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Lajos Biró is a Scriptwriter, Continuity and Additional Dialogue Hongrois born on 22 august 1880 at Oradea (Roumanie)
Lajos Bíró (born Lajos Blau) (22 August 1880 – 9 September 1948) was a Hungarian novelist, playwright, and screenwriter who wrote many films from the early 1920s through the late 1940s. He was born in Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary (now Oradea, Romania) and eventually moved to the United Kingdom where he worked as a scenario chief for London Film Productions run by Alexander Korda. He died in London on 9 September 1948 of a heart attack. He is buried in Hampstead Cemetery.
In 1929, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Writing for The Last Command, but lost to Ben Hecht for Underworld, the only other nomination in this category.
(1943)
(Theatre Play)
(1933)
(Story)
(1955)
(Scriptwriter)
(1940)
(Scenario Writer)
(1928)
(Story)
(1927)
(Writer)
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Birth name Lajos Blau
Nationality Hongrie
Birth 22 august 1880 at Oradea (Roumanie)
Death 9 september 1948 (at 68 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Nationality Hongrie
Birth 22 august 1880 at Oradea (Roumanie)
Death 9 september 1948 (at 68 years) at London (United-kingdom)
In 1929, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Writing for The Last Command, but lost to Ben Hecht for Underworld, the only other nomination in this category.
Biography
Lajos Biró est journaliste lorsqu'il quitte la Hongrie pour se réfugier Vienne (Autriche) en 1918. Il y commence une longue collaboration avec Alexander Korda.Best films
(1943)(Theatre Play)
(1933)(Story)
(1955)(Scriptwriter)
(1940)(Scenario Writer)
(1928)(Story)
(1927)(Writer)
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Filmography of Lajos Biró (51 films)
Scriptwriter
Add to a movie listStorm Over the Nile (1955)
, 1h47Directed by Zoltan Korda, Terence Young
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films
Actors Anthony Steel, Laurence Harvey, James Robertson Justice, Mary Ure, Ronald Lewis, Ian Carmichael
Rating61%
The film depicts Harry Faversham, a sensitive child who is terrified by his father and his Crimean War friends relating tales of cowardice that often ended in suicide. Young Harry follows his father's wishes of being commissioned in the Royal North Surrey Regiment. He also becomes engaged to marry the daughter of his father's friend General Burroughs.
Under the Red Robe (1952)
Directed by Victor Sjöström
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Histoire de France
Actors Conrad Veidt, Annabella, Raymond Massey, Romney Brent, Wyndham Goldie, Lawrence Grant
Rating59%
This script must be run from the command line
An Ideal Husband (1947)
, 2h5Directed by Alexander Korda
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Paulette Goddard, Michael Wilding, Diana Wynyard, Hugh Williams, C. Aubrey Smith, Glynis Johns
Rating64%
A mysterious lady attempts to blackmail a respected politician into giving a speech in parliament that supports her interests.
A Royal Scandal (1945)
, 1h35Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Historical, Romance
Themes Politique, Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays, Children's films, Films about royalty
Actors Tallulah Bankhead, Charles Coburn, Anne Baxter, William Eythe, Vincent Price, Mischa Auer
Roles Theatre Play
Rating66%
Une comtesse autrichienne souhaite que sa fille épouse un homme de son rang. Mais la princesse amoureuse d'un ingénieur des mines américain John Gavin, ne l'entend pas de cette oreille. Sur la vie amoureuse de l'impératrice de Russie (tsarine) Catherine la Grande. Scandale à la cour est le remake de "Paradis défendu" (Forbidden Paradise) film muet de 1924 d'après une pièce "Die Zarin" de Lajos Biró et Melchior Lengyel.
Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
, 1h36Directed by Billy Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller
Themes Films set in Africa, Spy films, Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays, Le désert, Guerre du désert
Actors Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter, Akim Tamiroff, Erich von Stroheim, Peter van Eyck, Fortunio Bonanova
Roles Theatre Play
Rating72%
Corporal John Bramble (Franchot Tone) is the sole survivor of a British tank crew after a major battle with Erwin Rommel's victorious Afrika Korps. Delirious, he stumbles across the North African desert into the Empress of Britain, a small, isolated hotel owned by Farid (Akim Tamiroff). The staff consists of just Frenchwoman Mouche (Anne Baxter), as the cook has fled and the waiter Davos was killed the night before by German bombing.
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
, 1h46Directed by Michael Powell, Jack Clayton, Zoltan Korda, William Cameron Menzies, Tim Whelan, Alexander Korda, Ludwig Berger, Ludwig Berger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Conrad Veidt, Sabu, John Justin, June Duprez, Rex Ingram, Glynis Johns
Roles Scenario Writer
Rating73%
The film's backstory is told in flashback, mimicking the style of the Arabian Nights.
