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Monja Danischewsky is a Scriptwriter and Associate Producer British born on 28 april 1911 at Arkhangelsk (Russie)
Monja Danischewsky (28 April 1911—16 October 1994) was a producer, writer, and a worker who produced and wrote the famous film Topkapi and The Thomas Crown Affair with other people.
Monja Danischewsky's family left Russia for Great Britain in 1919.
Career
He started out with various publicity jobs, then to Ealing Studios as publicity director in 1938 and occasional writer. Switched to producer 1949; became independent producer The Galloping Major (1951); returned as producer/writer in mid-1950s and continued briefly after Ealing ended; Rockets Galore (1958) and The Battle of the Sexes (1959). Autobiography, 'White Russian, Red Face', 1966.
(1964)
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Birth name Monja John Danischewsky
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 28 april 1911 at Arkhangelsk (Russie)
Death 16 october 1994 (at 83 years)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 28 april 1911 at Arkhangelsk (Russie)
Death 16 october 1994 (at 83 years)
Biography
Early lifeMonja Danischewsky's family left Russia for Great Britain in 1919.
Career
He started out with various publicity jobs, then to Ealing Studios as publicity director in 1938 and occasional writer. Switched to producer 1949; became independent producer The Galloping Major (1951); returned as producer/writer in mid-1950s and continued briefly after Ealing ended; Rockets Galore (1958) and The Battle of the Sexes (1959). Autobiography, 'White Russian, Red Face', 1966.
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Filmography of Monja Danischewsky (13 films)
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That Lucky Touch (1975)
, 1h29Directed by Christopher Miles
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Roger Moore, Susannah York, Jamila Massey, Shelley Winters, Lee J. Cobb, Jean-Pierre Cassel
Roles Adaptation
Rating48%
An international arms dealer, at a NATO meeting to sell weaponry, becomes entangled with a female journalist from the Washington Post whose worldview is very different to his.
Mister Moses (1965)
, 1h53Directed by Ronald Neame
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Robert Mitchum, Carroll Baker, Ian Bannen, Alexander Knox, Raymond St. Jacques, Reginald Beckwith
Roles Writer
Rating61%
Beaten and expelled by African villagers for trying to cheat them, the unconscious Joe Moses drifts down a river where he is discovered by the natives of another village. This tribe is being pressured to move by the District Officer (Ian Bannen) as their land will be flooded by the release of waters from a dam; but they refuse to leave their homes. Deeply Christian, the villagers compare Joe Moses to the real Moses due to his discovery in the reeds as was the baby Moses. With a broken leg and no money, Joe Moses is trapped in the village.
Topkapi (1964)
, 2hDirected by Jules Dassin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell, Robert Morley, Jess Hahn, Akim Tamiroff
Rating68%
Elizabeth Lipp (Melina Mercouri) visits Istanbul, where she sees a traveling fair featuring replicas of treasures from the Topkapı Palace. Next she cases the Topkapı, fascinated by the emerald-encrusted dagger of Sultan Mahmud I. Leaving Turkey, she recruits her ex-lover, Swiss master-criminal Walter Harper (Maximilian Schell), to plan a theft of the dagger. They engage Cedric Page (Robert Morley), master of all things mechanical; Giulio, "The Human Fly" (Gilles Ségal), a mute acrobat; and the burly Hans (Jess Hahn), who will provide the muscle needed for the job.
Two and Two Make Six (1962)
, 1h29Directed by Freddie Francis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors George Chakiris, Janette Scott, Alfred Lynch, Jocelyn Lane, Athene Seyler, Bernard Braden
Roles Writer
Rating61%
The Battle of the Sexes (1960)
, 1h24Directed by Charles Crichton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Peter Sellers, Robert Morley, Constance Cummings, Donald Pleasence, Jameson Clark, Michael Goodliffe
Roles Writer
Rating65%
A timid accountant in a Scottish Tweed weaving company (Sellers) cleverly bests the brash modern American efficiency expert (Cummings) whose ideas threaten his way of life. The film opens with Martin (Sellers) in Edinburgh buying whisky and cigarettes on the Royal Mile. We then see him at work as a head accountant in a very old-fashioned firm in the New Town. The Justerini & Brooks premises on George Street serves as their shop in the film.
Rockets Galore (1958)
, 1h34Directed by Michael Leighton George Relph
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Jeannie Carson, Donald Sinden, Roland Culver, Noel Purcell, Catherine Lacey, Ronnie Corbett
Roles Writer
Rating59%
In the cold-war era of post-WW2 Britain, the government decides to establish a guided missile base on the Hebridean isle of Todday. The inhabitants are not happy with this disruption of their way of life, and hamper construction as much as they can.
