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Name
  
Leo Lasko

Role
  
Screenwriter

Children
  
Peter Lasko


Died
  
1949, London, United Kingdom

Movies
  
Scapa Flow, Schubert's Dream of Spring

Similar People
  
Richard Oswald, Otto Gebuhr, Claus Clausen

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

  • Indische Rache (1920)
  • Der Sträfling von Cayenne (1921)
  • James Morres (1921)
  • Menschen am Meer (1925)
  • Scapa Flow (1930)
  • Nacht der Versuchung (1932)

    • Screenwriter

  • Vendetta (1919)
  • Wibbel the Tailor (1920)
  • The Land of Smiles (1930)
  • Schubert's Dream of Spring (1931)
  • Nacht der Versuchung (1932)

    • References

    Leo Lasko Wikipedia
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