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Karel Lamač

Karel Lamač

Director · 1897–1952 · Prague

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Biography

Karel Lamač (1897 – 1952) was a Czech film director, actor, screenwriter, producer and singer. After starting as a combat cameraman in WW1, Lamač went on to direct more than 100 films in Czechoslovakia, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

Directed 64

1950s

  1. 1952

    The Thief of Bagdad

    Director

1940s

  1. 1947

    One Night at the Tabarin

    Director

  2. Anger of the Gods

    Director

  3. 1943

    Svejk Wrecks Germany

    Director

  4. They Met in the Dark

    Director

1930s

  1. 1939

    The Ghost Train

    Director

  2. Cash Claim Chaos

    Director

  3. Slávko nedej se!

    Director

  4. Place de la Concorde

    Director

  5. 1938

    Pozor straší

    Director

  6. Florentine

    Director

  7. Lucerna

    Director

  8. Duchacek Will Fix It

    Director

  9. Milování zakázáno

    Director

  10. Waltz Melodies

    Director

  11. 1937

    Důvod k rozvodu

    Director

  12. Grounds for Divorce

    Director

  13. The Hound of the Baskervilles

    Director

  14. 1936

    Where the Lark Sings

    Director

  15. On the Green Meadow

    Director

  16. Der schüchterne Casanova

    Director

  17. 1935

    The Young Count

    Director

  18. The White Horse Inn

    Director

  19. Knockout – Ein junges Mädchen, ein junger Mann

    Director

  20. 1934

    Don't Make Grandpa Angry

    Director

  21. Polská krev

    Director

  22. Polish Blood

    Director

  23. Little Dorrit

    Director

  24. Frasquita

    Director

  25. Carnival of Love

    Director

  26. The Switched Bride

    Director

  27. 1933

    Fräulein Hoffmanns Erzählungen

    Director

  28. Baby

    Director

  29. 1932

    Baby

    Director

  30. The Ringer

    Director

  31. The Cruel Girlfriend

    Director

  32. The Undertaker

    Director

  33. Should We Wed Them?

    Director

  34. Une nuit au paradis

    Director

  35. Lelíček in the Services of Sherlock Holmes

    Director

  36. The bat

    Director

  37. A Night in Paradise

    Director

  38. 1931

    The bat

    Director

  39. Mr. Marshal

    Director

  40. Business in Distress

    Director

  41. Mamsell Nitouche

    Director

  42. The Squeeker

    Director

  43. Him and His Sister

    Director

  44. Meet the Sister

    Director

  45. 1930

    Imperial and Royal Field Marshal

    Director

  46. Fairground People

    Director

  47. The girl from USA

    Director

1920s

  1. 1929

    The Virgin of Paris

    Director

  2. Das Mädel mit der Peitsche

    Director

  3. Sündig und süß

    Director

  4. 1928

    Saxophone Suzy

    Director

  5. Der erste Kuß

    Director

  6. Daughters of Eve

    Director

  7. 1926

    The Good Soldier Švejk

    Director

  8. 1925

    Chyťte ho!

    Director

  9. 1924

    White Paradise

    Director

  10. 1923

    The Lumberjack

    Director

  11. 1921

    The Poisoned Light

    Director

Acted in 18

1930s

  1. 1938

    Milování zakázáno

    Tonny

  2. 1936

    On the Green Meadow

    Václav Bulfínek

  3. 1934

    Three Steps from the Body

    Tommy Fikejs

  4. 1933

    With the exception of the public

    JUDr. Anatol Brynda

  5. 1932

    The Ideal Schoolmaster

    Karel Suchý

  6. 1930

    The Fate of the Good Soldier Schweik

    Movie

1920s

  1. 1929

    Father Vojtech

    Vojtech

  2. 1928

    Daughters of Eve

    Movie

  3. 1926

    The Good Soldier Švejk

    Movie

  4. 1925

    Chyťte ho!

    Movie

  5. 1924

    White Paradise

    Ivan Holar

  6. Der geheime Agent

    Herzog

  7. Helen of Troy

    Patroklos

  8. 1923

    The Kidnapping of Fux the Banker

    Tom Darey

  9. The Lumberjack

    Karel Svansen

  10. 1922

    Koriatovych

    Movie

  11. 1921

    The Poisoned Light

    Ing. Milan Bell

  12. The Arrival from the Darkness

    Jesek Drazický

Produced 9

1930s

  1. 1937

    Grounds for Divorce

    Producer

  2. The Hound of the Baskervilles

    Producer

  3. 1934

    Little Dorrit

    Producer

  4. Im Schallplattenladen

    Producer

  5. 1932

    The Ringer

    Producer

  6. The Cruel Girlfriend

    Producer

  7. Une nuit au paradis

    Co-Producer

  8. 1931

    The Squeeker

    Producer

  9. 1930

    Fairground People

    Producer

Wrote 9

1940s

  1. 1940

    Narcisse

    Screenplay

1930s

  1. 1938

    Pozor straší

    Screenplay

  2. 1934

    Carnival of Love

    Writer

  3. 1933

    The Twelve Chairs

    Screenplay

  4. 1932

    The Ideal Schoolmaster

    Lyricist

1920s

  1. 1925

    Chyťte ho!

    Screenplay, Story

  2. 1924

    White Paradise

    Screenplay, Story

  3. 1923

    The Lumberjack

    Story, Screenplay

  4. 1921

    The Poisoned Light

    Story, Screenplay

Edited 5

1930s

  1. 1933

    With the exception of the public

    Editor

  2. 1932

    The Ideal Schoolmaster

    Editor

  3. 1931

    Him and His Sister

    Editor

  4. Meet the Sister

    Editor

  5. 1930

    Imperial and Royal Field Marshal

    Editor

Appearances2

1930s

  1. 1938

    Duchacek Will Fix It

    Self – Director

  2. 1930

    The Great Desire

    Himself