Melchior Lengyel
Melchior Lengyel · Arts & Literature
Hungarian writer whose story became Ninotchka
1880, Balmazújváros, Hungary — 1974, Budapest, Hungary
Hungary · United States
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Melchior Lengyel was a Hungarian playwright and screenwriter whose story became the basis for Ernst Lubitsch's classic comedy 'Ninotchka' (1939); he also wrote the source material for 'To Be or Not to Be' and the ballet 'The Miraculous Mandarin'. He worked in Budapest, Vienna and Hollywood, fleeing fascism. He was born to a Jewish family in Hungary.
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Hungarian writer whose story became Ninotchka
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