Monja Danischewsky
# Monja Danischewsky

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.

## Biography

### Early life

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.

## Filmography

### As writer

* Undercover (1943)
* Bitter Springs (1950)
* The Galloping Major (1951)
* Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953)
* The Love Lottery (1954) (additional dialogue and scenes)
* Rockets Galore! (1957)
* The Battle of the Sexes (1959)
* Two and Two Make Six (1962)
* Topkapi (1964) (screenplay)
* Mister Moses (1965)
* Avalanche (1969) (as John Danischewsky)
* That Lucky Touch (1975) (adaptation)

### As producer

* Whisky Galore! (1949) (associate producer)
* The Galloping Major (1951)
* Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953)
* The Love Lottery (1954)
* The Battle of the Sexes (1959)
* Two and Two Make Six (1962) (producer)
* Avalanche (1969) (producer) (as John Danischewsky)
* Run Wild, Run Freedom (1969)

## Published works

* White Russian, Red Face (Gollancz, 1966)
* Out of My Mind (Michael Joseph, 1972)
* short memoir by Danischewsky of Barnett Freedman, in Emma Mason (ed.), Tales of Barnett Freedman (Bread and Butter Press, 2020)
