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Ladislas Fodor

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

28-03-1898

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Ladislaus Fodor, Ladislav Fodor, Laszlo Fodor, Lazlo Fodor

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Budapest, Hungary

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The Devil Came from Akasava

The Devil Came from Akasava

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!
4.7

Year:

1971

The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal

The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal

The devious general Cethegus plays the Byzantine and Gothic forces against each other for his own gain.
7.5

Year:

1969

The Fight for Rome

The Fight for Rome

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.
6.0

Year:

1968

The Zombie Walks

The Zombie Walks

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.
6.3

Year:

1968

Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy 2

Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy 2

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...
6.3

Year:

1967

The Corrupt Ones

The Corrupt Ones

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.
5.5

Year:

1967

Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy

Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy

A young hero defeats a dragon to find acceptance to the court of burgundy.
6.4

Year:

1966

Who Killed Johnny R.?

Who Killed Johnny R.?

An assumed-dead gangster wants to implicate a completely innocent man to pay for his crimes so he can give the slip to his avengers and persecutors.
7.6

Year:

1966

Pyramid of the Sun God

Pyramid of the Sun God

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.
5.5

Year:

1965

Mercenaries of the Rio Grande

Mercenaries of the Rio Grande

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.
5.8

Year:

1965

The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse

The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse

The evil Dr. Mabuse develops a death ray with which he threatens the world.
5.8

Year:

1964

Old Shatterhand

Old Shatterhand

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.
6.2

Year:

1964

The Phantom of Soho

The Phantom of Soho

A masked killer is stalking and killing Londoners outside a nightclub.
6.3

Year:

1964

Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard

Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard

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.
6.4

Year:

1963

The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle

The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle

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.
6.1

Year:

1963

Breakfast in Bed

Breakfast in Bed

0.0

Year:

1963

The Terror of Doctor Mabuse

The Terror of Doctor Mabuse

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.
5.7

Year:

1962

The Invisible Dr. Mabuse

The Invisible Dr. Mabuse

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?
6.5

Year:

1962

Das Riesenrad

Das Riesenrad

5.0

Year:

1961

The Return of Dr. Mabuse

The Return of Dr. Mabuse

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".
6.1

Year:

1961

North to Alaska

North to Alaska

After striking gold in Alaska, the romantic George sends his womanizing partner Sam to bring his fiancée up from Seattle. When Sam finds that she has already married, he returns instead with Angel, a dancer originally from France.
6.5

Year:

1960

Rebel Flight to Cuba

Rebel Flight to Cuba

A group of criminals hijacks a plane, intending to fly it to Cuba.
10.0

Year:

1959

Du bist wunderbar

Du bist wunderbar

5.3

Year:

1959

Tom Thumb

Tom Thumb

A boy, no bigger than a thumb, manages to outwit two thieves determined to make a fortune from him.
6.2

Year:

1958

Die Abiturientin

Die Abiturientin

0.0

Year:

1958

A Stranger on the Stairs

A Stranger on the Stairs

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.
5.7

Year:

1955

South Sea Sinner

South Sea Sinner

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.
5.0

Year:

1950

When My Husband Kisses

When My Husband Kisses

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.
0.0

Year:

1950

The Great Sinner

The Great Sinner

A young man succumbs to gambling fever.
6.7

Year:

1949

The Great Sinner

The Great Sinner

A young man succumbs to gambling fever.
6.7

Year:

1949

The Kneeling Goddess

The Kneeling Goddess

Businessman Antonio is carrying on an affair with Raquel, who wants him to divorce his wife Elena. He purchases for Elena as an anniversary gift a statue – the titular Kneeling Goddess – which, unbeknownst to him, features Raquel as the model. Antonio marries Raquel after Elena dies under suspicious circumstances — but not everything is what it seems.
6.5

Year:

1947

The Other Love

The Other Love

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.
6.0

Year:

1947

The Imperfect Lady

The Imperfect Lady

A British peer's romance with a ballerina courts scandal in 1890s London.
0.0

Year:

1946

Tampico

Tampico

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.
5.5

Year:

1944

Tampico

Tampico

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.
5.5

Year:

1944

The Peterville Diamond

The Peterville Diamond

Frantic farce involving a neglected wife, a stolen diamond and four identical briefcases.
5.3

Year:

1943

Girl Trouble

Girl Trouble

A South American in New York rents the apartment of a socialite who pretends to be his maid.
6.5

Year:

1942

Girl Trouble

Girl Trouble

A South American in New York rents the apartment of a socialite who pretends to be his maid.
6.5

Year:

1942

Isle of Missing Men

Isle of Missing Men

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.
6.2

Year:

1942

Tales of Manhattan

Tales of Manhattan

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.
6.2

Year:

1942

The Night Before the Divorce

The Night Before the Divorce

Marital comedy with a dash of murder.
5.0

Year:

1942

Frk. Kirkemus

Frk. Kirkemus

6.3

Year:

1941

A Very Young Lady

A Very Young Lady

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.
1.0

Year:

1941

Footsteps in the Dark

Footsteps in the Dark

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.
6.9

Year:

1941

Hogar, dulce hogar

Hogar, dulce hogar

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.
2.0

Year:

1941

Seven Sinners

Seven Sinners

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.
6.0

Year:

1940

La danza dei milioni

La danza dei milioni

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.
0.0

Year:

1940

City in Darkness

City in Darkness

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..
6.4

Year:

1939

Wives Under Suspicion

Wives Under Suspicion

A merciless district attorney prosecutes a case that mirrors his own life.
5.4

Year:

1938

Wives Under Suspicion

Wives Under Suspicion

A merciless district attorney prosecutes a case that mirrors his own life.
5.4

Year:

1938

The Unguarded Hour

The Unguarded Hour

A blackmailer tries to stop a woman from revealing evidence that could save a condemned man.
6.2

Year:

1936

The Church Mouse

The Church Mouse

When a meek secretary goes to work for her new boss, she becomes a sophisticated lady.
4.7

Year:

1934

The Kiss Before the Mirror

The Kiss Before the Mirror

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.
5.5

Year:

1933

Jewel Robbery

Jewel Robbery

A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jeweller's shop.
6.5

Year:

1932

Beauty and the Boss

Beauty and the Boss

An ultra-efficient Plain Jane secretary blossoms when she accompanies her boss on a business trip to Paris.
7.0

Year:

1932

Poor as a Church Mouse

Poor as a Church Mouse

Comedy about an ambitious woman who starts working at a bank.
5.5

Year:

1931

The Prom

The Prom

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. When they invite their would be new friends for a ball in their desirable new mansion, their daughter, sick and tired of being abandoned by her once loving parents, throws the invitations into the Seine.
6.0

Year:

1931

The Ball

The Ball

The daughter of a nouveau riche family, invited to an upper class ball meant to launch her in society, rejects the offer.
0.0

Year:

1931