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Leo Lasko
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| Intro | German screenwriter, film director | ||
| A.K.A. | Léo Lasko | ||
| Was | Film director Screenwriter | ||
| From | Germany | ||
| Type | Film, TV, Stage & Radio | ||
| Gender | male | ||
| Birth | 25 June 1885, Hamburg, Germany | ||
| Death | 1949, London, UK (aged 63 years) | ||
| Star sign | Cancer | ||
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| Peoplepill ID | leo-lasko |
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Biography
Léo Lasko (1885–1949) was a German screenwriter and film director of the silent and early 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 (1920)
- Indian Revenge (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 (1919)
- Wibbel the Tailor (1920)
- The Land of Smiles (1930)
- Schubert's Dream of Spring (1931)
- Night of Temptation (1932)
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https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0489656/
https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb171463592
https://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb171463592
https://d-nb.info/gnd/1061742415
https://viaf.org/viaf/311652139
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/containsVIAFID/311652139