Ladislas Fodor

Ladislas Fodor

출생 : 1898-03-28, Budapest, Hungary

사망 : 1978-09-01

약력

Hungarian born Ladislas Fodor was a novelist, playwright and screenwriter. Numerous films were based on his screenplays or theatrical plays.

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Ladislas Fodor

참여 작품

The Devil Came from Akasava
Screenplay
A mineral is discovered which can turn metal to gold or humans into zombies. When the mineral is stolen, secret agents are sent in to get the mineral back!
The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal
Writer
The devious general Cethegus plays the Byzantine and Gothic forces against each other for his own gain.
The Fight for Rome
Screenplay
A Roman noble, Cethegus, tries to start a war, setting the Ostrogoths and their Queen, Amalasuntha, against the Byzantine Emperor Justinian; Cethegus wants to swoop in after they have destroyed each other and create a new Roman Empire from their combined kingdoms; however, he does not factor into his plans the vagaries of love and the personal integrity of the people in both kingdoms.
The Zombie Walks
Screenplay
A serial killer who calls himself "The Laughing Corpse" dresses up in a skeleton costume and kills his victims with a poison-filled scorpion-shaped ring.
Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy 2
Screenplay
Now Brunhild knows by which treason she was won for king Gunther of Burgund by Siegfried of Xanthen, and has been revenged by his foul murder by Hagen, more bloody revenge is inevitable. Hagen steals the Nibelungen-treasure to sink it in the stream and manages to kill Alberich and seize his invisibility-cap. Queen Kriemhild is packed of to an abbey so her son may grow up to become a prelate, but Hagen's men raid them and kill the child. She now accepts to become the wife of Etzel, king of the truly barbaric Hun nomads and invites the Burgund court nomenclature at their Danube court for their heir's baptism a few years later, but prepared a bloody conspiracy with her xenophobic brother-in-law behind her surprisingly chivalric husband's back, while Gunther accepts, hoping to avoid a far bloodier war, despite the danger for his party of knights, which materializes...
The Corrupt Ones
Original Story
Freelance photographer Cliff Wilder (Robert Stack) finds himself the target of various colorful villains in this quest for an ancient Chinese treasure when he accidentally acquires the key to its location, the Peking medallion.
Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy
Screenplay
A young hero defeats a dragon to find acceptance to the court of burgundy.
Who Killed Johnny R.?
Writer
One of the hardest kind Western
Pyramid of the Sun God
Screenplay
Mexico, 1864. The country is divided by the struggle against the French occupation and emperor Maximilian. The German doctor Karl Sternau and his friend Andreas Hasenpfeffer come to love the country and support the cause of the proud Mexicans.
Mercenaries of the Rio Grande
Screenplay
Dr. Karl Sternau, the personal physician of the count Bismarck, who spent much of his youth in Mexico, is sent back to that country during the occupation by French troops in the service of the Austrian 'Emperor' Maximilian, to carry an encouraging letter from U.S. President Lincoln to the nationalist Mexican president Benito Juarez.
The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse
Screenplay
The evil Dr. Mabuse develops a death ray with which he threatens the world.
Old Shatterhand
Screenplay
Renegades trying to get the army to abandon their fort get the Indians addicted to whiskey, then convince them to attack and drive out the soldiers.
The Phantom of Soho
Writer
A masked killer is stalking and killing Londoners outside a nightclub.
Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard
Screenplay
The spirit of the evil Dr. Mabuse takes over the body of a famous professor. The professor/Dr. Mabuse then begins a new crime wave that terrorizes the city.
The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle
