Leo Lasko
German screenwriter, film director

Leo Lasko

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German screenwriter, film director
A.K.A.
Léo Lasko
Gender:
Male
Places:
Germany
Is:
Film directorScreenwriter
Work field:
Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Birth:
25 June 1885(Hamburg, Germany)
Death:
1949(London, UK)
Star sign:
Cancer
Family:
Children:
Peter Lasko
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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)