Zoltan Korda
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Zoltan Korda was a Hungarian-born British film director and producer known for his adventure and war films, often collaborating with his brothers in the London Films studio.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Zoltan Korda canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10513879 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zoltan Korda Context triple: [Alexander Korda, sibling, Zoltan Korda]
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A.
Vincent Korda
Vincent Korda was a prominent Hungarian-British art director and production designer known for his influential visual work on classic films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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B.
Othon Friesz
Othon Friesz was a French painter known for his bold use of color and expressive style, associated with the early 20th-century Fauvist movement.
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C.
Mátyás Rosenfeld
Mátyás Rosenfeld, better known as Mátyás Rákosi, was a Hungarian communist politician who led Hungary as its Stalinist dictator in the early Cold War era.
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D.
Nicholas Brodszky
Nicholas Brodszky was a Hungarian-born composer best known for his popular film scores and hit songs in mid-20th-century Hollywood.
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E.
Alexander Korda
Alexander Korda was a pioneering Hungarian-British film producer and director who became a central figure in the development of the British film industry in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zoltan Korda Target entity description: Zoltan Korda was a Hungarian-born British film director and producer known for his adventure and war films, often collaborating with his brothers in the London Films studio.
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A.
Vincent Korda
Vincent Korda was a prominent Hungarian-British art director and production designer known for his influential visual work on classic films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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B.
Othon Friesz
Othon Friesz was a French painter known for his bold use of color and expressive style, associated with the early 20th-century Fauvist movement.
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C.
Mátyás Rosenfeld
Mátyás Rosenfeld, better known as Mátyás Rákosi, was a Hungarian communist politician who led Hungary as its Stalinist dictator in the early Cold War era.
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D.
Nicholas Brodszky
Nicholas Brodszky was a Hungarian-born composer best known for his popular film scores and hit songs in mid-20th-century Hollywood.
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E.
Alexander Korda
Alexander Korda was a pioneering Hungarian-British film producer and director who became a central figure in the development of the British film industry in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British person of Hungarian origin
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film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1953 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1920 ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1895-06-03 ⓘ |
| birthName | Zoltán Kellner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Pusztatúrpásztó, Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart disease ⓘ |
| child | David Korda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | World War I ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Hungary
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1955-10-13 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directed |
Cry, the Beloved Country (1951 film)
NERFINISHED
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Jungle Book (1942 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Sahara (1943 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanders of the River (1935 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Drum (1938 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Four Feathers (1939 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Macomber Affair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | London Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure film
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war film ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Hungarian ⓘ |
| memberOf | London Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryService | Austro-Hungarian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Zoltan Korda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depicting British Empire and colonial settings in film
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location shooting in Africa and India ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Cry, the Beloved Country (1951 film)
NERFINISHED
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Jungle Book (1942 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Sahara (1943 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanders of the River (1935 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Drum (1938 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Four Feathers (1939 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Macomber Affair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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film producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| sibling |
Alexander Korda
NERFINISHED
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Vincent Korda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Joan Gardner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Alexander Korda
NERFINISHED
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Vincent Korda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Zoltan Korda Description of subject: Zoltan Korda was a Hungarian-born British film director and producer known for his adventure and war films, often collaborating with his brothers in the London Films studio.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film)
subject surface form:
Sanders of the River