Alexander Salkind

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Alexander Salkind

Born June 2, 1921 · Free City of Danzig [now Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland]

Died March 8, 1997 · aged 75

Alexander Salkind (/ˈsælkaɪnd/; 2 June 1921 – 8 March 1997) was a French film producer, the second of three generations of successful international producers.

Known For

The TrialThe Trial · 1962
The Trial
7.41962
MovieCrimeDrama
Arrested for an unnamed crime, Josef K. is trapped in a surreal bureaucratic maze where justice is unknowable and guilt is assumed.
The Three MusketeersThe Three Musketeers · 1973
The Three Musketeers
6.71973
MovieActionAdventure
In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends three legendary musketeers—Athos, Porthos, and Aramis—and together, they become embroiled in the political intrigue surrounding King Louis XIII and his adversaries, particularly the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.
The Four MusketeersThe Four Musketeers · 1974
The Four Musketeers
6.51974
MovieActionAdventure
The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter.
BluebeardBluebeard · 1972
Bluebeard
5.41972
MovieThrillerHorror
Baron von Sepper is an Austrian aristocrat noted for his blue-toned beard, and his appetite for beautiful wives. His latest spouse, an American beauty named Anne, discovers a vault in his castle that's filled with the frozen bodies of several beautiful women.
AusterlitzAusterlitz · 1960
Austerlitz
6.61960
MovieDramaHistory
Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself emperor and fights the English, Austrians and Russians in 1802.
The Prince and the PauperThe Prince and the Pauper · 1977
The Prince and the Pauper
6.11977
MovieDramaAdventure
Tom Canty is a poor English boy who bears a remarkable resemblance to Edward, Prince of Wales and son of King Henry VIII. The two boys meet and decide to play a joke on the court by dressing in each other's clothes, but the plan goes awry when they're separated and each must live the other's life.
Christopher Columbus: The DiscoveryChristopher Columbus: The Discovery · 1992
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
4.81992
MovieHistoryAdventure
Genoan navigator Christopher Columbus has a dream to find an alternative route to sail to the Indies, by traveling west instead of east, across the unchartered Ocean sea. After failing to find backing from the Portugese, he goes to the Spanish court to ask Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand for help. After surviving a grilling from the Head of the Spanish Inquisition Tomas de Torquemada, he eventually gets the blessing from Queen Isabella and sets sail in three ships to travel into the unknown. Along the way he must deal with sabotage from Portugese spies and mutiny from a rebellious crew.
The Daughter of the RegimentThe Daughter of the Regiment · 1953
The Daughter of the Regiment
9.01953
MovieComedy

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The Day the Hot Line Got HotThe Day the Hot Line Got Hot · 1968
The Day the Hot Line Got Hot
5.51968
MovieComedy
The most ultra-secret telephone number of all is that of the "Hot'Line' that links the heads of state of the United States and Moscow. A conniving double agent manages to steal the top secret phone number and then begins to implement chaos by phoning Washington and Moscow, telling the two powers that their respective spy chiefs are traitors. It's spy versus spy, agent versus double agent, counter spy against counter-counter spy in a rapidly increasing international crisis that finds its solution on the stage of Chinese theater in Barcelona, Spain as the spy leaders, the traitorous agent, a beautiful girl, three old ladies, a young man caught up in the chain of events and a troupe of acrobats collide head on in battle.

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