The Battle of the Sexes
1960
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Monja Danischewsky (28 April 1911 – 16 October 1994) was a British producer and writer, born in Archangel into a Russian-Jewish family who left Russia for England in 1919 and who produced and wrote the films Topkapi and Rockets Galore! (1957) and others.
- 16 October 1994 (aged 83)
- Film producer
Monja Danischewsky. Writer: Topkapi. Monja Danischewsky's family left Russia for Great Britain in 1919 due to the civil war raging in the country at the time. He started working as a publicity director at Ealing in 1938, helping develop and design many of the company's posters.
- Writer, Producer, Additional Crew
- April 28, 1911
- Monja Danischewsky
- October 16, 1994
Monja Danischewsky. Writer: Topkapi. Monja Danischewsky's family left Russia for Great Britain in 1919 due to the civil war raging in the country at the time. He started working as a publicity director at Ealing in 1938, helping develop and design many of the company's posters.
For ten years Monja Danischewsky, invariably known as 'Danny', was Ealing Studios ' director of publicity, a job he handled with flair and ebullience. After this he achieved some success as a screenwriter and producer, mainly of comedies, but it's for his contribution to the lasting reputation of Ealing as Britain's best-loved film studio that ...
Monja Danischewsky is known as an Writer, Producer, Screenplay, Actor, Adaptation, and Associate Producer. Some of his work includes Topkapi, The Battle of the Sexes, The Love Lottery, Meet Mr. Lucifer, The Galloping Major, Bitter Springs, Undercover, and That Lucky Touch.
Screenwriter and producer Monja Danischewsky may best be remembered for adapting Eric Ambler's The Light of Day into one of the finest crime caper movies in cinema, Topkapi (1964). Born in Russia, but raised in Great Britain from the age of eight, Danischewsky started out as a publicity director at Ealing Studios in 1938.
Monja Danischewsky. Highest Rated: 96% Whisky Galore! (1949) Lowest Rated: 83% The Battle of the Sexes (1959) Birthday: Apr 28, 1911. Birthplace: Archangel, Russia.
