Alexander Salkind (film producer)
Alexander Salkind ( Russian Александр Михайлович Залкинд ; born June 2, 1921 in Free City of Danzig , today Gdańsk Poland ; † March 8, 1997 in Neuilly-sur-Seine , Hauts-de-Seine , Île-de-France , France ) was a Russian-Mexican film producer .
Salkind, son of the Russian film producer and screenwriter Michail Salkind , grew up in Berlin , later lived in Cuba and Mexico and became a Mexican citizen. He then lived for a short time in the USA and later in France, Italy and Switzerland.
In the 1960s and 1970s in particular, Salkind was in demand as a producer of major European films with international cast, including the 1961 film Der Raub der Sabinerinnen . In 1992 he produced the historical film Christopher Columbus - The Explorer .
His two most famous works, however, were The Three Musketeers in 1973 and Superman in 1978 .
His son Ilya Salkind was also a filmmaker.
Filmography (selection)
- 1960: Austerlitz - splendor of an imperial crown
- 1961: The robbery of the Sabine women
- 1962: the trial
- 1967: Cervantes - The King's Adventurer
- 1971: The light at the end of the world
- 1972: Bluebeard
Web links
- Alexander Salkind in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ The Associated Press: Alexander Salkind, 75; Produced 'Superman' trio . In: The New York Times . March 20, 1997, ISSN 0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed July 4, 2019]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Salkind, Alexander |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Залкинд, Александр Михайлович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian-Mexican film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 2, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gdansk , (Free State) Free City of Gdansk |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 1997 |
| Place of death | Neuilly-sur-Seine , Hauts-de-Seine , Île-de-France , France |