Léo Lasko
Léo Lasko (1885–1949) was a German screenwriter and film director of the Silent film, silent and early Sound film, sound eras. As Lasko was of Jewish descent he was classified as a "non-Aryan" by the Nazis. 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'' (1920) * ''Va banque (film), 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 (film), People of the Sea'' (1925) * ''Hands Up, Eddy Polo'' (1928) * ''Scapa Flow (film), Scapa Flow'' (1930) * ''Night of Temptation'' (1932) Screenwriter * ''Vendetta (1919 film), Vendetta'' (1919) * ''Wib ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Screenwriter
A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television commercials, video games, and the growing area of online web series. Terminology In the silent era, screenwriters were denoted by terms such as photoplaywright, photoplay writer, photoplay dramatist, and screen playwright.Maras, Steven. ''Screenwriting: History, Theory and Practice'', Wallflower Press, 2009, pp. 82–85. Screenwriting historian Steven Maras notes that these early writers were often understood as being the authors of the films as shown, and argues that they could not be precisely equated with present-day screenwriters because they were responsible for a technical product, a brief "Film scenario, scenario", "treatment", or "synopsis" that is a written synopsis of what is to be filmed. Profession Screenwriting is a contra ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Buried Self
''The Buried Self'' (German: ''Das begrabene Ich'') is a 1921 German silent drama film directed by Léo Lasko and starring Frederic Zelnik and Wilhelm Diegelmann.Bock & Bergfelder p.549 The film's sets were designed by the art director Fritz Lederer. Location shooting took place around Danzig. Cast * Frederic Zelnik * Albert Patry * Robert Scholz * Lia Eibenschütz * Fritz Schroeter * Wilhelm Diegelmann * Emmy Sturm * Josef Commer Josef may refer to *Josef (given name) *Josef (surname) * ''Josef'' (film), a 2011 Croatian war film *Musik Josef Musik Josef is a Japanese manufacturer of musical instruments. It was founded by Yukio Nakamura and is the only company in Japan spec ... * Alexander Areuss * Paul Passarge References Bibliography * Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. External links * 1921 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Léo L ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jewish Emigrants From Nazi Germany To The United Kingdom
Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, religion, and community are highly interrelated, as Judaism is their ethnic religion, though it is not practiced by all ethnic Jews. Despite this, religious Jews regard converts to Judaism as members of the Jewish nation, pursuant to the long-standing conversion process. The Israelites emerged from the pre-existing Canaanite peoples to establish Israel and Judah in the Southern Levant during the Iron Age. John Day (2005), ''In Search of Pre-Exilic Israel'', Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 47.5 8'In this sense, the emergence of ancient Israel is viewed not as the cause of the demise of Canaanite culture but as its upshot'. Originally, Jews referred to the inhabitants of the kingdom of JudahCf. Marcus Jastrow's ''Dictionary of the Targumim, Talmud Babli, Talmud Yerushalmi and Mid ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Film People From Hamburg
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1949 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2025 * January 2 – Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. * January 11 – The first "networked" television broadcasts take place, as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, goes on the air, connecting east coast and mid-west programming in the United States. * January 16 – Şemsettin Günaltay forms the new government of Turkey. It is the 18th government, last One-party state, single party government of the Republican People's Party. * January 17 – The first Volkswagen Beetle, VW Type 1 to arrive in the United States, a 1948 model, is brought to New York City, New York by Dutch businessman Ben Pon Sr., Ben Pon. Unable to interest dealers or importers in the Volkswagen, Pon sells the sample car to pay his ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1885 Births
Events January * January 3– 4 – Sino-French War – Battle of Núi Bop: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing Chinese force, in northern Vietnam. * January 17 – Mahdist War in Sudan – Battle of Abu Klea: British troops defeat Mahdist forces. * January 20 – American inventor LaMarcus Adna Thompson patents a roller coaster. * January 24 – Irish rebels damage Westminster Hall and the Tower of London with dynamite. * January 26 – Mahdist War in Sudan: Troops loyal to Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad conquer Khartoum; British commander Charles George Gordon is killed. February * February 5 – King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State, as a personal possession. * February 9 – The first Japanese arrive in Hawaii. * February 16 – Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The index stands at a level of 62.76, and r ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Schubert's Dream Of Spring
