Guerrillero Heroico Guerrillero Heroico Guerrillero Heroico () is an iconic photograph of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara taken by Alberto Korda. It was captured on March 5, 1960, in Havana, Cuba, at a memorial service for victims of the "La Coubre" explosion. By the end of the 1960s, the image, in conjunction with Guevara's subsequent actions and eventual execution, helped solidify the charismatic and controversial leader as a cultural icon. Korda has said that at the moment he shot the picture, he was drawn to Guevara's facial expression, which showed "absolute implacability" as well as anger and pain. Years later, Korda would say
Alexander Korda (1927), which adapted the life story of Madame Du Barry, based on an original screenplay by Lajos Bíró. The film may have intended to highlight Maria Corda's star potential to Hollywood. Korda made his final German film "Madame Wants No Children" (1926) for the Berlin-based subsidiary of the American studio Fox. Although made later, it was released before "A Modern Dubarry". In December 1926 after receiving an offer of a joint contract from the American studio First National, Korda and his wife sailed for the United States on board the steamer "Olympic". Once they reached Hollywood, both struggled to adapt