---
name: "Alexander Korda"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alexander-korda"
fi1m_id: "alexander-korda"
imdb_id: "nm0466099"
tmdb_id: 2490
wikidata_id: "Q55221"
roles: ["Producer","Director"]
born: "16 September 1893"
died: "23 January 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T02:30:25.879980+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Alexander Korda

## Identity

Alexander Korda

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alexander-korda
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alexander-korda
- **IMDb ID:** nm0466099
- **TMDB ID:** 2490
- **Wikidata ID:** Q55221
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Korda, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55221, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0466099/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2490

Producer and director. Born 16 September 1893 in Pusztatúrpásztó, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary). Died 23 January 1956.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Director
- **Born:** 16 September 1893, Pusztatúrpásztó, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)
- **Died:** 23 January 1956
- **Active:** 1933–1949
- **Also known as:** Sándor Kellner, Alexandre Korda, Sir Alexander Korda, Korda Sándor, 알렉산더 코다, 알렉산더 코르다
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 producing, 1 crew
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 65 (1), 1940s 90 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Korda, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55221, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0466099/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2490

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Things to Come*](https://film.one/film/things-to-come-1936.md) (65)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Sir Alexander Korda (born Sándor László Kellner, 16 September 1893 – 23 January 1956) was a British film producer and director. Born in Pusztatúrpásztó, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary), he began his career in Hungarian silent films before working in Austria, Germany and briefly in Hollywood from 1926 to 1930.

From 1930 he was based in Britain, where he founded London Films. He directed and produced *The Private Life of Henry VIII* (1933) and produced *Things to Come* (1936). Other credits include producing *The Thief of Bagdad* (1940) and *The Fallen Idol* (1948), and executive producing *The Third Man* (1949). Korda was the first filmmaker to be knighted.

*Sources: screenonline.org.uk, en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Produced (2) — the average rests on these

- *The Third Man* (1949), Fi1m 92, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-third-man.md)
- *Things to Come* (1936), Fi1m 65, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/things-to-come-1936.md)

### Crew (1)

- *To Be or Not to Be* (1942), Fi1m 87, Presenter — [page](https://film.one/film/to-be-or-not-to-be.md)

## Complete filmography (78)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Kid for Two Farthings* (1955), Executive Producer
- *Gone to Earth* (1950), Presenter
- *The Third Man* (1949), Executive Producer — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/the-third-man.md)
- *The Fallen Idol* (1948), Executive Producer
- *Anna Karenina* (1948), Producer
- *An Ideal Husband* (1947), Director, Producer
- *The Shop at Sly Corner* (1947), Producer
- *Perfect Strangers* (1945), Director, Producer
- *Jungle Book* (1942), Producer
- *To Be or Not to Be* (1942), Presenter — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/to-be-or-not-to-be.md)
- *Lydia* (1941), Producer
- *That Hamilton Woman* (1941), Director, Producer
- *The Thief of Bagdad* (1940), Producer
- *21 Days* (1940), Producer
- *The Lion Has Wings* (1939), Director, Producer
- *The Spy in Black* (1939), Producer
- *The Four Feathers* (1939), Producer
- *Q Planes* (1939), Executive Producer
- *The Challenge* (1938), Producer
- *The Drum* (1938), Producer
- *The Divorce of Lady X* (1938), Producer
- *Knight Without Armour* (1937), Producer
- *Action for Slander* (1937), Executive Producer
- *Dark Journey* (1937), Producer
- *Elephant Boy* (1937), Producer
- *Fire Over England* (1937), Producer
- *Men Are Not Gods* (1936), Producer
- *Rembrandt* (1936), Director, Presenter, Producer
- *The Man Who Could Work Miracles* (1936), Producer
- *Things to Come* (1936), Producer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/things-to-come-1936.md)
- *The Ghost Goes West* (1935), Producer
- *Things Are Looking Up* (1935), Producer
- *Sanders of the River* (1935), Producer
- *The Scarlet Pimpernel* (1934), Producer
- *The Rise of Catherine the Great* (1934), Producer
- *The Private Life of Don Juan* (1934), Director, Producer
- *Cash* (1933), Producer
- *The Girl from Maxim's* (1933), Director, Producer
- *The Private Life of Henry VIII* (1933), Director, Producer
- *La Dame de chez Maxim's* (1933), Director, Producer
- *Counsel's Opinion* (1933), Producer
- *Wedding Rehearsal* (1932), Director, Producer
- *Men of Tomorrow* (1932), Producer
- *That Night in London* (1932), Producer
- *Service for Ladies* (1932), Director, Producer
- *The Conquest of the Air* (1931), Producer
- *The men around Lucie* (1931), Producer, Director
- *Marius* (1931), Director
- *Left Bank* (1931), Director
- *The Princess and the Plumber* (1930), Director
- *Women Everywhere* (1930), Director
- *Lilies of the Field* (1930), Director
- *Her Private Life* (1929), Director
- *The Squall* (1929), Director
- *Love and the Devil* (1929), Director
- *Night Watch* (1928), Director
- *The Yellow Lily* (1928), Director
- *The Private Life of Helen of Troy* (1927), Director
- *The Stolen Bride* (1927), Director
- *A Modern Dubarry* (1927), Director, Writer
- *Madame Wants No Children* (1926), Director
- *Her Dancing Partner* (1925), Director, Writer
- *Tragedy in the House of Habsburg* (1924), Director
- *Jedermanns Weib* (1924), Director
- *The Unknown Tomorrow* (1923), Director, Writer
- *Samson und Delila* (1922), Director, Writer
- *Eine versunkene Welt* (1922), Director
- *Masters of the Sea* (1922), Director
- *The Prince and the Pauper* (1920), Director
- *Mary Ann* (1919), Director
- *The Man of Gold* (1919), Director
- *White Rose* (1919), Director
- *Faun* (1918), Director
- *Károly bakák* (1918), Director
- *Gólyakalifa* (1917), Director
- *Harrison and Barrison* (1917), Director
- *Mágnás Miska* (1917), Director
- *The Conquest of the Air*, Original Concept

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