This article is about the Austrian writer. For the American art critic, see
Leo Stein .
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.
Leo Stein (1896) 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 Die lustige Witwe Der Graf von Luxemburg Die Csárdásfürstin [1]
Stein is buried at the Vienna Zentralfriedhof .
The Merry Widow Michael Curtiz (Hungary, 1918)The Csardas Princess [ it ] Emil Leyde (Austria, 1919)The Merry Widow Erich von Stroheim (1925)The Count of Luxembourg Arthur Gregor (1926)The Sweet Girl Manfred Noa (Germany, 1926)Schützenliesel , directed by Rudolf Walther-Fein and Rudolf Dworsky (Germany, 1926)The Csardas Princess Hanns Schwarz (Germany, 1927)The Csardas Princess Georg Jacoby (Germany, 1934)Polish Blood Karel Lamač (Germany, 1934)The Merry Widow Ernst Lubitsch (1934)Kungen kommer Ragnar Hyltén-Cavallius (Sweden, 1936, based on Der Gauklerkönig )Vienna Blood Willi Forst (Germany, 1942)Silva Aleksandr Ivanovsky (Soviet Union, 1944, based on The Csardas Princess The Csardas Princess Georg Jacoby (West Germany, 1951)The Merry Widow Curtis Bernhardt (1952)Schützenliesel , directed by Rudolf Schündler (West Germany, 1954)The Count of Luxembourg Werner Jacobs (West Germany, 1957)The Merry Widow Werner Jacobs (Austria, 1962)The Csardas Princess [ de ] Miklós Szinetár (West Germany, 1971)The Count of Luxembourg Wolfgang Glück (West Germany, 1972)Silva [ ru ] Yan Frid (Soviet Union, 1981, based on The Csardas Princess 
