Jan Lustig

Jan Lustig (born December 23, 1902 in Brno , Moravia , † April 24, 1979 in Munich ) was a German-American screenwriter.

Life

Jan Lustig worked in Berlin as a journalist, especially as a film critic, and wrote short stories. After the National Socialists came to power, he emigrated to France, where he wrote his first scripts. In 1940, the invasion of German troops forced him to leave the United States. He quickly found a job at MGM and wrote the templates for commercially successful films.

“In 1959 Jan Lustig returned to Germany and settled in Munich. It was the loneliness after the death of his first wife that made him leave California. Otherwise he would probably never have said goodbye to the United States, because he was grateful to the country and its people. The extraordinary warmth and helpfulness of his American friends and, last but not least, the attractive landscape of California bound Jan Lustig to the country. “After his return he worked as a writer for the film for a few years.

In his first marriage, Jan Lustig was born with Charlotte Lustig. Weinberg (1897–1959) married. She is buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) .

Liesl Frank, who was married to Bruno Frank for the first time , was her third marriage in 1965 to Jan Lustig, with whom she lived in the Herzogpark in Munich- Bogenhausen .

Filmography (selection)

1937: The fifth juror (Gribouille)
1942: Reunion in France
1944: The White Cliffs of Dover
1948: Dr. Johnson's Homecoming
1949: The Fate of Irene Forsyte (That Forsyte Woman)
1953: The Heir apparent (Young Bess)
1953: Hearts in Fever (Torch Song)
1953: was it great love? (The Story of three Loves)
1953: The Knights of the Round Table (Knights of the round table)
1955: The Castle in the Shadow (Moonfleet)
1963: eleven years and one day

literature

Karl-Heinz W. Boewe: Jan Lustig. In: John M. Spalek (editor): German Exile Literature since 1933, Volume 1: California, Part 1. Bern 1976, pages 780–788.
Sascha Kirchner: The citizen as an artist. Bruno Frank (1887–1945) - life and work . Düsseldorf 2009, page 12.

Web links

Literature by and about Jan Lustig in the catalog of the German National Library
January Lustig in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ #Boewe 1976 , page 787.
↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 145.
^ Find a Grave Memorial # 85455702 .
↑ #Kirchner 2009 , page 12. - Liesl or Elisabeth Frank married the director Leo Mittler after the death of Bruno Frank and took the name Frank-Mittler.

personal data
SURNAME	Funny Jan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German-American screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	December 23, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brno
DATE OF DEATH	April 24, 1979
Place of death	Munich

[1] #Boewe 1976 , page 787.

[2] Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 145.

[3] Find a Grave Memorial # 85455702 .

[4] #Kirchner 2009 , page 12. - Liesl or Elisabeth Frank married the director Leo Mittler after the death of Bruno Frank and took the name Frank-Mittler.