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- In 1930s Shanghai, a blind American diplomat develops a curious relationship with a young Russian refugee who works odd--and sometimes illicit--jobs to support members of her dead husband's aristocratic family.
- In Paris, a young woman, Louise visits her old friend, Nena in a psychiatric clinic, who tells her that she has just finished a novel about a girl who committed suicide. She begins to read, and the events of the novel are bizarrely intertwined with the life of Louise herself, who is experiencing a severe depression. The reality in her mind changes places with imagination, and it is already difficult to understand what exactly is happening and what is invented. Was the thief who died in a trap set up by Louise's husband the same person, because of whom the girl jumped out of the window, and what will happen to herself when the book ends?
- A 17th century Hungarian countess embarks on a murderous undertaking, with the belief that bathing in the blood of virgins will preserve her beauty.
- 35 years after she was turned into a vampire, Scarlet Brooks wants to be mortal again. So, she must stalk, seduce and feast upon three virgins in one night who willingly give her their life blood.
- A man goes to a convent with exciting news, one of the nuns is an heir to a fortune! The man causes the nuns to become obsessed with him as he tries to find the right heir.
- A dedicated piano teacher--the aristocratic Corfiote, signora Antzolina--puts into effect a last-minute plan which involves a charming impersonation and her wonderful musical talents. But, how will she get out of this fine mess?
- A girl is almost murdered, but no explainable motive can be found until a 20 year old murder is uncovered and linked to the case.
- Count Anatol Manesse-Manconi is the ruler of lust. His wife Verena is the object of his strange guests' desire, envy, and contempt. Every guest in the Count's house represents another mortal sin.
- This musical tells the tales of two movie extras who abscond to an expensive resort with their costumes and pretend to be aristocrats. Included in the film are ice skating numbers and songs.
- A light-hearted comedy when a bit player in a musical tries to convince her friends that she is a countess.
- Ada Lovelace was a most unlikely computer pioneer. In this film, Dr Hannah Fry tells the story of Ada's remarkable life. Born in the early 19th century Ada was a countess of the realm, a scandalous socialite and an 'enchantress of numbers'. The film is an enthralling tale of how a life infused with brilliance, but blighted by illness and gambling addiction, helped give rise to the modern era of computing.
- Montreal film-maker Rex Prince travels to Louisiana to search for his first love Paula Paul, the Countess of the title: the loveliest bearded lady ever to grace a circus sideshow. To win her love he takes on the job of Human Cannonball; wins her and loses her tragically, then tries to commit their love story to film. An exploration of self-image and memory, and the glamour (used in the sense of a magic spell or illusory reality) which the movie camera can weave.
- Born from a lineage of cruel Hungarian aristocratic warriors, a young girl is sold into an advantageous marriage after an illicit birth and subsequently rises to become one of the most powerful and sadistic mass serial killers in history.
- Wealthy young bachelor Stanley Jordan attends a Red Cross Benefit at the country club, where he meets and falls in love with Betty Lovering and unwittingly offends social leader Mrs. Vandergraft. Discovering that the Vandergrafts have initiated a campaign to ostracize him from the club, Jordan, incensed, decides to get even: he disguises himself as a Russian Countess and returns to the club, where he is wined and dined. As a member of society, he is welcomed into the homes of the rich, where he proceeds to steal their valuables and donate them to the Red Cross Fund. The series of thefts alarms the neighborhood, and a detective is hired. Just as the detective is closing in on the Countess, it is announced that the Russian has been a victim of assault and is lying on her deathbed. Betty, concerned, calls on the Countess, only to discover that she is none other than Stanley Jordan, the man she loves.
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- Mysterious Toronto (nude beach) Island-based vampire, Countess Spermula, expresses interest in a new U.S.A. residence and real estate agent Mina Harker's rich, nerdy husband: Schlomel.
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- In a run-down mansion-house, a bankrupt Countess abducts and enslaves strangers to work on her estate, while her mute Butler falls for one of the captives.
- Life smiles at Dr. Raymond Marty: he works as a researcher with professor Monbel, a man he deeply admires. On a personal level things are fine as well since he is about to marry Germaine, the prof's daughter. But life turns sour the day Madame Reinher, a dangerous vamp, sets her sights on the young man. And as Raymond refuses her obstinately, the embittered siren decides to compromise him in the presence of his future father in law. She unfortunately pulls it off, which causes Montel to break the engagement. Broken-hearted, Raymond nonetheless resists the renewed assaults of the devilish countess. But things, good or bad, must come to an end and one day the tide turns: Lili, Madame Reinher's little girl happens to fall seriously ill and her life is saved only thanks to the joint efforts of Martyl and Monbel, who have been sent for. Thankful to the two men, the countess eventually brings herself to confess the nasty trick she played on Raymond.
