Ladislas Fodor

Ladislas Fodor

Nascimento : 1898-03-28, Budapest, Hungary

Morte : 1978-09-01

História

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

Perfil

Ladislas Fodor

Filmes

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.
O Último Romano
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...
O Medalhão Chinês
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.
A Batalha Final dos Apaches
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
O Testamento do Dr. 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
The Return of Dr. Mabuse
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".
Fúria no Alaska
Screenplay
Faroeste que mistura comédia e aventura, cuja ação ambientada durante a corrida do ouro no Alasca, conta a história dos amigos Sam (Wayne) e George (Stewart Granger) se aventurando no garimpo. George pede a Sam que busque sua namorada Jennie em Seattle. Mas quando Sam descobre que ela casou-se com outro, ele arquiteta um plano para levar um novo amor para George e convida uma bela dançarina (Capucine) para ser a substituta de Jennie.
Scheidungsgrund: Liebe
Writer
Du bist wunderbar
Writer
O Pequeno Polegar
Screenplay
Uma comédia musical adaptada do clássico conto dos irmãos Grimm, onde um certo dia um lenhados poupa uma árvore especial e a Rainha da Floresta, em sinal de agradecimento concede-lhe uma preciosa dádiva: um filho, uma vez que o casal de lenhadores há muito ansiavam ter mas sem resultados. Esse filho, porém, era tão pequenino tão pequenino que tinha o tamanho de um polegar! O protagonista (Russ Tamlyn, um bailarino que já havia atuado em 'Sete Noivas Para Sete Irmãos' com 24 anos interpreta uma criança. Gorge Pal, com o grande sucesso deste filme, conseguiu realizar a produção considerado o melhor filme de sua carreira: 'A Máquina do Tempo - The Time Machine' (1960), adaptação da obra de H.G. Wells. Agora remasterizado direto do negativo original e dublado em português, O Pequeno Polegar, é uma raridade inédita, é imprescindível à história do cinema e para os fãs do gênero.
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.
O Grande Pecador
Story
A young man succumbs to gambling fever.
O Grande Pecador
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.
A Orquídea Branca
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.
Seis Destinos
Writer
Breves histórias ligadas por um casaco azarado, uma boa oportunidade para ver algumas grandes estrelas no seu auge. A primeira história é um triângulo amoroso com Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, e Thomas Mitchell. O casaco vai para outro proprietário, um conto fantasioso com Henry Fonda, Ginger Rogers, e Cesar Romero. Em seguida é comprado por Elsa Lanchester para seu marido (da vida real), Charles Laughton, dando má sorte ao músico e compositor. Depois ele vai para as mãos de um advogado expulso, Edward G. Robinson, que encontra um colega de classe, George Sanders, em uma muito elegante reunião da faculdade. O casaco é levado por dois bandidos que o perdem e então é encontrado pelos mais pobres dos pobres da comunidade negra na depressão de 1930, interpretados pelo famoso cantor Paul Robeson e a grande Ethel Waters, que vão ao seu pastor, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, para quem o casaco finalmente traz algo de bom.
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.
A Pecadora
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.
Charlie Chan na Cidade das Trevas
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.
Ladrão Romântico
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.