Mr. Lustig’s experiences as a concentration camp inmate informed his work on “Schindler’s List,” for which he won an Academy Award. By Richard Sandomir Nearly 50 years after his liberation from the ...
“It’s a long way from Auschwitz to this stage,” Lustig said in accepting the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1994. (JTA) — Branko Lustig, the Oscar-winning producer of the Holocaust film ...
Lustig’s death was reported by local press in Croatia and an obituary was posted on the website of the Festival of Tolerance, a Jewish film festival for whom Lustig served as president for 10 years.
After liberation from Auschwitz he became a Hollywood producer, winning best picture Oscars for 'Schindler's List' and 'Gladiator.' By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief As a child in Auschwitz, the ...
Novelistic scope and dialectical edge distinguish Fighter, Amir Bar-Lev’s irresistible documentary about two Czech Holocaust survivors, Jan Wiener and Arnost Lustig. The film started out as a portrait ...
"Menashe" — thought to be the first Yiddish movie in more than 70 years — is based on the true story of a Hasidic single father in Borough Park. BOSTON (JTA) — With more than a decade’s worth of ...
Croatian-born Auschwitz concentration camp survivor Branko Lustig, who became a film producer in Hollywood and won an Oscar for ‘Schindler’s List’, has died at the age of 88. This post is also ...
Branko Lustig, a Holocaust survivor who went on to win best picture Oscars for 'Schindler's List' and 'Gladiator,' has died at the age of 87. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief Branko Lustig, a ...
Branko Lustig was just a boy, newly arrived at Auschwitz, when he witnessed a scene that would be seared into his memory. Seven prisoners at the Nazi death camp were to be hanged in a public execution ...
Holocaust survivor and Academy Award winner Branko Lustig, who nabbed best picture Oscars for “Schindler’s List” and “Gladiator,” has died at his home in Croatia. He was 87. His death was announced on ...
Holocaust survivor and Academy Award winner Branko Lustig, who nabbed best picture Oscars for “Schindler’s List” and “Gladiator,” has died at his home in Croatia. He was 87. His death was announced on ...