Karel Lamač

Karel Lamač
Born	27 January 1897 Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
Died	2 August 1952 (aged 55) Hamburg, West Germany (now Germany)
Occupation	Film director, actor, screenwriter, film producer
Years active	1919-1953

Karel Lamač (27 January 1897 – 2 August 1952) was a Czech film director, actor, screenwriter and producer.^[1] He directed 102 films between 1919 and 1953. He also appeared in 61 films between 1919 and 1938.

He was born in Prague, Austria-Hungary and died in Hamburg, Germany due to serious problems of his kidneys and liver.^[2]

He was once married to actress Anny Ondra with whom he owned a production company. He directed her in several silent films and acted with her in films directed by other filmmakers. He worked with her even after their divorce in 1933, and she married boxer Max Schmeling.^[3]

Selected filmography

Director

• Vzteklý ženich (1919)
• Akord smrti (1919)
• Gilly poprvé v Praze (1920)
• Otrávené světlo (1921)
• Drvoštěp (1923)
• Bílý ráj (1924)
• Chyťte ho! (1925)
• Karel Havlíček Borovský (1925)
• Lucerna (1925)
• Hraběnka z Podskalí (1926)
• Dobrý voják Švejk (1926)
• Švejk na frontě (1926)
• Never the Twain (1926)
• Pantáta Bezoušek (1927)
• Květ ze Šumavy (1927)
• Sladká Josefínka (1927)
• Eve's Daughters (1928)
• The First Kiss (1928)
• Suzy Saxophone (1928)
• Hřích (1929)
• Sündig und süß (1929)
• Hříchy lásky (1929)
• The Girl with the Whip (1929)
• The Caviar Princess (1930)
• Das Mädel aus U.S.A. (1930)
• Fairground People (1930)
• Imperial and Royal Field Marshal (1930)
• K. und K. Feldmarschall (1930)
• Monsieur le maréchal (1930)
• Eine Freundin so goldig wie Du (1930)
• Him and His Sister (1931)
• Er und seine Schwester (1931)
• The Squeaker (1931)
• Business Under Distress (1931)
• Die Fledermaus (1931)
• Wehe, wenn er losgelassen (1932)
• La chauve-souris (1931)
• Mamsell Nitouche (1932)
• Eine Nacht im Paradies (1932)
• Une nuit au paradis (1932)
• Lelíček ve službách Sherlocka Holmese (1932)
• The Undertaker (1932)
• Die grausame Freundin (1932)
• Faut-il les marier? (1932)
• The Sorceror (1932)
• Kiki (1932)
• Baby (1932)
• Die Tochter des Regiments (1933)
• La fille du régiment (1933)
• Fräulein Hoffmanns Erzählungen (1933)
• Dobrý tramp Bernášek (1933)
• Jindra, hraběnka Ostrovínová (1933)
• The Love Hotel (1933)
• Orchesterprobe (1933, Short)
• So ein Theater! (1934, Short)
• Der verhexte Scheinwerfer (1934, Short)
• Die vertauschte Braut (1934)
• L'amour en cage (1934)
• Karneval und Liebe (1934)
• Little Dorrit (1934)
• Frasquita (1934)
• Der Fall Brenken (1934)
• Polish Blood (1934)
• Polská krev (1934)
• Nezlobte dědečka (1934)
• Knockout (1935)
• Großreinemachen (1935)
• Ich liebe alle Frauen (1935)
• J'aime toutes les femmes (1935)
• The White Horse Inn (1935)
• The Young Count (1935)
• The Postman from Longjumeau (1936)
• Der schüchterne Casanova (1936)
• Flitterwochen (1936)
• Na tý louce zelený (1936)
• Where the Lark Sings (1936)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (1937)
• Ein Mädel vom Ballett (1937)
• Vor Liebe wird gewarnt (1937)
• Peter im Schnee (1937)
• Cause for Divorce (1937)
• Důvod k rozvodu (1937)
• Die Landstreicher (1937)
• Pat und Patachon im Paradies (1937)
• Florentine (1937)
• Immer wenn ich glücklich bin..! (1938)
• Milování zakázáno (1938)
• Frühlingsluft (1938)
• Ducháček Will Fix It (1938)
• The Lantern (1938)
• Pozor, straší (1938)
• Place de la Concorde (1939)
• Slávko, nedej se! (1939)
• U pokladny stál... (1939)
• De Spooktrein (1939)
• Narcisse (1940)
• Schweik's New Adventures (1943)
• They Met in the Dark (1943)
• It Happened One Sunday (1944)
• La Colère des dieux (1947)
• Une nuit à Tabarin (1947)
• The Thief of Bagdad (1952)

Actor

• Helena (1924)
• The Secret Agent (1924)

References

1. "Karel Lamač". csfd.cz. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
2. "Karel Lamač". ceskatelevize. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
3. "Funny Ladies 1 (2002)". Retrieved 6 April 2016.

External links

• Karel Lamač at the Internet Movie Database