The Love Lottery (1954)
, 1h29Directed by Charles Crichton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors David Niven, Herbert Lom, Peggy Cummins, Anne Vernon, Charles Victor, Gordon Jackson
Roles Writer
Rating55%
A celluloid heart-throb, who is haunted by dreams and hounded by fans, is coerced into taking part in a lottery to find a wife.
Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953)
, 1h23Directed by Anthony Pelissier
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Stanley Holloway, Peggy Cummins, Jack Watling, Barbara Murray, Joseph Tomelty, Kay Kendall
Roles Writer
Rating58%
When Mr Pedelty (Joseph Tomelty) leaves his firm, he is given a television set as a retirement present. At first he enjoys all the attention from his neighbours, but soon the attraction wears off, and he sells it on to a young married couple (Jack Watling and Peggy Cummins) living in the flat above him. They soon encounter the same problems, and again the set is passed on to several different characters all with the same results.
The Galloping Major (1951)
, 1h22Directed by Henry Cornelius
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Horse sports in film
Actors Basil Radford, Jimmy Hanley, Janette Scott, A. E. Matthews, Rene Ray, Hugh Griffith
Rating61%
Bitter Springs (1950)
, 1h26Directed by Ralph Foster Smart
Genres Drama, Adventure, Western
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Chips Rafferty, Tommy Trinder, Gordon Jackson, Michael Pate, Bud Tingwell
Rating61%
In the early 1900s, Wally King travels 600 miles to outback South Australia to occupy land he has bought from the government. He is accompanied by his wife Ma, children Emma and John, and friends Tommy and Mac. Despite warnings from a local trooper, the bigoted King clashes with an Aboriginal tribe who depend on water located on what has become the family's property.
Undercover (1943)
, 1h20Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors John Clements, Mary Morris, Tom Walls, Stanley Baker, Michael Wilding, Godfrey Tearle
Rating60%
The film is based on the Yugoslav resistance movement under the command of General Draza Mihailovich. But politics overtook the situation because Mihailovich and the Royalists were about to be abandoned and betrayed by the British government - as parts of the Chetnik movement co-operated with the Nazis - in favor of the Communist and Stalinist leader Josip Broz Tito at the time. Speaking in the British Parliament on February 22, 1944, the then Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, said: “General Mihailovic, I much regret to say, drifted gradually into position where his commanders made accommodations with Italian and German troops…”
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Run Wild, Run Free (1969)
, 1h40Directed by Richard C. Sarafian
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about animals, Medical-themed films, Films about horses, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism, Children's films
Actors John Mills, Mark Lester, Gordon Jackson, Fiona Fullerton, Sylvia Syms, Bernard Miles
Roles Producer
Rating62%
"Philip (Mark Lester) is a troubled autistic 10-year-old boy who has been fleeing the confines of his family's home since babyhood. Like some wild animal, Philip refuses to be penned up. Even more frustrating for his devoted mother and more irritable father, Philip has refused to speak since the age of three. Run Wild, Run Free (1969), directed by Richard C. Sarafian, is occasionally graced with experimental, art film touches, as when, at one point the internal thoughts of Philip's mother (Sylvia Syms) describing her fatigue and inability to love her son can be heard as voice-over as they drive to a therapist appointment.
Two and Two Make Six (1962)
, 1h29Directed by Freddie Francis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors George Chakiris, Janette Scott, Alfred Lynch, Jocelyn Lane, Athene Seyler, Bernard Braden
Roles Producer
Rating61%
The Battle of the Sexes (1960)
, 1h24Directed by Charles Crichton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Peter Sellers, Robert Morley, Constance Cummings, Donald Pleasence, Jameson Clark, Michael Goodliffe
Roles Producer
Rating65%
A timid accountant in a Scottish Tweed weaving company (Sellers) cleverly bests the brash modern American efficiency expert (Cummings) whose ideas threaten his way of life. The film opens with Martin (Sellers) in Edinburgh buying whisky and cigarettes on the Royal Mile. We then see him at work as a head accountant in a very old-fashioned firm in the New Town. The Justerini & Brooks premises on George Street serves as their shop in the film.
The Love Lottery (1954)
, 1h29Directed by Charles Crichton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors David Niven, Herbert Lom, Peggy Cummins, Anne Vernon, Charles Victor, Gordon Jackson
Roles Producer
Rating55%
A celluloid heart-throb, who is haunted by dreams and hounded by fans, is coerced into taking part in a lottery to find a wife.