- 1610 Hungary is under the rule of the Austrian's and Countess Elizabeth leaves her family's rebel domain in Transylvania, returning to her late husband's castle.
- The Countess de Challant has the misfortune to be married to a most disagreeable man, and it is small wonder that she falls in love with a young courtier, who finally, in order to still more win her favor, kills her husband. The night watch finds the body of the slain man and follows the trail of the assassin, which leads to the home of the countess. The house is searched, but the countess has permitted the young man to escape. Nevertheless, a bloody handprint on a pillow betrays him as well as his inamorata, and she is accused of being an accomplice of the crime. She is tried, condemned to death, and her lover witnessing the execution from the crowd, falls dead at the foot of the scaffold.
- While touring the American West, Countess Justina of Belgravia is involved in an automobile accident. Jerry Whipple, a devil of the range, comes to her aid, and the two become friends. Justina returns to her kingdom and reluctantly prepares for her state marriage to Duke de Milos; Jerry joins a Wild West show and, while on tour, comes to Belgravia. Jerry learns that the duke is secretly the leader of a gang of thieves and abducts Justina to save her from the duke's evil. Jerry then defeats the duke and his men and returns to the palace with Justina, where they are wed in a formal ceremony.
- A titled lady, gorgeously gowned, returning from a ball, enters her boudoir, and is about to disrobe for the night. As she sits at her dressing table removing the necklace of jewels from her throat, she sees by reflection in the mirror a movement of the portieres, and observing a coarse shoe projecting below, immediately surmises some burglarious intruder is ensconced behind the drapery. In spite of the discovery of such a dangerous intruder, the Countess goes calmly about her affairs, placing her jewels in a casket, and finally, with the aid of a hassock on a chair, puts the casket on a high self in the closet. Retiring to a lavatory, she dons her negligee, returns, sits again before the mirror, takes down her hair, and brushes and braids it for the night. She simulates weariness, drops upon the couch and is soon apparently asleep. The burglar in the window alcove, judging from the spell of silence, concludes to get busy. He tears the curtains aside, steals into the room, looks for the jewel casket and then discovers it on the high shelf where the Countess had placed it. He steps into the closet, preparatory to looting, when the Countess nimbly darts to the closet door, snaps the lock and rings for the servants. As they rush in, the nerve strain of it all crowds upon her, so that she faints as she explains pointing toward the door, behind which is ensconced the dangerous visitor. The servants quickly summon the police, who capture the burglar, and the Countess saves her jewels.
- Holmes has been investigating a string of ghastly murders. He receives a letter from the Countess of Baskerville asking for his help. Unknowingly to Holmes....she has a devious plan at work. He ventures out to her residence and is quickly drugged. Whilst asleep he dreams of a wild wolf ravaging the countryside - but when he awakes, was it really a dream? And what is the burning feeling coursing through his veins?.
- Because of an early friendship with his father, Mr. Soper, a wealthy businessman, invites young Tisdale, one of his clerks, to his home. At dinner he meets Ruth, Mr. Soper's niece. They are immediately attracted to each other, much to Mrs. Soper's annoyance. Later, despairing of ever receiving another invitation, Tisdale pawns his full dress suit to pay his room rent, and when he receives another invitation to spend the week-end at the Sopers' country home, he decides to wire his regrets. In the telegraph office he overhears a Mr. Rowdin order his suit-case sent to the Pennsylvania R.R. station. A daring plan occurs to him. He will borrow the suit-case, supposing it to contain a dress suit. Giving Rowdin's name, Tisdale gets it and boards the train for the Sopers. Rowdin, discovering the loss of his suit-case, is furious, but determines to make his destination, hastily boards the same train and car as Tisdale. They both prove to be guests of the Sopers. When at last Tisdale opens the case he finds a complete burglar kit. Tisdale dares not tell anyone openly. He quietly warns the Countess Veschi, one of the guests, to put her jewels in the Soper safe. She does so and is seen by Rowdin. That night Tisdale is unable to sleep, and is attracted by a noise beneath his window. He sees a man enter the floor below and is about to warn the house when the safe is blown open by a terrific explosion. A dark figure hands out the jewels to his confederates, who then disappear. There is great consternation when the robbery is discovered and suspicion is fastened upon Tisdale. His room is searched and the valise with the burglar outfit found. Knowing his story would be laughed at Tisdale keeps silent. Believing the young man innocent, Ruth plans to help him escape. With the aid of a rope, he gets out the window. They rush down to the beach and board the little speed launch. The control is broken and it dashes up on an opposite bank. The robbers, in another launch, land near them and hide their plunder in an old boathouse. Ruth and Tisdale follow them and manage to capture both. They bring them back to the Soper home, where they are turned over to the police. They accuse Rowdin of being their leader and he is also arrested. Tisdale and Ruth are heartily congratulated and left alone in the happiness of their engagement.