The Way of All Flesh (1940)
, 1h26Directed by Louis King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Akim Tamiroff, Gladys George, William Henry, Muriel Angelus, Berton Churchill, Roger Imhof
Roles Story
Rating72%
The Lion Has Wings (1939)
, 1h16Directed by Michael Powell, Adrian Brunel, Alexander Korda, Brian Desmond Hurst
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Documentary
Themes Politique, Transport films, Aviation films, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Merle Oberon, Ralph Richardson, June Duprez, Flora Robson, Robert Douglas, Anthony Bushell
Rating57%
The Lion Has Wings is recounted in various "chapters" with a linking story revolving around a senior Royal Air Force (RAF) officer, played by Ralph Richardson, his wife and his family.
The Four Feathers (1939)
, 2h9Directed by Zoltan Korda
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films
Actors John Clements, June Duprez, Ralph Richardson, C. Aubrey Smith, Allan Jeayes, John Laurie
Rating73%
In 1895, the Royal North Surrey Regiment is called to active service to join the army of Sir Herbert Kitchener in the Mahdist War against the forces of The Khalifa (John Laurie). Forced into an army career by family tradition and fearful he might prove a coward in battle, Lieutenant Harry Faversham (John Clements) resigns his commission on the eve of its departure. As a result, his three friends and fellow officers, Captain John Durrance (Ralph Richardson) and Lieutenants Burroughs (Donald Gray) and Willoughby (Jack Allen), show their contempt of his perceived cowardice by each sending him a white feather attached to a calling card. When his fiancée, Ethne Burroughs (June Duprez), says nothing in his defence, he bitterly demands a fourth from her. She refuses, but he plucks one from her fan.
Hotel Imperial (1939)
, 1h7Directed by Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Isa Miranda, Ray Milland, Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, J. Carrol Naish, Curt Bois
Roles Story
Rating67%
Over the Moon (1939)
, 1h25Directed by William K. Howard, Thornton Freeland
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Merle Oberon, Rex Harrison, Ursula Jeans, Robert Douglas, Louis Borel, Carl Jaffe
Roles Story
Rating55%
Jane Benson (Merle Oberon) is a lowly Yorkshire girl who lives simply, caring for her elderly, ailing uncle and not wishing for anything more. She does take a fancy, however, to the local doctor, Freddie Jarvis (Rex Harrison), and she persuades him to marry her. Soon she finds she has inherited eighteen million pounds.
The Drum (1938)
, 1h44Directed by Zoltan Korda
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Sabu, Raymond Massey, Roger Livesey, Valerie Hobson, Francis L. Sullivan, Desmond Tester
Roles Adaptation
Rating62%
During the British Raj, Captain Carruthers (Roger Livesey) works under cover to track smuggled shipments of arms on the restless Northwest Frontier of "India" (the modern day Pakistan-Afghanistan border). He fears a full-scale rebellion is brewing. To forestall this, the British governor (Francis L. Sullivan) signs a treaty with the friendly, peace-loving ruler of Tokot, a key kingdom in the region, which is described as four days' march northward from Peshawar. (The British held a fort at Abazai near this location, not far from the famous Takht Bhai ruins) Meanwhile, the king's son, Prince Azim (Sabu), befriends Carruthers and a British drummer boy, Bill Holder (Desmond Tester), who teaches him how to play the instrument.
The Divorce of Lady X (1938)
, 1h32Directed by Tim Whelan
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon, Binnie Barnes, Ralph Richardson, Morton Selten, Gus McNaughton
Roles Adaptation
Rating65%
Leslie Steele (Merle Oberon), a guest at a costume party, is forced to stay overnight in a hotel because of a particularly bad London fog. As there are no rooms available, Steele talks her way into sharing a suite with Everard Logan (Laurence Olivier), a handsome but somewhat stiff lawyer. They spend the night together, quite chastely, but Logan becomes convinced that Leslie must be married. His conviction is confirmed when an old school friend, Lord Mere (Ralph Richardson), arrives and asks Everard to represent him in a divorce case against his wife, Lady Claire (Binnie Barnes).
Knight Without Armour (1937)
, 1h47Directed by Jacques Feyder
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Adventure, Spy, Historical, Romance
Themes Spy films, Politique, Political films
Actors Marlene Dietrich, Robert Donat, Austin Trevor, Herbert Lomas, Miklós Rózsa, John Clements
Roles Writer
Rating67%
Englishman A. J. Fothergill (Robert Donat) is recruited by Colonel Forrester (Laurence Hanray) to spy on Russia for the British government because he can speak the language fluently. As "Peter Ouranoff", he infiltrates a revolutionary group led by Axelstein (Basil Gill). The radicals try to blow up General Gregor Vladinoff (Herbert Lomas), the father of Alexandra (Marlene Dietrich). When the attempt fails, the would-be assassin is shot, but manages to reach Peter's apartment, where he dies. For his inadvertent involvement, Peter is sent to Siberia.
, 1h22Directed by Zoltan Korda, Lothar Mendes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Roland Young, Joan Gardner, Ralph Richardson, Edward Chapman, Ernest Thesiger, Laurence Hanray
Roles Writer
Rating68%