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name: "Ladislaus Vajda"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ladislaus-vajda"
fi1m_id: "ladislaus-vajda"
imdb_id: "nm0883335"
tmdb_id: 13901
wikidata_id: "Q1799996"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "18 August 1877"
died: "10 March 1933"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T00:18:01.049460+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Ladislaus Vajda

## Identity

Ladislaus Vajda

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ladislaus-vajda
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ladislaus-vajda
- **IMDb ID:** nm0883335
- **TMDB ID:** 13901
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1799996
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladislaus_Vajda, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1799996, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0883335/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13901

Writer. Born 18 August 1877 in Eger, Heves megye, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. Died 10 March 1933.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 18 August 1877, Eger, Heves megye, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
- **Died:** 10 March 1933
- **Also known as:** Vajda László
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladislaus_Vajda, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1799996, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0883335/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13901

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Pandora's Box*](https://film.one/film/pandoras-box.md) (88)

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## Biography

Ladislaus Vajda (also credited as László Vajda) was a Hungarian screenwriter. Born Lipót Weisz on 18 August 1877 in Eger, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary), he died on 10 March 1933 in Berlin, Germany.

He began his career in Hungary as an actor, journalist and theatre director before turning to screenwriting around 1916. Vajda contributed to some 40 films made in Hungary, Austria and Germany up to 1932, often adapting literary works.

He is known for his screenplays for G. W. Pabst films including *Pandora's Box* (1929), *Westfront 1918* (1930), *Comradeship* (1931) and *The Threepenny Opera* (1931). He was the father of film director Ladislao Vajda.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, filmportal.de.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Pandora's Box* (1929), Fi1m 88, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/pandoras-box.md)

## Complete filmography (47)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Mistress of Atlantis* (1932), Screenplay
- *Queen of Atlantis* (1932), Screenplay
- *The Mistress of Atlantis* (1932), Writer
- *Comradeship* (1931), Writer
- *The Threepenny Opera* (1931), Writer
- *The Love Express* (1931), Writer
- *Venetian Nights* (1931), Writer
- *The 3 Penny Opera* (1931), Screenplay, Adaptation
- *Zwei Krawatten* (1930), Writer
- *Only You* (1930), Writer
- *Westfront 1918* (1930), Screenplay
- *Love and Champagne* (1930), Writer
- *There is a woman who will never forget you* (1930), Writer
- *Police Spy 77* (1930), Writer
- *The White Hell of Pitz Palu* (1929), Writer
- *Das Land ohne Frauen* (1929), Writer
- *L'évadée* (1929), Writer
- *The Woman One Longs For* (1929), Writer
- *His Majesty's Lieutenant* (1929), Writer
- *Pandora's Box* (1929), Screenplay — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/pandoras-box.md)
- *Unmoral* (1928), Screenplay
- *Whirl of Youth* (1928), Writer
- *The Devious Path* (1928), Writer
- *The Lady in Black* (1928), Writer
- *Heut tanzt Mariett* (1928), Idea
- *The Love of Jeanne Ney* (1927), Writer
- *Venus in Evening Wear* (1927), Writer
- *Die Czardasfürstin* (1927), Writer
- *Schatz, mach' Kasse* (1926), Writer
- *Moon of Israel* (1924), Writer
- *Avalanche* (1923), Writer
- *Young Medardus* (1923), Writer
- *Sodom and Gomorrah* (1922), Writer
- *A lélekidomár* (1920), Writer
- *Oliver Twist* (1919), Screenplay
- *Mary Ann* (1919), Screenplay
- *The Man of Gold* (1919), Writer
- *White Rose* (1919), Screenplay
- *Faun* (1918), Writer
- *A kis lord* (1918), Writer
- *The Man Of The Earth* (1917), Writer
- *Secret of St. Job Forest* (1917), Writer
- *Nobody's Son* (1917), Writer
- *The Last Dawn* (1917), Writer
- *A csikós* (1917), Writer
- *The Charlatan* (1917), Writer
- *The Wolf* (1917), Screenplay

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