Zoltan Korda

Director

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Also Known As

Zoltan Kellner

Birth Place

Hungary

Born

May 03, 1895

Died

October 13, 1961

Biography

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Followed his brother Alexander from Hungary to Vienna to England, where he became a British citizen in 1945. Korda made a number of entertaining, exotic adventure movies, first in Great Britain ("Sanders of the River" 1935, "The Four Feathers" 1939), and then in the US. His brother Vincent designed the sets for most of his films, and Alexander produced all of his British efforts....

Filmography

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Storm Over the Nile (1956)

Cry, the Beloved Country (1952)

A Woman's Vengeance (1948)

The Macomber Affair (1947)

Counter-Attack (1945)

Photos & Videos

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Things to Come (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Stand to Arms

Things to Come (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, 1940, War

Family & Companions

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Joan Gardner

Wife

Actor. Born c. 1915; married from 1945 until his death; died on September 17, 1999 at age 84.

Biography

Followed his brother Alexander from Hungary to Vienna to England, where he became a British citizen in 1945. Korda made a number of entertaining, exotic adventure movies, first in Great Britain ("Sanders of the River" 1935, "The Four Feathers" 1939), and then in the US. His brother Vincent designed the sets for most of his films, and Alexander produced all of his British efforts.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

Storm Over the Nile (1956)

Cry, the Beloved Country (1952)

A Woman's Vengeance (1948)

The Macomber Affair (1947)

Counter-Attack (1945)

Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book (1942)

Conquest Of The Air (1940)

Director () Directo) (Uncredited)

The Four Feathers (1939)

The Drum (1938)

Elephant Boy (1937)

Sanders of the River (1935)

For Love or Money (1934)

Die Elf Teufel (1927)

Karoly Bakak (1918)

Writer (Feature Film)

Women Everywhere (1930)

Producer (Feature Film)

Storm Over the Nile (1956)

Cry, the Beloved Country (1952)

A Woman's Vengeance (1948)

The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

Associate Producer

Production Companies (Feature Film)

Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book (1942)

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Going Hollywood: The War Years (1988)

Life Events

Videos

Things to Come (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Stand to Arms The citizens of "Everytown" are both warned and reassured as they prepare for attack, while Cabal (Raymond Massey) and wife (Sophie Stewart) muse about their future in H.G. Wells Things to Come, 1936.

Things to Come (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, 1940, War The ominous credit and opening sequence from Things to Come, 1936, from H.G. Wells' screenplay and novel, produced by Alexander Korda and directed by famed production designer William Cameron Menzies.

Counter-Attack (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Too Much Courage Paul Muni as Alexei leads the band of Russian military engineers arrived to a key Eastern Front theater, bragging recklessly until the commander Kostyuk (Roman Bohnen) demands their attention, revealing his plans to surprise the Germans, Marguerite Chapman as comrade Lisa, in director Zoltan Korda’s Counter-Attack, 1945.

Counter-Attack (1945) -- (Movie Clip) It's Psychological Trapped with seven Nazi soldiers in the basement of a bombed building behind German lines while on a reconnaissance mission, Soviet commando Alexei (Paul Muni) with comrade Lisa (Margeurite Chapman) suspects one is an officer with crucial information, George MacReady stepping forward, in Columbia’s Counter-Attack, 1945.

Four Feathers, The (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Plenty For Other Men The four young officers introduced as adults, Ralph Richardson as Captain John, John Clements, Jack Allen and Donald Gray as lieutenants Harry, Willoughby and Peter, tension as their mission to Egypt is revealed, in Zoltan Korda's version of the A.E.W. Mason novel, The Four Feathers, 1939.

Four Feathers, The (1939) -- (Movie Clip) If We Were Free London, 1895, Harry (John Clements) discovers his miscalculation, wife Ethne (June Duprez) not welcoming his resignation from the army, her father (C. Aubrey Smith) just returned from seeing off his comrades, who have sent a message, a pivotal moment in Zoltan Korda's The Four Feathers, 1939.

Four Feathers, The (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Captain Durrance British Captain Durrance (Ralph Richardson) on patrol in the Sudan, locates the enemy but fails to make it back to warn his colleagues, director Zoltan Korda shooting in Technicolor on the genuine location, in The Four Feathers, 1939.

Sahara (1943) -- (Movie Clip) Opening: In Your Own Language, Scram! With standard wartime context provided in the credits from Columbia, Zoltan Korda's North Africa tank drama Sahara, 1943, begins with bad news for Jimmy (Dan Duryea), Waco (Bruce Bennett) and Sergeant Joe Gunn (Humphrey Bogart).

Sahara (1943) -- (Movie Clip) We Like Chestnuts American Sgt. Gunn (Humphrey Bogart) is bluffing when he offers water to German Major Von Falken (John Wengraf), whose superior forces have his unit surrounded, in North Africa, 1942, a critical moment in director Zoltan Korda's Sahara, 1943.

Thief Of Bagdad, The (1940) -- (Movie Clip) This Is No Dog Plenty of spectacle in the opening scene, introducing the evil magician Jaffar (Conrad Veidt) arriving in Basra, and the not-much-explained "Blind Man" (John Justin), in Alexander Korda's The Thief Of Bagdad, 1940.

Thief Of Bagdad, The (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Free, Free, After Two Thousand Years Abu (Sabu), shipwrecked by his evil magician enemy, discovers a bottle, the not overly bright Djinn (Rex Ingram) inside, one of the more famous effects from producer Alexander Korda's The Thief Of Bagdad, 1940.

Drum, The (a.k.a. Drums) -- (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Sick Of This Darn Beard An aide advises the governor (Francis L. Sullivan) about the under-cover work of British officer Carruthers (Roger Livesey) in the northwest of what is now Pakistan, whom we meet exchanging info in the field, in Alexander Korda’s film from the A.E.W. Mason novel, The Drum (a.k.a. Drums, 1938.

Counter-Attack - (Original Trailer) A Russian officer (Paul Muni) is trapped in a bombed building with seven Nazi soldiers in Counter-Attack (1945).

Family

Alexander Korda

Brother

Director, producer, executive.

Vincent Korda

Brother

Production designer.

David Korda

Son

Producer, production supervisor.

Nicholas Vincent Korda

Son

ADR editor.

Companions

Joan Gardner

Wife

Actor. Born c. 1915; married from 1945 until his death; died on September 17, 1999 at age 84.

Bibliography

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