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Ladislas Fodor(1898-1978)

  • Writer
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Hungarian writer, journalist, playwright, screenwriter. He completed his secondary school and university studies in Budapest. He first studied medicine and then changed to journalism. At first he wrote short stories and novels. In the footsteps of Ferenc Molnár, he constructed his stage works with excellent technique and effectively, and he also had success abroad. From 1932, he wrote screenplays for several Holywood films. He lived in Vienna and, after the annexation of Austria, left it in March 1938 because of his Jewish origins. He first went to France, from where he emigrated to the United States. He returned to Europe in the 1950s and settled in West Germany, where he took part in German film productions.

He married Rózsa Faludi, on February 21, 1920 and divorced a year later. His second spouse was Etelka Borbála Jagasich, whom she married on November 5, 1923 in, Budapest, and divorced in 1928.
BornMarch 28, 1898
DiedSeptember 1, 1978(80)
BornMarch 28, 1898
DiedSeptember 1, 1978(80)
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Tom Thumb (1958)
Tom Thumb
6.4
  • Writer
  • 1958
Robert Young, Jeanette MacDonald, Reginald Owen, and Ethel Waters in Cairo (1942)
Cairo
6.1
  • Writer
  • 1942
William Powell and Kay Francis in Jewel Robbery (1932)
Jewel Robbery
7.2
  • Writer(as Ladislaus Fodor)
  • 1932
William Lundigan, Ralph Morgan, Gail Patrick, and Warren William in Wives Under Suspicion (1938)
Wives Under Suspicion
6.1
  • Writer
  • 1938

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  • A templom egere
    • play (as Fodor László)
    • TV Movie
    • 1998
  • Estudio 1 (1965)
    Estudio 1
    • play
    • TV Series
    • 1966–1980
  • Çöl Faresi
    • play "A Templom Egere"
    • TV Movie
    • 1977
  • Siegfried Rauch and Nadja Tiller in Es muß nicht immer Kaviar sein (1977)
    Es muß nicht immer Kaviar sein
    • writer
    • TV Series
    • 1977
  • Soledad Miranda and Fred Williams in The Devil Came from Akasava (1971)
    The Devil Came from Akasava
    • Writer (as Ladislao Fodor)
    • 1971
  • Andrea Del Boca in Alta comedia (1965)
    Alta comedia
    • original story
    • TV Series
    • 1970
  • Mimsy Farmer, Hiram Keller, and John Phillip Law in Strogoff (1970)
    Strogoff
    • Writer
    • 1970
  • Kampf um Rom II - Der Verrat (1969)
    Kampf um Rom II - Der Verrat
    • writer
    • 1969
  • The Man with the Glass Eye (1969)
    The Man with the Glass Eye
    • Writer (uncredited)
    • 1969
  • The Last Roman (1968)
    The Last Roman
    • script
    • 1968
  • Tuvia Vesheva Benotav (1968)
    Tuvia Vesheva Benotav
    • dialogue (German version)
    • 1968
  • The Zombie Walks (1968)
    The Zombie Walks
    • screenplay
    • 1968
  • Matrimonio a la argentina (1968)
    Matrimonio a la argentina
    • play "Sexteto"
    • 1968
  • Siegfried Wischnewski in Die Nibelungen 2. Teil - Kriemhilds Rache (1967)
    Die Nibelungen 2. Teil - Kriemhilds Rache
    • Writer
    • 1967
  • The Corrupt Ones (1967)
    The Corrupt Ones
    • original story
    • 1967

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  • Alternative names
    • Ladislao Fodor
  • Born
    • March 28, 1898
    • Budapest, Hungary
  • Died
    • September 1, 1978
    • Los Angeles County, California, USA
  • Other works
    Playwright: "Sexteto" (filmed as Matrimonio a la argentina (1968), Mi esposa me comprende (1959))

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