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 | |
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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 |
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]
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