Screenplay
A strangler is loose on a British estate, and he not only strangles his victims but brands an "M" onto their foreheads before he decapitates them.
Breakfast in Bed
Screenplay
The Terror of Doctor Mabuse
Screenplay
Dr. Mabuse has been locked away for years in an insane asylum. Suddenly crimes start occurring and no one knows the culprit. A detective goes to visit the Doctor to find some sort of clues to the robberies.
The Invisible Dr. Mabuse
Screenplay
Strange things happen in a revue theatre. The dancer Maria seems to be hunted by an invisible admirer. When the body of a probable FBI agent is found in a trunk the police asks FBI man Joe Como for help. Como gets interested in the revue theatre and an ominous transport firm soon. When he is receiving mysterious threatening letters he is sure that Dr. Mabuse has risen again. But what is going on at "Enterprise X" so that both the goverment and the mad genius in crime are interested in it?
Das Riesenrad
Writer
더 리턴 오브 닥터 마부제
Screenplay
The supposedly dead and buried Mabuse returns to his criminal activities, as his longtime foe Police Inspector Lohmann, a dauntless girl reporter, and an American - who may be an FBI agent, or maybe a Chicago mobster - investigate a series of gruesome murders connected to a maximum security prison and involving a minister who has written a book called "The Anatomy Of The Devil".
알래스카의 혼
Screenplay
알래스카에서 황금을 찾는 사나이들의 모험과 의리, 사랑을 그린 영화. 알래스카에서 금을 채굴하며 큰돈을 번 샘과 조지. 샘은 절친한 친구이자 동업자인 조지를 대신해 그가 3년이나 기다려온 약혼녀 제니를 데리러 시애틀 행 배를 탄다. 샘이 돌아올 동안 조지는 제니와 함께 묵을 신혼 집을 지을 작정이다. 샘은 조지가 말한 대로 제니를 찾아가지만 그녀는 조지를 잊고 이미 다른 남자와 결혼한 상태. 술집에서 ‘엔젤’이라는 이름을 가진 여인 미셸을 만난 조지는 미셸에게 함께 알래스카로 갈 것을 제안한다. 제니의 일로 상심한 조지에게 그녀를 소개시켜 위로해줄 생각이었던 것이다. 알래스카로 가는 날까지 즐거운 시간을 보낸 두 사람. 어느 새 미셸은 샘을 사랑하게 되지만 샘은 여자나 사랑 따위를 믿지 않는 남자이다. 두 사람은 알래스카에 도착하고, 제니의 소식을 들은 조지는 상심하지만 아름다운 미셸을 보고 마음을 돌린다. 그러나 그녀가 진정으로 사랑하는 사람이 샘이라는 것을 알게 된 조지는 두 사람의 사랑을 이루어주려 한다. 샘은 미셸을 사랑하면서도 계속 마음을 속이고, 사기꾼 프랭키는 음모를 꾸며 금광을 통째로 삼키려 하는데...
Scheidungsgrund: Liebe
Writer
Du bist wunderbar
Writer
Tom Thumb
Screenplay
A boy, no bigger than a thumb, manages to outwit two thieves determined to make a fortune from him.
Die Abiturientin
Writer
A Stranger on the Stairs
Novel
Based on Ladislas Fodor's "Stranger on the Stairs". A loved triangle composed by a cynical entrepreneur, a loan manager, and a seductive secretary will lead to a criminal plot in Cuba.
Liebe ohne Illusion
Theatre Play
South Sea Sinner
Story
A tramp steamer lands sick crewman Jake Davis on rubber-growing island Oraka, from which voluptuous, bedroom-eyed saloon singer Coral is about to be ejected because "men like her too much." But Coral's slimy boss Cognac gets her a reprieve so she can learn Jake's secret.
When My Husband Kisses
Screenplay
A high society woman discovers a fiery romantic letter in a raincoat pocket seemingly written by a rumba dancer to the woman’s doctor husband. He tries to cover by saying that the letter is addressed to a more conservative friend of his, leading to rumours of his friend’s (supposed) incredible passion becoming intriguing to the local women, even the Doctor’s own jealous wife.
The Great Sinner
Story
A young man succumbs to gambling fever.
The Great Sinner
Screenplay
A young man succumbs to gambling fever.
The Kneeling Goddess
Story
Legendary superstar María Félix, stars in this melodrama noir playing the role of Raquel, a woman who has a passionate love affair with married aristocrat Antonio. However, a sensual sculpture untitled “The Kneeling Goddess” and modeled after Raquel will lead Antonio down a memory lane he'd rather soon forget.
진실한 사랑
Screenplay
Seriously ill, concert pianist Karen Duncan is admitted to a Swiss sanitorium. Despite being attracted to Dr Tony Stanton she ignores his warnings of possibly fatal consequences unless she rests completely. Rather, she opts for a livelier time in Monte Carlo with dashing Paul Clermont.
The Imperfect Lady
Story
A British peer's romance with a ballerina courts scandal in 1890s London.
Tampico
Story
