Hungary
Korda became an important film personality through his film magazines Pesti Mozi and Mozihet. This led to inviations to write film screenplays. Korda's first film script was for Watchhouse in the Carpathians (1914). When the First World War broke out, Korda was excused military service in the Austrian Army because of his bad eyesight. Korda went to work at the Pedagogical Studio in Budapest and co-directed three films with Gyula Zilahy.
Korda established a film company named Corvin Film, building it into one of the largest in Hungary. Korda was arrested in October 1919 during the White Terror that followed the overthrow of the Communist government. After his release he left Hungary for Austria, and never returned to his country of birth.
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