Leo Stein (writer)

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).

Stein is buried at the Vienna Zentralfriedhof.

Filmography

 * The Merry Widow, directed by Michael Curtiz (Hungary, 1918)
 * The Csardas Princess (1919 film), 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 (1971 film), directed by Miklós Szinetár (West Germany, 1971)
 * The Count of Luxembourg, directed by Wolfgang Glück (West Germany, 1972)
 * Silva (1981 film), directed by Yan Frid (Soviet Union, 1981, based on The Csardas Princess)