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Leoni Leo (subtitled The Life of an Armenian Adventurer) is a 1917 Hungarian adventure film directed by Alfréd Deésy and featuring Béla Lugosi. It is thought to be Bela Lugosi's first appearance in a motion picture (credited as "Arisztid Olt"). The Jozsef Pakots screenplay was adapted from the original novel by George Sand called Leone Leoni. The original novel was set in Venice, but the film changed the setting to Brussels. The sets were designed by Sironthai Istvan.[1]

Leoni Leo
Directed by	Alfréd Deésy
Written by	Jozsef Pakots (screenplay) George Sand (novel)
Produced by	Richard Geiger Tibor Rakosi
Starring	Béla Lugosi
Distributed by	Star Film Factory
Release date	August 1917 (premiere)
Country	Hungary
Language	Silent

Plot

Lugosi plays the noble bandit Baron Leone Leo, who leads a group of roguish gentlemen known as "the Ten". He tricks Juliette, whose father is the richest jeweler in Brussels, into thinking he is in love with her, but he is really just after her for her money.[2]

Cast

• Norbert Dán
• Béla Lugosi as Leoni Leo (credited as Arisztid Olt)
• Annie Góth as Juliette
• Lilla Bársony as Princess Zagarolo
• Róbert Fiáth as Marquis Lorenzo
• Lajos Gellért as Róbert (credited as Viktor Kurd)
• Marel Rolla as Carmen
• Gusztáv Turán as Mario
• Klara Pet
• Loth Ila
• Richard Kornay

See also

• Béla Lugosi filmography

References

External links

• Leoni Leo at IMDb

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