fame and an all too short reign as one the most charismatic action heroes in cinema history.

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

1993

6.9

Chaplin

Chaplin

An aged Charlie Chaplin narrates his life to his autobiography's editor, including his rise to wealth and comedic fame from poverty, his turbulent personal life and his run-ins with the FBI.

Chaplin

1992

7.4

Take Your Best Shot

Take Your Best Shot

An actor whose career has gone flat resolves to pursue a more stable occupation while also trying to save his troubled marriage.

Take Your Best Shot

1982

6.0

Mike Nichols: A Life

Mike Nichols: A Life

In 1966, stage director Mike Nichols journeys from Broadway to Hollywood to make his first film, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, depicting his high-stakes collaboration with the leads, married couple Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.

Mike Nichols: A Life

Ed Wood

Ed Wood

The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.

Ed Wood

1994

7.5

Heat

Heat

Former child star Joe Davis, reduced to living in a cheap Hollywood motel while struggling for acting jobs, is lusted after by nearly every woman he meets, including Jessica Todd, a tightly wound feminist who has recently come out as a lesbian. When Jessica's mother, Sally, an emotionally needy has-been actress, meets Joe, she moves him into her enormous, tacky mansion as her new boy toy and attempts to get him acting work.

Heat

1972

5.8

The Day of the Locust

The Day of the Locust

Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with his neighbor Faye Greener, an aspiring actress who prefers the life that Homer Simpson, a lone accountant, can offer her.

The Day of the Locust

1975

6.4

Mulholland Drive

Mulholland Drive

Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.

Mulholland Drive

2001

7.8

Lena will es endlich wissen

Twenty-three-year-old Lena lands a lead in Sartre’s “No Exit” while endlessly seeking love. Her call‐girl friend Becky convinces her to try prostitution, plunging Lena into a bizarre free‐love world of surreal encounters. Complicating matters, she falls for her director, Dex White, and cares for her grieving, balloon‐making father.

Lena will es endlich wissen

2011

$pent

$pent

This comic drama examines the relationships and addictions of a group of twenty-something friends with very dysfunctional, yet interesting lives.

$pent

1999

5.0