A story of of the captain of an oil tanker during World War II, Captain Bart Manson, who rescues Katherine Hall when her ship is sunk by a German U-boat.
Tampico
Adaptation
A story of of the captain of an oil tanker during World War II, Captain Bart Manson, who rescues Katherine Hall when her ship is sunk by a German U-boat.
The Peterville Diamond
Theatre Play
Frantic farce involving a neglected wife, a stolen diamond and four identical briefcases.
Girl Trouble
Story
A South American in New York rents the apartment of a socialite who pretends to be his maid.
Girl Trouble
Screenplay
A South American in New York rents the apartment of a socialite who pretends to be his maid.
Isle of Missing Men
Theatre Play
A young woman receives an invitation from the Governor of an island prison to spend a week with him. She does so, but conceals the fact that her husband is being held as a convict on the island.
Tales of Manhattan
Writer
Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video release features a W.C. Fields segment not included in the original theatrical release.
The Night Before the Divorce
Theatre Play
Marital comedy with a dash of murder.
Frk. Kirkemus
Novel
A Very Young Lady
Writer
A tomboy is sent to a private school to become a refined young woman, but her innocent crush on the headmaster leads to serious complications.
Footsteps in the Dark
Theatre Play
A high-society gent has a secret life - he writes murder mysteries and hangs out with the police attempting to solve crimes. This causes him no end of problems when his wife wants to know about his little disappearances and exceptionally late nights out.
Hogar, dulce hogar
Theatre Play
A capricious lady resigns herself to work as the host of a female radio program where she sings jingles and gives advice on cooking and gardening, putting aside her love of police novels, but she will find herself involved in a murder.
세븐 시너스
Original Story
Banished from various U.S. protectorates in the Pacific, a saloon entertainer uses her femme-fatale charms to woo politicians, navy personnel, gangsters, riff-raff, judges and a ship's doctor in order to achieve her aims.
La danza dei milioni
Theatre Play
A young man, despite his qualification, can not find work and, after several attempts, asks a classmate, who is secretary of the President of an important Hungarian bank, to make him have a desk in his room and to do so pass for an employee.
City in Darkness
Theatre Play
Chan, in Paris for a reunion with friends from World War I, becomes involved in investigating the murder of a munitions manufacturer who was supplying arms to the enemy, even as the rising clouds of World War II force the city into nightly blackout status..
Wives Under Suspicion
Author
A merciless district attorney prosecutes a case that mirrors his own life.
Wives Under Suspicion
Theatre Play
A merciless district attorney prosecutes a case that mirrors his own life.
The Unguarded Hour
Theatre Play
A blackmailer tries to stop a woman from revealing evidence that could save a condemned man.
The Church Mouse
Theatre Play
When a meek secretary goes to work for her new boss, she becomes a sophisticated lady.
The Kiss Before the Mirror
Theatre Play
When a famous doctor kills his adulterous wife, he is defended by his best friend, an attorney who suspects that his own wife is having an affair.
Jewel Robbery
Story
A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jeweller's shop.
Beauty and the Boss
Writer
An ultra-efficient Plain Jane secretary blossoms when she accompanies her boss on a business trip to Paris.
Poor as a Church Mouse
Theatre Play
Comedy about an ambitious woman who starts working at a bank.
The ball
Screenplay
The daughter of a nouveau riche family, invited to an upper class ball meant to launch her in society, rejects the offer.
Le bal
Screenplay
Two middle-class notions dealers live happily with their girl.But an inheritance turns these nice people into snob Nouveaux Riches;although the aristocracy invites them,the 'Tout-Paris ' laughs behind their back.