Henry Cornelius

Henry Cornelius was born in 1913 in Cape Town, into a German Jewish family that later returned to Germany, and studied in Berlin under Max Reinhardt. After Hitler came to power, he left for France, then for England, where he became an editor for Alexander Korda. He joined the Ealing studios as an associate producer and directed a comedy there, his first film, then scored a great success with a race of vintage cars between London and Brighton. He died in 1958, at the age of forty-four.

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• CinemaPassport to PimlicoHenry Cornelius · 1949Cinema