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 Conrad Veidt and Valerie Hobson. The film was "The Spy in Black", where Powell first met Emeric Pressburger. Korda also produced the comedy "Over the Moon" (1939) and the drama "21 Days" (1939). Korda, though, soon had financial difficulties and management of the Denham complex was merged with Pinewood in 1939, becoming part of the Rank Organisation. The outbreak of World War II in Europe meant "The Thief of Bagdad" had to be completed in Hollywood, where Korda was based again for a few years. While in the United States, Korda produced and directed "That Hamilton Woman" (1941) with Laurence