Alexander Salkind

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Alexander Salkind (June 2, 1921 – March 8, 1997) was the second of three generations of successful international film producers.

Born in Gdańsk, Poland, his family moved to France where his father, Michael Salkind worked as a film producer. Following in his father's footsteps, Alexander Salkind produced French films as well as others throughout Europe and in Hollywood. His productions include a number of notable films such as 1960's, Austerlitz directed by Abel Gance and 1962's Le Procès (The Trial) directed by Orson Welles. However, for North American audiences, Salkind is best remembered for producing 1978's Superman starring Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder.

His son, Ilya Salkind (b.1947), is also a film producer.

On his passing at his home in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1997, Alexander Salkind was interred in the Cimetière de Bagneux in the Parisian suburb of Montrouge.

Following is a chronological list of the theatrical releases in which Alexander Salkind was involved, either as producer, presenter, or both:

Marina (1945 --- producer)

Soltera y con Gemelos (1945 --- producer)

Sinfonia de una vida (1946 --- producer; also known as The Symphony of Life)

Il moderno Barba Azul (A Modern Bluebeard) (1946 --- producer; released in the U.S. as Boom to the Moon)

Black Jack (1950 --- co-producer; also known as Captain Black Jack)

Die Tochter der Kompanie (1953 --- producer; released in Italy as Il Figlia del Regimento, and in the U.S. as The Daughter of the Regiment)

Mon Coquin de Pere (1958 --- producer; released in Italy as A Parigi en Vacanza, and worldwide as My Darned Father)

Austerlitz (1960 --- producer; released in the U.S. as The Battle of Austerlitz, and in Italy as Napoleone ad Austerlitz or La Battaglia di Austerlitz)

Romulus and the Sabines (1961 --- producer; released in France as L'Enlevement des Sabines, and in Latin America as El Rapto de las Sabinas)

The Trial (Le Procès) (1962 --- producer, uncredited; released in West Germany as Der Prozess, and in Italy as Il Processo)

Ballad in Blue (1965 --- producer; also known as Blues for Lovers)

Cervantes (1967 --- producer; released in the U.S. as The Life of Cervantes, or Young Rebel, in France as Les Aventures Extraordinaires de Cervantes, and in Italy as Avventure e Gli Amori di Cervantes)

The Light at the Edge of the World (1971 --- presenter, executive producer)

Kill! (1971 --- producer/presenter; released in the U.S. as Kill, Kill, Kill!, in Spain as Kill: Matar, and in France as Police Magnum)

Bluebeard (1972 --- producer/presenter; released in Italy as Barbablu, in West Germany as Blaubart, and in France as Barbe-bleue)

The Three Musketeers (1973 --- producer/presenter; also known as The Queen's Diamonds)

The Four Musketeers (1974 --- producer/presenter; also known as Milady's Revenge or The Revenge of Milady)

Le Folies Bourgeoises (1976 --- producer/presenter; released in the U.S. as The Twist, in West Germany as Die Verruckten Reichen, and in Italy as Pazzi Borghesi)