Bela Jenbach

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'''Bela Jenbach''', real name '''Béla Jacobowicz''' (1 April 1871 in [[Miskolc]] – 21 January 1943 in Vienna) was an Austrian actor and operetta librettist of [[Republic of Hungary | Hungarian]] origin.

Jenbach was of Jewish origin and the brother of the screenwriter [[Ida Jenbach]]. He was co-author of several well-known operetta libretti. Jenbach died in the Sanatorium Auersperg in Vienna and was buried on the [[Matzleinsdorf Protestant Cemetery]].
[[File:JenbachBela.jpg|thumb|<center>Jenbach's grave stone</center>]]

== Life ==
Jenbach came to Vienna at the age of 18. At first he kept himself busy with casual work and writing trivial literature about water. He invested his earnings in speech lessons and proved to be an extremely talented student, as he managed to lose his accent in a very short time. The foundation for his career was laid and he was engaged to the Vienna Burgtheater. He took this opportunity to change his name from Jacobowicz to Jenbach. He hoped for greater recognition and did not want to be immediately associated with his Jewish roots.

Depressed about the low earnings as a Burgtheater actor he came via the "Operettenbörse" in [[Café Sperl]] to write libretti. He would rather have become a recognized author of spoken pieces, but the work for operetta composers was simply more lucrative.

During the Nazi period his working conditions became worse and worse. Jenbach had a Catholic wife and a daughter. He did not think of emigrating. From 1940 he hid in a cellar near Vienna's Kaunitzgasse. After three years in this involuntary dungeon, Jenbach felt severe physical pain. He was admitted to hospital with stomach cancer in its final stage and died there on 21 January 1943. His wife survived him by only eight days. She died of breast cancer on 29 January 1943. Both daughters survived the Nazi regime in Vienna as women with a Jewish father.

Jenbach was married with the actress Anna Brandstätter from [[Krems]]. From this connection came her daughter Lydia Jenbach.

== Works ==
* ''[[Die Csárdásfürstin]]'', 1915 (with [[Leo Stein (writer)|Leo Stein]])
* ''Das Hollandweibchen'', 1920 (with Leo Stein)
* ''[[Die blaue Mazur]]'', 1920, 1925 (with [[Paul Knepler]])
* ''[[Der Zarewitsch]]'', 1927 (with [[Heinz Reichert]])

== Filmography ==
*''[[Die Czardasfürstin (film 1919)|Die Czardasfürstin]]'', regia di [[Emil Leyde]] - (libretto) (1919)
*''[[The Tsarevich (1933 film)|Zarevic]]'', director [[Victor Janson]] - playwright (1933)
*''[[Princesse Czardas]]'', directed by [[André Beucler]] and [[Georg Jacoby]] - after the operetta ''Die Czardasfürstin'' (1934)
*''[[The Csardas Princess (1934 film)|The Csardas Princess]]'', directed by [[Georg Jacoby]] (1934)
*''[[Paganini (film 1934)|Paganini]]'' (''Gern hab' ich die Frau'n geküßt''), directed by [[E.W. Emo]] (1934)
*''[[Clò clò]]'' (''Die ganze Welt dreht sich um Liebe''), directed by [[Viktor Tourjansky]] (1935)
*''[[Appuntamento alle 5]]'' (''The Lilac Domino''), directed by [[Frederic Zelnik]] (1937)
*''[[Who's Your Lady Friend?]]'' (''Der Herr ohne Wornung''), directed by [[Carol Reed]] (1937)
*''[[Die Csardasfürstin]]'', directed by Georg Jacoby (1951)
*''[[Der Zarewitsch (film 1954)|Der Zarewitsch]]'', directed by [[Arthur Maria Rabenalt]] (1954)
*''[[Paganini (film 1961)|Paganini]]'', directed by [[Theodor Grädler]] - film tv (1961)
*''[[Die Czardasfürstin (film 1971)|Die Czardasfürstin]]'', directed by [[Miklós Szinetár]] (1971)
*''[[Paganini (film 1973)|Paganini]]'', directed by [[Eugen York]] (1973)
*''[[Der Zarewitsch (film 1973)|Der Zarewitsch]]'', directed by [[Arthur Maria Rabenalt]] (1973)

== Trivia ==
Jenbach immortalized himself in the third act of the ''Csardas princess'' through his birthplace. The prince speaks of the married ''Bretteldiva'' from Miskolc.

== Bibliography ==
* H. Giebisch, L. Pichler, K. Vancsa (editor): ''Kleines österreichisches Literaturlexikon.'' Brüder Hollinek, Vienna 1948.
* : ''Historisches Lexikon Wien.'' volume 3. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1994.

== External links ==
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[[Category:1871 births]]
[[Category:1943 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Miskolc]]
[[Category:Austrian writers]]
[[Category:Austrian librettists]]

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