Leopold Lahola
Leopold Lahola (actually Leopold Arje Friedman , also Aryeh Lahola ; born January 30, 1918 in Prešov , † January 12, 1968 in Bratislava ) was a Slovak playwright, film director and screenwriter.
Life
Lahola graduated from high school in Bratislava. He studied philosophy at the Comenius University in Bratislava , but was not allowed to complete his studies in the First Slovak Republic . He was drafted as a soldier and later interned in the Nováky labor camp for Slovak Jews . After the camp was dissolved, Lahola participated in the Slovak National Uprising . After the end of the Second World War he was editor-in-chief of the Bojovník magazine , which he headed until 1946. He created several stage works that were performed at the Slovak National Theater from 1947 . After the play Atentát had met with harsh criticism in 1949, he moved to Israel, but soon returned to Europe and lived in the Federal Republic of Germany as a director and screenwriter. Lahola died in Bratislava in 1968 while filming the film Sladky cas Kalimagdory in Slovakia . In 1991 he was awarded the Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Order, 3rd class, in memoriam .
Works
- Posledná vec (The Last Thing), short stories, 1968
- Ako jed škorpióna (Like the poison of the scorpion), poems from the estate, 1995
Plays
with year of staging
- 1947: Bezvetrie v Zuele (calm in Zuela)
- 1949: Atentát (The Assassination)
- 1949: Štyri strany sveta (The four cardinal points)
- 1967: Škvrny na slnku (spots on the sun)
- 1967: Infern
Filmography
Script and direction
- 1961: The devil played balalaika
- 1965: duel before sunset
- 1967: The Blind (TV play)
- 1967: Prague Legend (TV play)
- 1968: The sweet time with Kalimagdora (Sladky cas Kalimagdory)
Director
- 1948: Biela tma
- 1948: Návrat domov
- 1948: Vlčie diery
- 1948: Malá epizóda
- 1951: Ir Ha'Ohelim (short film)
- 1952: Na každom kilometri
- 1953: Stanové mesto
script
- 1948: Vlcie diery
- 1959: Tri cetrtine sonca
Web links
- Entry about Leopold Lahola on Literárne informačné centrum ( German )
- Leopold Lahola in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lahola, Leopold |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Friedman, Leopold Arje (real name); Lahola, Aryeh |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovak writer, screenwriter and film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prešov |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 12, 1968 |
| Place of death | Bratislava |