Lajos Biró

Austro-Hungarian playwright whose stage works served as the basis for a number of Hollywood films, notably Billy Wilder's "Five Graves to Cairo" (1943). Biro began writing directly for the screen with "The Way of the Flesh" (1927) and relocated to England in 1932 to work for Alexander Korda, often in collaboration with Arthur Wimperis. Outstanding credits include "The Scarlet Pimpernel" (1935) and "Knight Without Armour" (1937).