Léo Lasko (1885–1949) was a German
screenwriter and
film director of the
silent and early
sound
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eras. As Lasko was of
Jewish
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descent he was classified as a "non-
Aryan" by the
Nazis
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. Following their 1933 takeover he was banned from film work and eventually emigrated to Britain.
Selected filmography
Director
* ''
The Merry Husband'' (1919)
* ''
The Dagger of Malaya'' (1919)
* ''
The Panther Bride'' (1919)
* ''
The Howling Wolf'' (1919)
* ''
The Woman Without a Soul
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The film's sets were designed by the art director ...
'' (1920)
* ''
Va banque'' (1920)
* ''
Indian Revenge'' (1920)
*''The Pink Jersey'' (Das rosa Trikot) (1920)
* ''
The Convict of Cayenne'' (1921)
* ''
James Morres'' (1921)
* ''
The Devil's Chains'' (1921)
* ''
The Buried Self'' (1921)
* ''
Parisian Women'' (1921)
* ''
People of the Sea'' (1925)
* ''
Hands Up, Eddy Polo'' (1928)
* ''
Scapa Flow'' (1930)
* ''
Night of Temptation'' (1932)
Screenwriter
* ''
Vendetta
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* Feud or vendetta, a long-running argument or fight
Film
* ''Vendetta'' (1919 film), a film featuring Harry Liedtke
* ''Vendetta'' (1950 film), an American drama produced by Howard Hughes
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'' (1919)
* ''
Wibbel the Tailor'' (1920)
* ''
The Land of Smiles
''The Land of Smiles'' (German: ') is a 1929 romantic operetta in three acts by Franz Lehár. The German language libretto was by and Fritz Löhner-Beda. The performance duration is about 100 minutes.
This was one of Lehár's later works, and ...
'' (1930)
* ''
Schubert's Dream of Spring'' (1931)
* ''
Night of Temptation'' (1932)
Bibliography
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External links
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1885 births
1949 deaths
Film people from Hamburg
Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United Kingdom
Silent film screenwriters
20th-century screenwriters
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