Ladislaus Vajda (also László Vajda; born Lipót Weisz; 18 August 1877 – 10 March 1933) was a Hungarian
screenwriter
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.
He wrote for 40 films in Hungary, Austria and Germany between 1916 and 1932. He was born in
Eger
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,
Northern Hungary
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and died in
Berlin
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,
Germany
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. He was the father of Hungarian
film director
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Ladislao Vajda.
Selected filmography
* ''
The Village Rogue'' (1916)
* ''
Utolsó hajnal, Az'' (1917)
* ''
A vörös Sámson'' (1917)
* ''
Mary Ann'' (1918)
* ''
Number 111'' (1919)
* ''
Liliom'' (1919)
* ''
Ave Caesar!'' (1919)
* ''
Oliver Twist'' (1919)
* ''
Yamata'' (1919)
* ''
White Rose
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'' (1919)
* ''
Sodom und Gomorrha'' (1922)
* ''
Der Junge Medardus'' (1923)
* ''
Die Lawine'' (1923)
* ''
Die Sklavenkönigin'' (1924)
* ''
Darling, Count the Cash'' (1926)
* ''
The Love of Jeanne Ney'' (1927)
* ''
The Csardas Princess'' (1927)
* ''
The Dashing Archduke'' (1927)
* ''
The Devious Path'' (1928)
* ''
Mariett Dances Today'' (1928)
* ''
Immorality
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'' (1928)
* ''
The Lady in Black'' (1928)
* ''
The Woman One Longs For'' (1929)
* ''
His Majesty's Lieutenant'' (1929)
* ''
Die Büchse der Pandora'' (1929)
*''
Land Without Women'' (1929)
* ''
Police Spy 77'' (1930)
* ''
Love and Champagne'' (1930)
* ''
There Is a Woman Who Never Forgets You
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'' (1930)
* ''
The Love Express'' (1931)
* ''
Venetian Nights'' (1931)
* ''
L'Atlantide'' (1932)
References
External links
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1877 births
1933 deaths
Hungarian male screenwriters
20th-century Hungarian screenwriters
Jewish Hungarian writers
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