Karel Lamač
Karel Lamač | |
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Born | |
Died | 2 August 1952 Hamburg, West Germany (now Germany) | (aged 55)
Other names | Carl Lamac |
Occupation(s) | Film director, actor, screenwriter, film producer |
Years active | 1919–1952 |
Karel Lamač (27 January 1897 – 2 August 1952) was a Czech film director, actor, screenwriter, producer and singer.[1] He directed more than 100 films in Czechoslovakia, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Life
Lamač was born 27 January 1897 in Prague, Austria-Hungary. His parents were Karel Lamač sr. (1863–1938), opera singer and a pharmacist, and Františka Lamačová (née Prusíková, 1860–1949).[2] In his childhood Lamač was interested in pharmacy, electrical engineering, stage magic and acting. Before WWI he went to apprentice in camera manufacturer company Ernemann in Dresden.[2] During the war he was a combat cameraman. After the war he became a technical director of film laboratory in Excelsiorfilm. He started working in movies in 1918, first as an actor, later as a writer and a director. Among his best movies of this period are crime drama The Poisoned Light, comedy Catch Him! and drama White Paradise. In 1923 he wrote a book How to write a film libretto.[2] His frequent collaborators were actress Anny Ondra, cinematographer Otto Heller and screenwriter Václav Wasserman.[2] In 1926 he co-founded a film studio Kavalírka where he made his movies until it burned down in 1929.[2]
In 1930 he founded a production company Ondra-Lamač Film with his then girlfriend
He died in Hamburg, West Germany due to serious problems with his kidneys.[2][4]
Selected filmography
Director
Year | Title | Notes |
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1919 | The Furious Bridegroom | Short film. Considered lost. |
1919 | Chord of Death | Considered lost. |
1920 | Gilly in Prague for the First Time | |
1921 | The Poisoned Light | |
1923 | The Lumberjack | |
1924 | White Paradise | |
1925 | Catch Him! | |
1925 | Karel Havlíček Borovský | Considered lost. |
1925 | The Lantern | |
1926 | The Countess from Podskalí | Considered lost. |
1926 | The Good Soldier Schweik | |
1926 | Schweik at the Front | |
1926 | Never the Twain | Considered lost. |
1927 | The Old Dad Bezoušek | |
1927 | A Flower of the Šumava Mountains | Considered lost. |
1927 | Sweet Josefine | Considered lost. |
1928 | Eve's Daughters | |
1928 | The First Kiss
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1928 | Suzy Saxophone | |
1928 | Der erste Kuß
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1929 | Sin | Considered lost. |
1929 | Sinful and Sweet | |
1929 | Sin of a Beautiful Woman | |
1929 | The Girl with the Whip | |
1929 | The Caviar Princess | |
1930 | Das Mädel aus U.S.A. | |
1929 | Fairground People | |
1930 | Imperial and Royal Field Marshal | |
1930 | K. und K. Feldmarschall | German version of Imperial and Royal Field Marshal |
1930 | Monsieur le maréchal | French version of Imperial and Royal Field Marshal |
1930 | Eine Freundin so goldig wie Du | |
1931 | Him and His Sister | |
1931 | Er und seine Schwester | German version of Him and His Sister |
1931 | The Squeaker | |
1931 | Business Under Distress | |
1931 | Die Fledermaus | |
1931 | Wehe, wenn er losgelassen | |
1931 | La Chauve-Souris | Co-directed with Pierre Billon |
1932 | Mamsell Nitouche | |
1932 | A Night in Paradise | |
1932 | Une nuit au paradis | |
1932 | Lelíček in the Services of Sherlock Holmes | |
1932 | The Undertaker | |
1932 | Die grausame Freundin | |
1932 | Faut-il les marier? | |
1932 | The Ringer | |
1932 | Kiki | |
1932 | Baby | |
1933 | Daughter of the Regiment | |
1933 | La fille du régiment | French version of Daughter of the Regiment |
1933 | Fräulein Hoffmanns Erzählungen | |
1933 | The Good Tramp Bernášek | |
1933 | Jindra, the Countess Ostrovín | |
1933 | The Love Hotel | |
1933 | Orchesterprobe | Short film |
1934 | So ein Theater! | Short film |
1934 | Der verhexte Scheinwerfer | |
1934 | The Switched Bride | Short film |
1934 | L'amour en cage | |
1934 | Karneval und Liebe | |
1934 | Little Dorrit | |
1934 | Frasquita | |
1934 | The Brenken Case | |
1934 | Polská krev | |
1934 | Polish Blood | German version of Polská krev |
1934 | Nezlobte dědečka | |
1935 | Knockout | |
1935 | Großreinemachen | |
1935 | Ich liebe alle Frauen | |
1935 | J'aime toutes les femmes | French version of Ich liebe alle Frauen |
1935 | The White Horse Inn | |
1935 | The Young Count | |
1936 | The Postman from Longjumeau | |
1936 | The Bashful Casanova | |
1936 | Flitterwochen | |
1936 | On the Green Meadow | |
1936 | Where the Lark Sings | |
1937 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | |
1937 | A Girl from the Chorus | |
1937 | Vor Liebe wird gewarnt | |
1937 | Peter im Schnee | |
1937 | Grounds for Divorce | |
1937 | Cause for Divorce | German version of Důvod k rozvodu |
1937 | The Vagabonds | |
1937 | Pat und Patachon im Paradies | |
1937 | Florentine | |
1938 | Immer wenn ich glücklich bin..! | |
1938 | Forbidden Love | |
1938 | Frühlingsluft | |
1938 | Ducháček Will Fix It | |
1938 | The Lantern | |
1938 | Watch Out for the Ghosts | |
1939 | Place de la Concorde | |
1939 | Slávka, Don't Give In! | |
1939 | U pokladny stál... | |
1939 | De Spooktrein | |
1940 | Narcisse | |
1943 | Schweik's New Adventures | |
1943 | They Met in the Dark | |
1944 | It Happened One Sunday | |
1947 | La Colère des dieux | |
1947 | One Night at the Tabarin | |
1952 | The Thief of Bagdad |
Actor
- Gilly in Prague for the First Time (1920)
- The Poisoned Light (1921)
- The Arrival from the Darkness (1921)
- Look After Your Daughters (1922)
- Lead Us Not into Temptation (1922)
- Young Medardus (1923)
- Helena (1924)
- The Secret Agent (1924)
- White Paradise (1924)
- The Lantern (1925)
- Eve's Daughters (1928)
Producer
- The Double (1934)
References
- ^ "Karel Lamač". csfd.cz. Archived from the original on 1 September 2010. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Lamač Karel (1897–1952) Inventář" (PDF) (in Czech). Národní filmový archiv. 1997.
- ^ "Funny Ladies 1 (2002)". Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ Český hraný film I 1898–1930. Praha: NFA. 1995.
External links
- Karel Lamač at IMDb