Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
They lived among kings, legends and dreamers— and left behind a legacy that still shines
2028 · N/A Documentary
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Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
Overview
Sir Alexander Korda, one of the world's most flamboyant movie tycoons, rose from obscurity in rural Hungary to become a legendary filmmaker. With him were his brothers, Zoltan and Vincent, all living charmed lives in circles that included Vivien Leigh, Sir Laurence Olivier, Marlene Dietrich, H.G. Wells and Merle Oberon, who was soon to be Alex's wife. But along with Alex's flair for success lies an equally powerful impulse for destruction.
Director and cast
- Vivien Leigh as Self (archive footage)
- Laurence Olivier as Self (archive footage)
- Orson Welles as Self (archive footage)
- David Niven as Self (archive footage)
- David O. Selznick as Self (archive footage)
- Samuel Goldwyn as Self (archive footage)
- H. G. Wells as Self (archive footage)
- Mary Pickford as Self (archive footage)
- Charlie Chaplin as Self (archive footage)
- Sabu as Self (archive footage)
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