Movies by Leon Askin

Hitler Stole My Ideas
Using archive film material never seen before, Hollywood veteran Leon Askin portrays Adolf Lanz (1874-1954), the man who gave Hitler his ideas.

First Strike
A U.S. Navy submarine captain tries to prevent the Soviets from trying to launch World War III.

Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson embark on a search for Cleopatra's ancient necklace, which has been stolen.

The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz
A beautiful East German Olympic hopeful pole-vaults over the Berlin Wall to freedom.

Secret of the Incas
Harry Steele (Charlton Heston) is a tourist guide determined to make his fortune by finding the Sunburst, an Inca treasure.

Spy Chasers
Slip and the gang (Bowery Boys) foil foes of the exiled, incognito king of Truania (Sig Ruman).

Lulu
A 14-year-old girl is caught while trying to pick a doctor's pocket. The doctor ends up taking her in and turning her into a sophisticated lady, whom he marries off to a wealthy man.

Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls
John Considine plays the flamboyant Dr. Death, a thousand-year-old magician who has mastered he art of transferring souls from one body to another and thereby manages to perpetuate himself by jumping from one body to the next. Apparently the Doc is a kindred spirit since his blood is a highly-corrosive acid that can strip flesh from bone

Desert Legion
A commander in the Foreign Legion romances a mysterious and exotic princess.

Savage Island
Women who have been captured and sold as slave labor to a South American emerald mine hatch a plan for revolution and revenge.

Death Knocks Twice
When private detective Bob Martin looking for a stolen diamond necklace, he also has a clever serial killer on the trail ...
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte

Bis dass das Geld euch scheidet…
Germany at the time of the economic miracle: the boorish and equally rude Jupp Grapsch has made a small fortune through his bustling activities. His wife Lisbeth, on the other hand, does not feel comfortable with this, but silently accepts the circumstances. Even when Jupp gets involved with the somewhat disreputable Nina Sonntag, an extravagant young woman, she accepts this at first. At some point, however, the situation escalates and Lisbeth slips a slap in the face, which Jupp cleverly wants to use to finally get rid of his wife by divorc...
Die gelbe Nachtigall
Fanny Hobichler, a young promising actress, moves to Vienna in the 1920s in order to pursue her big break. She draws inspiration and seeks help from the popular stage actor Albert Kortz who once started out from the same provincial town as she did and was a close friend of her late father. Kortz, however, dreams of retiring as he is tired of his fame and having to deal with the short-tempered theatre director Jason. Together, they try to outwit Jason.