- Members of the Norwegian cabinet have trumped up charges against their ambassador in Berlin, whom they want to get rid of. The ambassador has secured a certificate copy of the evidence of the "fake" charge. He is visited by the Countess Helgska, a spy, who pretends to be his friend, and she steals the papers to prevent the exposure of the cabinet members. The ambassador discovers the loss and gets Detective Burnes to work on the case. The ambassador faces trial on the morrow, and unless he can refute the charges, with the evidence he has secured, he will be ruined. Burnes gives chase after the countess, who is escaping in an automobile. She throws off her pursuer by assuming a disguise and changing from one automobile to another. The detective halts the first car and by bribing the chauffeur picks up the trail. The countess is on her way to the railway station. Arriving, she telegraphs the foreign bureau that she has the papers and they should have a special train ready to take her to the Helger Danske decks, from where she will resume her homeward journey. Burnes arrives at the station in time to see the train pull out. He reads the countess' message in the telegraph office. He wires ahead to his men to waylay the special and hold the countess. There is but one route to the Helger Danske decks and he is sure of getting her. In the meantime Burnes, by a short route, reaches the ferry. She fools the detective by assuming a disguise and gets her special train. The detective attempts to follow her, but she loses him. He takes a cab to the scene where his men are awaiting the special train. The train is held up, but the countess escapes from the rear, through the underbrush. Burnes arriving, finds the bird has flown and in the meantime the countess has bribed his driver and rides away in his cab. Burnes improvises a telephone in mid-air and phones for an aeroplane, which is the quickest way to catch the countess. He flies away and arrives at the Helger Danske decks, where he changes roles with a stoker. The countess walks into his arms when she enters a tugboat which is to take her to the steamer. On board the Helger Danske, Burnes enlists his fellow worker to help him get back the "fake" evidence. Together the men go aloft and Burnes, peering into the countess' cabin, sees her with the papers. His helper gets a lifeboat ready and Burnes, entering the cabin, attempts to get the papers. The countess struggles and he pulls her to the deck, where he finally gets the papers. The lifeboat is lowered and the detective and his man escape. The countess is beaten and must proceed to report failure. In the meantime the lifeboat sinks, and the men after a struggle in the stormy sea, are washed ashore. Burnes has but a few hours to return the papers, as the trial will be held. He rushes back and safely delivers the "fake" charges that will clear the ambassador.
- A story of the life of Paganini, the famous violinist. He is secretly loved by the Princess Beatrice, whom County Luigi courts in vain. The musician prefers his violin to the Countess. Beatrice learns of Paganini's weakness for the gaming table; she supplies money to be used against him in order to win his violin from him. Paganini loses to her messenger, who brings the instrument to the Countess. Paganini, following him, arrives to find Beatrice in possession of his precious instrument. Enraged, he attacks her, is arrested and thrown into prison. The Countess sends his violin to him and plans his escape. In a series of exciting incidents we watch her plans materialize.
- Countess Mary, who is subject to sudden whims, sometimes of a sinister and violent character, look with favorable eyes upon John, her coachman. His bravery in rescuing horses from the burning stable ignited by a cigarette carelessly thrown aside by the Countess, leads her to quite ignore distinctions of class and show her attachment to John, much to his embarrassment, for he loves Lucy, the Countess's maid. On the way to the railroad station to meet arriving guests, the Countess presses upon the reluctant John her cigarette case which he stuffs into his pocket. Baron Winfield, one of the guests, is fascinated by the maid and markedly evinces it. His stolen kiss is hotly resented by the girl and by John who, entering during the course, lays hands on him roughly. At the hunt on the following day the Countess commands John to ride by her side in attendance. Riding off with him apart from the other hunters she feigns illness. John lifts her from the saddle. He is startled the next moment to find the Countess's arms around his neck and a fervent kiss upon his lips. Baron Winfield's gun is discharged accidentally and he is badly wounded. The Countess accuses John of shooting him out of revenge for kissing Lucy. Ten years imprisonment is John's sentence. Lucy is accused of stealing the cigarette case which she found after John had put it in a drawer. John learns of Lucy's disgrace. Seizing an opportunity to escape he takes to the country where he meets Lucy. John hides in his mother's home and evades efforts of the police to find him. The Countess, her wild passions finding no one upon whom to vent her malicious temper, one day goes too far in her maltreatment of her pet cats. Biting one of them in a frenzy, the feline turns upon her and claws her fatally. Upon her deathbed she confesses to her vindictive charge against John, leaving him free to love Lucy in liberty.
