Léo Lania(1896-1961)

Writer

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Léo Lania was born in 1896 in Kharkov, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. Léo was a writer, known for L'opéra de quat'sous (1931), Haß ohne Gnade (1962) and Affaires de fou (1954). Léo died on 10 November 1961.

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Known for

L'opéra de quat'sous (1931)

L'opéra de quat'sous

7.2

Writer(as Lania)

1931

Haß ohne Gnade (1962)

Haß ohne Gnade

5.7

Writer

1962

Affaires de fou (1954)

Affaires de fou

5.7

Writer

1954

Erich von Stroheim, Raymond Aimos, and Dita Parlo in Ultimatum (1938)

5.2

Writer

1938

Credits

Writer

Haß ohne Gnade
5.7
- screenplay
- 1962
Affaires de fou
5.7
- screenplay & story
- 1954
Frères corses
- adaptation
- 1939
L'esclave blanche
6.2
- screenplay (as L. Lania)
- 1939
Ultimatum
5.2
- screenplay
- 1938
Le drame de Shanghaï
6.4
- writer (as L. Lania)
- 1938
Maroussia
5.8
- adaptation (as Leo Lania)
- 1936
Les treize malles de Monsieur O. F.
6.5
- Writer
- 1931
L'opéra de quat'sous
7.2
- adaptation
- manuscript (as Lania)
- 1931
Hunger in Waldenburg
6.0
Short
- Writer (as Leo Lania)
- 1929

Personal details

Alternative names
- L. Lania
Born
- 1896
- Kharkov, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]
Died
- November 10, 1961
Other works
Biography (w/Joseph Schildkraut): "My Father and I"

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Trivia
Following the outbreak of the Second World War, Lania was interned by the Daladier government. Lania subsequently made his way to the United States via Spain and Portugal.

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