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This article is about the Austrian writer. For the American art critic, see
Leo Stein .
Leo Stein (1896)
Leo Stein , born Leo Rosenstein (25 March 1861,
Lemberg – 28 July 1921,
Vienna , Austria) was a
playwright and
librettist of
operettas in the latter part of the 19th and early 20th centuries, including works adapted for a number of
Broadway productions.
Stein wrote libretti for
Johann Strauss Jr ,
Franz Lehár ,
Emmerich Kálmán , and
Oskar Nedbal . His collaboration with
Viktor Léon contributed much to Lehár's success.
A selection of his works includes
Wiener Blut (1899),
Die lustige Witwe (1905),
Der Graf von Luxemburg (1909) and
Die Csárdásfürstin (1915).
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Stein is buried at the Vienna
Zentralfriedhof .
Filmography
The Merry Widow , directed by
Michael Curtiz (Hungary, 1918)
The Csardas Princess [
it ] , directed by
Emil Leyde (Austria, 1919)
The Merry Widow , directed by
Erich von Stroheim (1925)
The Count of Luxembourg , directed by
Arthur Gregor (1926)
The Sweet Girl , directed by
Manfred Noa (Germany, 1926)
Schützenliesel , directed by
Rudolf Walther-Fein and
Rudolf Dworsky (Germany, 1926)
The Csardas Princess , directed by
Hanns Schwarz (Germany, 1927)
The Csardas Princess , directed by
Georg Jacoby (Germany, 1934)
Polish Blood , directed by
Karel Lamač (Germany, 1934)
The Merry Widow , directed by
Ernst Lubitsch (1934)
Kungen kommer , directed by
Ragnar Hyltén-Cavallius (Sweden, 1936, based on Der Gauklerkönig )
Vienna Blood , directed by
Willi Forst (Germany, 1942)
Silva , directed by
Aleksandr Ivanovsky (Soviet Union, 1944, based on
The Csardas Princess )
The Csardas Princess , directed by
Georg Jacoby (West Germany, 1951)
The Merry Widow , directed by
Curtis Bernhardt (1952)
Schützenliesel , directed by
Rudolf Schündler (West Germany, 1954)
The Count of Luxembourg , directed by
Werner Jacobs (West Germany, 1957)
The Merry Widow , directed by
Werner Jacobs (Austria, 1962)
The Csardas Princess [
de ] , directed by
Miklós Szinetár (West Germany, 1971)
The Count of Luxembourg , directed by
Wolfgang Glück (West Germany, 1972)
Silva [
ru ] , directed by
Yan Frid (Soviet Union, 1981, based on
The Csardas Princess )
References
External links
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