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Alexander Korda

Alexander Korda


Filmography

Alexander Korda - filmography


  • The Third Man - Blu-ray (1949)
    Starring: Wilfrid Hyde White,  Trevor Howard,  Alida Valli
    Director: Carol Reed
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Classic thriller written by Graham Greene and starring Orson Welles in which a writer sets about investigating the death of a friend in post-World War II Vienna. Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten), a pulp Western writer, arrives in the Austrian capital expecting to take up a job with his old ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 520 members
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  • The Third Man on DVD (1949)
    Starring: Wilfrid Hyde White,  Trevor Howard,  Alida Valli
    Director: Carol Reed
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Classic thriller written by Graham Greene and starring Orson Welles in which a writer sets about investigating the death of a friend in post-World War II Vienna. Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten), a pulp Western writer, arrives in the Austrian capital expecting to take up a job with his old ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 21,956 members
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  • An Ideal Husband on DVD (1948)
    Starring: Hugh Williams,  Glynis Johns,  Paulette Goddard
    Director: Alexander Korda
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Paulette Goddard stars as Mrs. Laura Cheveley, the unscrupulous femme fetale planning to sully the reputation of distinguished politician Robert Chiltern (Hugh Williams) to spite his wife, Lady Chiltern (Diana Wynyard). Being privy to secret information that Chiltern’s reputation and wealth were ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 72 members
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  • The Jungle Book on DVD (1942)
    Starring: Rosemary De Camp,  Sabu,  Frank Puglia
    Director: Zoltan Korda
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    An early film version of Rudyard Kipling's classic tale. Mowgli (Sabu) is a young boy, lost in the African jungle, who is raised entirely by wolves. When he wanders into the village where he was born, Mowgli gradually acquires the power of speech as a result of meeting fellow humans. Mahala (..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 514 members
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  • That Hamilton Woman on DVD (1941)
    Starring: Vivien Leigh,  Laurence Olivier,  Henry Wilcoxon
    Director: Alexander Korda
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    That Hamilton Woman tells the tale of a lower-class girl named Emma Hart who rises out of poverty through her own determination, beauty and will power. Soon after, she weds Lord William Hamilton, the British ambassador to Naples. Lady Hamilton's life takes a dramatic turnwhen she meets Admiral ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 266 members
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  • Twenty One Days on DVD (1940)
    Starring: William Dewhurst,  Victor Rietti,  Meinhart Maur
    Director: Basil Dean
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Classic British crime drama starring Vivien Leigh, Leslie Banks and Laurence Olivier. Keith Durrant (Banks) is a brilliant young barrister on the verge of being promoted to the bench. His plans hit a snag when his younger brother, Larry (Olivier), accidentally kills the ex-husband of his girlfriend,..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 25 members
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  • The Four Feathers on DVD (1939)
    Starring: Ralph Richardson,  C. Aubrey Smith,  Allan Jeayes
    Director: Zoltan Korda
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Classic British adventure story of Harry Feversham (John Clements), a British officer, who resigns his commission on the eve of a battle in the Sudan. He is then given four white feathers by his friends and fiancée as a symbol of cowardice. Determined to win back his honour, Feversham exposes ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 623 members
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  • Q Planes on DVD (1939)
    Starring: Frank Fox,  Sandra Storme,  Hay Petrie
    Director: Arthur B. Woods,  Tim Whelan
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Wartime spy comedy starring Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson and Valerie Hobson. Scotland Yard's Major Hammond (Richardson) is called in to investigate the disappearance of several missing British planes. Teaming up with dashing pilot Tony McVane (Olivier), Hammond discovers that enemy agents are ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 73 members
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  • The Divorce Of Lady X (1938)
    Starring: Binnie Barnes,  Ralph Richardson,  Merle Oberon
    Director: Tim Whelan
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Logan (Laurence Olivier) is a young lawyer who allows a stranded stranger (Merle Oberon) to spend the night in his apartment. She leaves him a card reading 'Goodbye, Madame X'. When his old friend Lord Mere (Ralph Richardson) contacts him the next day, wishing to sue for divorce because he's ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 9 members
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  • Elephant Boy (1937)
    Starring: Walter Hudd,  Sabu,  Allan Jeayes
    Director: Zoltan Korda,  Robert Flaherty
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The unusual amalgam of documentary maven Robert Flaherty and pure-entertainment producer Zoltan Korda resulted in the 1937 money-spinner Elephant Boy. In his screen debut, eleven-year-old Indian-born Sabu plays the title character, a mahout named Toomai. When his father is killed by a tiger, Toomal ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 24 members
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  • Dark Journey on DVD (1937)
    Starring: Conrad Veidt,  Vivien Leigh
    Director: Martin Ritt,  Victor Saville
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Classic spy thriller set in Sweden during the first world war starring Vivien Leigh and Conrad Veidt. Madelaine Goddard (Leigh) runs a fashion boutique in Stockholm - a job that sees her travel to Paris often. It turns out she may also be a high ranking German spy. Love and duty collide as she ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 102 members
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  • Rembrandt on DVD (1936)
    Starring: Charles Laughton,  Gertrude Lawrence,  Elsa Lanchester
    Director: Alexander Korda
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    The dramatic story of the life and loves of the Dutch painter, Rembrandt. When his much adored wife dies, his work takes on a dark feel that his patrons dislike. He ends up bankrupt but consoles himself in an affair with his pretty maid, which brings some happiness back into his life.
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 146 members
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  • Things To Come (1936)
    Starring: Maurice Braddell,  Ralph Richardson,  Derrick De Marney
    Director: William Cameron Menzies
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    H. G. Wells was both the author of the original source -- an essay, rather than an actual novel, concerning mankind's future -- and the screenplay (in conjunction with Lajos Biro) of this epic science fiction tale, but it was producer Alexander Korda who framed the terms on which it is presented, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 643 members
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  • The Ghost Goes West (1935)
    Starring: Elsa Lanchester,  Jean Parker,  Eugene Pallette
    Director: Rene Clair
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    A bankrupt Scottish heir is forced to sell his castle to an American couple who move it, brick by brick, back to Florida. But they hadn't bargained on the ancestral ghost who is not too keen on the move. Robert Donat stars.
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 123 members
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  • The Man Who Could Work Miracles
    Starring: Ralph Richardson,  Roland Young,  Edward Chapman
    Director: Lothar Mendes
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Two heavenly observers decide to bestow magical powers on a mild mannered draper's assistant. At first the young man uses his powers to woo the woman of his dreams, but after a while he finds that people are trying to exploit him. He decides to take it upon himself to assert moral authority, but ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 131 members
    Not available for rental

Alexander Korda facts

5 most recent films

The Third Man - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Third Man - 4.0 stars
An Ideal Husband - 3.0 stars
The Jungle Book - 2.5 stars
That Hamilton Woman - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Third Man - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Third Man - 4.0 stars
The Ghost Goes West - 3.5 stars
Rembrandt - 3.5 stars
That Hamilton Woman - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Elephant Boy - 2.5 stars
The Lion Has Wings - 2.5 stars
Things To Come - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Twenty One Days - 3.0 stars
The Divorce Of Lady X - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Ralph Richardson - 8 times - show films
Elsa Lanchester - 6 times - show films
Charles Laughton - 5 times - show films
Merle Oberon - 5 times - show films
Edward Chapman - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Zoltan Korda - 3 times - show films
William Cameron Menzies - 3 times - show films
Tim Whelan - 2 times - show films
Carol Reed - 2 times - show films
Brian Desmond H - 1 times - show films