Anton Karas members of the British Royal family. Princess Margaret invited him to London's fashionable "Empress Club", where he played twice a week during his stay at London. He also appeared before Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, members of the Swedish royal family, and Pope Pius XII. By the end of 1949, half a million copies of "The Harry Lime Theme" had been sold, an unprecedented number for the time. The success of the score also caused a surge in zither sales. In Austria, the film opened on 10 March 1950, in Vienna's Apollo Kino, and it initially offended some Viennese inhabitants,
Korda Studios Korda Studios Korda Studios (in Hungarian: "Korda Filmstúdió") is a film studio complex 26 km west of Budapest in the wine-making village of Etyek; hence the media nickname "Etyekwood". It is built on the site of a former barracks. The studio is named after Sir Alexander Korda. There was a former "Korda Studios" in London until c1980 (see Abbey Road Studios). Korda Studios were inaugurated in April 2007. Altogether six studios were built from a total budget of 90 million Euros. It boasts a sound stage of 5,975 square metres (64,314 sq feet) which is claimed to be the biggest