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Born Zoltán Kellner (Kellner Zoltán, in Hungarian name order), of Jewish heritage, in Pusztatúrpásztó, Túrkeve, Hungary (then Austria-Hungary), he was the middle brother of Alexander and Vincent Korda, all of whom became filmmakers.
May 30, 2024 · Zoltan Korda (born June 3, 1895, Pusztatúrpásztó, Austria-Hungary [now in Hungary]—died October 13, 1961, Hollywood, California, U.S.) was a Hungarian-born film director best known for such war dramas as The Four Feathers (1939) and Sahara (1943).
Korda was born Sándor László Kellner into a Jewish family in Pusztatúrpásztó, Austria-Hungary. [5] His parents were Henrik Kellner and Ernesztina Weisz. [6] [7] [8] He had two younger brothers, Zoltan and Vincent, who also had careers in the film industry, often working with Alexander.
Pusztatúrpásztó [Hungary] - Historical maps. ... Hungary (1819–1869 ... The German language area and settlements of Austria-Hungary (1919)
The Hungarian puszta (Hungarian pronunciation:) is a temperate grassland biome of the Great Hungarian Plain.: 66 It is an exclave of the Pannonian Steppe, and lies mainly around the River Tisza in the eastern part of Hungary, as well as in the western part of the country and in the Burgenland of Austria.
Sándor Lászlo Kellner, Pusztatúrpásztó, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary), 16 September 1893, d. 23 January 1956 Hungarian-born, Korda became a naturalized British subject in 1936 and was the first film industry figure to be knighted, in 1942.
The Austro-Hungarian Compromise in 1867 transformed the Habsburg Monarchy into an alliance of two sovereign states. Austria-Hungary was a dual system in which each half of the empire had its own constitution, government and parliament. The citizens on each half were also treated as foreigners in the other half.