''Schubert's Dream of Spring'' () is a 1931 German musical film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Carl Jöken, Gretl Theimer and Alfred Läutner. It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art director Franz Schroedter. It is a biopic of the Austrian composer Franz Schubert (1797–1828). It was one of two films along with '' Vienna, City of Song'' (1930) with which the director paid musical tribute to his native city Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ....Prawer p. ix Cast References Bibliography * * External links *''Schuberts Frühlingstraum'' filmportal.de (in German) 1931 films 1930s historical musical films 1930s biographical films German historical musical films German biographical films Films of the We ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Land Of Smiles (1930 Film)
''The Land of Smiles'' () is a 1930 German operetta film directed by Max Reichmann and starring Richard Tauber, Mary Losseff and Hans Mierendorff. It is an adaptation of the operetta '' The Land of Smiles'' composed by Franz Lehár. Lehár himself appeared in the film in a small role. It was shot at the Emelka Studios in Munich with sets designed by the art director Hans Jacoby. The operetta was again adapted for a 1952 film '' The Land of Smiles'' starring Jan Kiepura. Plot It is no coincidence that the master of the house chose the Lehár operetta "The Land of Smiles" for a performance in honor of his daughter's forthcoming marriage to an "exotic prince", a Japanese diplomat. It's meant to be a metaphor of what might await them. The well-known plot of the Lehár operetta about a tragic marriage between a Chinese prince named Sou Chong and a young Austrian shows parallels to the upcoming, real connection of the lord's daughter, who breaks up with her local admirer Gustl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wibbel The Tailor (1920 Film)
''Wibbel the Tailor'' (German: ''Schneider Wibbel'') is a 1920 German silent comedy film directed by Manfred Noa and starring Hermann Picha, Margarete Kupfer and Meinhart Maur. It is an adaptation of the 1913 play '' Wibbel the Tailor'' by Hans Müller-Schlösser. It was made by Eiko Film and shot at the Marienfelde Studios in Berlin.Usai p.502 The film's art direction is by Karl Machus. Cast * Hermann Picha as Schneider Wibbel * Margarete Kupfer as Wibbels Frau * Meinhart Maur as Gefängnisschliesser * Gustav Trautschold as Gehilfen * Wilhelm Diegelmann Wilhelm Diegelmann (28 September 1861 – 1 March 1934) was a German actor. Career Diegelmann's first stage appearance was in 1878 in the chorus for the Frankfurt Opera. In 1881 he debuted at the Frankfurt City Theater, playing King Lear, Wil ... * Christian Elfeld * Loo Hardy * Emil Stammer References Bibliography * Usai, Paolo Cherchi. ''Before Caligari: German cinema, 1895-1920''. University of W ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vendetta (1919 Film)
''Vendetta'' or ''Blood Revenge'' (German: ''Blutrache'') is a 1919 German Silent film, silent Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Georg Jacoby starring Pola Negri, Emil Jannings and Harry Liedtke. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. Cast *Pola Negri as Marianna Paoli *Emil Jannings as Tomasso *Harry Liedtke as Edwin Alcott *Magnus Stifter as Count Danella *Fred Immler as Antonio Paoli, Mariana's brother *Emil Biron as Washington Irving *Käthe Dorsch as Ruth Alcott *Margarete Kupfer as Lady Crawford, Ruth's aunt References External links * Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Georg Jacoby German silent feature films UFA GmbH films Films set in Corsica Films set in Monaco German black-and-white films 1919 drama films Silent German drama films 1910s German films Films shot at Tempelhof Studios 1910s German-language films German-language drama films {{1910s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Night Of Temptation
''Night of Temptation'' () is a 1932 German drama film directed by Léo Lasko and Robert Wohlmuth and starring Werner Fuetterer, Elga Brink and Josef Eichheim.Krautz p. 292 It was shot at the Emelka Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ludwig Reiber and Willy Reiber. Cast * Werner Fuetterer * Elga Brink * Josef Eichheim * Lotte Deyers * Walter Lantzsch * Otto Wernicke * Therese Giehse * Ludwig Rupert * Max Schreck * Ernst Schlott * Toni Forster-Larrinaga * Ola Ocouma * Alexandre Mihalesco Alexandre Mihalesco (; born Alexandru Mihăilescu, ; 19 October 1883 – 28 December 1974) was a Romanian film actor who largely appeared in French productions.Goble p.2 Selected filmography * '' The Independence of Romania'' (1912) * '' On the ... * Karl Raab References Bibliography * External links * 1932 films 1932 drama films Films of the Weimar Republic German drama films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Léo Lasko ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Scapa Flow (film)
''Scapa Flow'' is a 1930 Cinema of Germany, German drama film directed by Leo Lasko and starring Otto Gebühr, Claire Rommer and Claus Clausen (actor), Claus Clausen. It is set around the Kiel mutiny#The Wilhelmshaven mutiny, Wilhelmshaven Mutiny and the Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow at the close of the First World War. In Weimar Germany the scuttling of the fleet in defiance of the victorious Allies (World War I), Allies had come to be seen as a popular patriotic act. The inclusion of the mutiny, however, was more controversial as it highlighted the political divisions which continued to exist. The film was praised by the right wing press, and comparisons were made to the Russian film ''Battleship Potemkin''. The film was partly inspired by the 1918 play ''Seeschalt'' by Reinhardt Goering.Kester p.175 Cast * Otto Gebühr * Claus Clausen (actor), Claus Clausen * Claire Rommer * Erna Morena * Aribert Mog * Arthur Duarte * Carl Balhaus * Heinz Klockow ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |