Karel Lamač

Known for: Directing
Born: January 27, 1897, Prague
Died: August 2, 1952
Movies: 174

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.

Best-Known Movies

6.3

They Met in the Dark

1943

5.8

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1937

7.3

Duchacek Will Fix It

1938

7.7

Lelíček in the Services of Sherlock Holmes

1932

8.1

Cash Claim Chaos

1939

6.2

Imperial and Royal Field Marshal

1930

6.6

The Arrival from the Darkness

1921

6.4

Helen of Troy

1924

6.6

Business in Distress

1931

4.6

Waltz Melodies

1938

Filmography

1972	Jsem jen inženýr chemie aneb Z českých barů	(archive footage)
1938	Duchacek Will Fix It	Self – Director
1938	Milování zakázáno	Tonny
1936	On the Green Meadow	Václav Bulfínek
1934	Three Steps from the Body	Tommy Fikejs
1934	Jindra, the Countess Ostrovín	Dr. Vojtěch Lípa
1933	Dobrý tramp Bernášek	Alois Bernášek
1933	With the exception of the public	JUDr. Anatol Brynda
1932	The Ideal Schoolmaster	Karel Suchý
1930	The Great Desire	Himself
1930	The Fate of the Good Soldier Schweik
1930	An old sin
1929	Adjunkt Vrba	Karel Vrba
1929	Pražské švadlenky
1929	Father Vojtech	Vojtech
1928	Daughters of Eve
1927	Květ ze Šumavy
1927	V panském stavu
1927	Aničko, vrať se!
1927	The Old Man Bezousek	Jirí Krális
1926	Velbloud uchem jehly	Alík Vilím
1926	Švejk On The Front	1st Lt. Lukás
1926	Hraběnka z Podskalí
1926	The Good Soldier Švejk
1926	Josef Kajetán Tyl	Frantisek Palacký
1925	Do panského stavu
1925	Lucerna	Zajícek
1925	Šest mušketýrů
1925	Syn hor
1925	Karel Havlíček Borovský
1925	The Wedding Shirt
1925	Vdavky Nanynky Kulichovy
1925	Bar lady
1925	Chyťte ho!
1924	Moderne Ehen	Mario Zeman
1924	A Double Life
1924	White Paradise	Ivan Holar
1924	Der geheime Agent	Herzog
1924	Helen of Troy	Patroklos
1923	The Kidnapping of Fux the Banker	Tom Darey
1923	Muž bez srdce	Prince Edgar of Georgia
1923	Young Medardus	Franz
1923	Tu ten kámen
1923	The Lumberjack	Karel Svansen
1923	Sněhová Růženka
1923	Sněhulka a sedm trpaslíků
1923	O zázračném květu
1922	Koriatovych
1922	Poslední polibek
1922	Mrtví žijí
1922	Look After Your Daughters
1921	Děvčata, vdávejte se!
1921	Souboj s Bohem
1921	Magdalena
1921	The Poisoned Light	Ing. Milan Bell
1921	The Arrival from the Darkness	Jesek Drazický
1921	The Crucified
1921	Setřelé písmo
1921	Zpěv zlata
1920	There in the Mountains	Jaromir Hanus
1920	Zlatá žena
1920	Gilly poprvé v Praze
1919	Probuzené svědomí
1919	Palimpsest
1919	Akord smrti
1919	Aloisův los
1919	Utrpením ke slávě
1919	Vzteklý ženich

Directing, Writing & Producing

1958	Unsterblicher Valentin	Director
1953	Lachkabinett	Director
1952	The Thief of Bagdad	Director
1947	One Night at the Tabarin	Director
1947	Anger of the Gods	Director
1944	It Happened One Sunday	Director
1944	The Czechoslovaks March On	Writer
1943	Svejk Wrecks Germany	Director
1943	They Met in the Dark	Director
1940	Narcisse	Screenplay
1939	The Ghost Train	Director
1939	Cash Claim Chaos	Director
1939	Slávko nedej se!	Director
1939	Place de la Concorde	Director
1938	Pozor straší	Director, Screenplay
1938	Florentine	Director
1938	Lucerna	Director
1938	Duchacek Will Fix It	Director
1938	Frühlingsluft	Director
1938	Milování zakázáno	Director
1938	Waltz Melodies	Director
1937	Pat und Patachon im Paradies	Director
1937	The Tramps	Director
1937	Důvod k rozvodu	Director
1937	Grounds for Divorce	Director, Producer
1937	Peter in the Snow	Director
1937	Vor Liebe wird gewarnt	Director
1937	The Hound of the Baskervilles	Director, Producer
1937	A Girl from the Chorus	Director
1936	Where the Lark Sings	Director
1936	On the Green Meadow	Director
1936	Honeymoon	Director
1936	Der schüchterne Casanova	Director
1936	The Postman from Longjumeau	Director
1935	The Young Count	Director
1935	The White Horse Inn	Director
1935	J'aime toutes les femmes	Director
1935	Ich liebe alle Frauen	Director
1935	General Housecleaning	Director
1935	Knockout – Ein junges Mädchen, ein junger Mann	Director
1934	Don't Make Grandpa Angry	Director
1934	Polská krev	Director
1934	Polish Blood	Director
1934	Der Fall Brenken	Director
1934	Little Dorrit	Director, Producer
1934	Frasquita	Director
1934	So ein Theater!	Director
1934	Der verhexte Scheinwerfer	Director
1934	L'amour en cage	Director
1934	Im Schallplattenladen	Producer
1934	Carnival of Love	Director, Writer
1934	The Switched Bride	Director
1934	Jindra, the Countess Ostrovín	Director
1933	Atlantic Hotel	Director
1933	Orchesterprobe	Director
1933	Dobrý tramp Bernášek	Director, Screenplay
1933	The Twelve Chairs	Screenplay
1933	Fräulein Hoffmanns Erzählungen	Director
1933	La fille du régiment	Director
1933	Die Tochter des Regiments	Director
1933	Baby	Director
1932	Baby	Director
1932	Kiki	Director
1932	The Ringer	Director, Producer
1932	The Cruel Girlfriend	Director, Producer
1932	The Undertaker	Director
1932	Should We Wed Them?	Director
1932	Une nuit au paradis	Director
1932	Lelíček in the Services of Sherlock Holmes	Director
1932	The bat	Director
1932	A Night in Paradise	Director
1931	The bat	Director
1931	Mr. Marshal	Director
1931	Business in Distress	Director
1931	Mamsell Nitouche	Director
1931	The Squeeker	Producer, Director
1931	Him and His Sister	Director
1931	Meet the Sister	Director
1930	Eine Freundin so goldig wie Du	Director
1930	The wrong field marshal	Director
1930	Imperial and Royal Field Marshal	Director
1930	Fairground People	Director, Producer
1930	The girl from USA	Director
1929	The Virgin of Paris	Director
1929	Das Mädel mit der Peitsche	Director
1929	The Sins of Love	Director
1929	Sündig und süß	Director
1929	Sündenfall	Director
1928	Saxophone Suzy	Director
1928	Der erste Kuß	Director
1928	Daughters of Eve	Director
1927	Květ ze Šumavy	Producer, Director, Screenplay
1927	The Old Man Bezousek	Director
1926	Velbloud uchem jehly	Director, Screenplay
1926	Švejk On The Front	Director
1926	Hraběnka z Podskalí	Director, Screenplay
1926	The Good Soldier Švejk	Director
1925	Lucerna	Director, Screenplay
1925	Karel Havlíček Borovský	Director, Screenplay
1925	Chyťte ho!	Director, Screenplay
1924	White Paradise	Director, Screenplay
1923	The Lumberjack	Director, Screenplay
1921	The Poisoned Light	Director, Screenplay
1920	Gilly poprvé v Praze	Producer, Director
1919	Akord smrti	Director
1919	Vzteklý ženich	Director, Screenplay

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