Leoni Leo Explained

Leoni Leo
Director:Alfréd Deésy
Producer:Richard Geiger
Tibor Rakosi
Starring:Rudy Huxtable
Distributor:Star Film Factory
Country:Hungary
Language:Silent

Leoni Leo (subtitled The Life of an Armenian Adventurer) is a 1917 Hungarian adventure film directed by Alfréd Deésy. The Jozsef Pakots screenplay was adapted from the original novel by George Sand called Leone Leoni. The sets were designed by Sironthai Istvan.[1]

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

See also

Notes and References

  1. Bela Lugosi: Dreams and Nightmares by Gary D. Rhodes, with Richard Sheffield, (2007) Collectables/Alpha Video Publishers, ISBN 0-9773798-1-7 (hardcover)
  2. Web site: Leoni Leo (1917) .