- The object of Lady Madcap's interest is an individual by the name of Burns. He is a young gentleman of Matinee-Idol countenance and clothes, is John-Drewesque in his society poses and very much in the limelight when there is a rescue at hand where the water is not deep. He throws off his coat and risks spoiling the lower portion of a glove-fitting riding suit to plunge in where the water is nearly up to his shoulders and pull out another man who found it difficult to push himself below the surface of a pond. On another occasion, when accompanied by a number of gallants in a cross-country ride, the Madcap Countess tosses a ring into a pond and enjoys the sport of watching the men search for it as the price of a kiss. She is really trying out the man she has chosen and is both piqued and pleased that he is not to be made a fool of in that manner; he is simply wiser than the others. He also jumps a higher obstacle than she, merely proving, by the way, that he has a better horse, but she accords him all the credit. The methods of Mr. Burns are simply a modification of those of Mr. Stone-Hatchet. Some brilliant ensembles indicate the magnificent hospitality of the young Countess; she entertains royally, and these constitute one of the many attractive feature of the photoplay. She gives unique garden parties, appears in daring costumes, displays the symmetry of her figure, draws an enchanted circle of acquaintances around her, and tries all the winning arts at her command to temporarily subjugate that she may be, in turn, forever subjugated. On one of these occasions the garden hedge parts and discovers to the guests a fairy-like scene and a charade enacted by the hostess in company with a band of pretty children. On another she prepares a surprise in the way of a loop-the-loop structure of great height. A motor car is hoisted to the top and a challenge issued. In order to make a complete descent the automobile must turn a complete somersault in the loop, and the hazard of steering it is obvious. Lady Madcap has been torn with jealousy more than once at her own functions, when Burns saw fit to torment her with conspicuous attention to some other attractive woman, and her expressive face has shown the high emotional state of her mind when she has discovered his studied inconstancy, all the suffering has been hers, but she brings the relation to a climax by daring those who think her worth winning to ascend the dizzy structure and risk the perilous descent. The number of volunteers is not especially flattering. All fade away save Burns. He discards his coat, climbs slowly to the top of the shaky-looking arrangement, enters the car, and dashes to his fate. Every foot of the way is followed by the camera, even when the car turns completely over, to the end. The daring Burns becomes the center of general attention, is the hero of the moment, and the Countess proudly congratulates him, but he does not claim the reward. He resumes his coat, bows coldly and prepares to depart. Lady Madcap is compelled to follow; her submission is now complete, and she wins her hero.
- The beautiful Countess Rose is engaged to be married to her cousin. A sly old baron is in love with her and an altercation takes place between the two rivals, resulting in a challenge. They meet in a forest but the baron becomes frightened, apologizes to his opponent and the fight is suspended. The baron plans revenge, arranges with gypsies to kidnap the countess on her wedding day. The plan is successful but a gypsy girl, to whom the countess has shown some kindness, gives the alarm to the lady's father and lover. They pursue the robbers and reach them just as the old baron is approaching his prey. The count drives away the gypsies with his whip, shoots the baron and embraces his bride.
- When a group of local girls go missing only to turn up dead, and drained, a team of detectives try to get to the bottom of it.
- A newspaper reporter takes a job as the butler of a countess in order to get a story; he graduates to the position of personal representative, bodyguard, and, finally, husband.
- A comedy of confusion in aristocratic Vienna at the turn of the 19th into the 20th Century: The young Bohemian Countess Antschi Dorival trades places with her friend Martina, because she wants to become an actress and applies as such at the city theatre under a false name. And so, Martina attends the Vienna Opera Ball, posing as the countess. Because of their striking similarity to one another, Martina is confused with the impostor Sonja Lubomirska, who shortly before stole a necklace belonging to the wife of Archduke Johann Sylvester.