FILM DIRECTOR

Alexander Korda

1893 - 1956

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Sir Alexander Korda (; born Sándor László Kellner; Hungarian: Korda Sándor; 16 September 1893 – 23 January 1956) was a Hungarian–born British film director, producer, and screenwriter, who founded his own film production studios and film distribution company.Born in Hungary, where he began his career, he worked briefly in the Austrian and German film industries during the era of silent films, before being based in Hollywood from 1926 to 1930 for the first of his two brief periods there (the other was during World War II). The change led to a divorce from his first wife, the Hungarian film actress María Corda, who was unable to make the transition from silent films to "talkies" because of her Hungarian accent. From 1930, Korda was active in the British film industry, and soon became one of its leading figures. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Korda has received more than 679,807 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Korda is the 380th most popular film director (down from 371st in 2019), the 452nd most popular biography from Austria (down from 436th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Austrian Film Director.

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Page views of Alexander Kordas by language

Over the past year Alexander Korda has had the most page views in the with 81,515 views, followed by Hungarian (11,620), and German (7,740). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (105.31%), Malagasy (97.92%), and Latin (53.85%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Alexander Korda ranks 380 out of 2,041. Before him are Neil Jordan, Veit Harlan, Giuseppe De Santis, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, J. Lee Thompson, and Saul Bass. After him are Roland Joffé, Joe Dante, Yorgos Lanthimos, Patrice Leconte, Lotte Reiniger, and Sam Mendes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Alexander Korda ranks 84. Before him are Dean Acheson, Henry Murray, Armand Călinescu, Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz, William Moulton Marston, and Clark Ashton Smith. After him are Ivan Panfilov, Aarre Merikanto, Miloš Crnjanski, Władysław Strzemiński, Alfréd Schaffer, and William Dieterle. Among people deceased in 1956, Alexander Korda ranks 65. Before him are Michael Ventris, Nikolaj Velimirović, Elpidio Quirino, Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Miklós Nyiszli, and Mir Jafar Baghirov. After him are Erhard Raus, Lev Rudnev, Alexander Fadeyev, Ludwig Klages, Hermann Abendroth, and Jean Metzinger.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Alexander Korda ranks 452 out of 1,424. Before him are Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein (1740), Prince René of Bourbon-Parma (1894), Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1822), Gitta Sereny (1921), Eduard Roschmann (1908), and Sylvester Stadler (1910). After him are Brian Laudrup (1969), Hermann Gmeiner (1919), Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger (1805), Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria (1649), Tobias Moretti (1959), and Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza (1907).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Austria

Among film directors born in Austria, Alexander Korda ranks 6. Before him are Fritz Lang (1890), Erich von Stroheim (1885), Max Reinhardt (1873), Josef von Sternberg (1894), and Gustav Ucicky (1899). After him are Ernst Marischka (1893), Ulrich Seidl (1952), Francis Lawrence (1971), Richard Oswald (1880), Hans Hass (1919), and Harald Reinl (1908).

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Filmography

The Third Man
Director
In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.
Aug 31o 19497.948 / 10
The Thief of Bagdad
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When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well as the heart of a beautiful princess.
Dec 25o 19407.072 / 10
To Be or Not to Be
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During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
Mar 5o 19427.88 / 10