Karel Lamač

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

1. They Met in the Dark (1943) — Director
2. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1937) — Director
3. Duchacek Will Fix It (1938) — Director
4. Lelíček in the Services of Sherlock Holmes (1932) — Director
5. Cash Claim Chaos (1939) — Director
6. Imperial and Royal Field Marshal (1930) — Director
7. Business in Distress (1931) — Director
8. Waltz Melodies (1938) — Director
9. The Undertaker (1932) — Director
10. The Ringer (1932) — Director
11. Him and His Sister (1931) — Director
12. The Squeeker (1931) — Director
13. Knockout – Ein junges Mädchen, ein junger Mann (1935) — Director
14. The Switched Bride (1934) — Director
15. Kiki (1932) — Director
16. Don't Make Grandpa Angry (1934) — Director
17. The Thief of Bagdad (1952) — Director
18. Lucerna (1925) — Director
19. Ich liebe alle Frauen (1935) — Director
20. Little Dorrit (1934) — Director
21. The Poisoned Light (1921) — Director
22. The Ghost Train (1939) — Director
23. The Good Soldier Švejk (1926) — Director
24. Frasquita (1934) — Director
25. Daughters of Eve (1928) — Director
26. Důvod k rozvodu (1937) — Director
27. Meet the Sister (1931) — Director
28. Lucerna (1938) — Director
29. Na tý louce zelený (1936) — Director
30. Pozor straší (1938) — Director
31. Carnival of Love (1934) — Director
32. Polish Blood (1934) — Director
33. Vor Liebe wird gewarnt (1937) — Director
34. Fairground People (1930) — Director
35. Baby (1932) — Director
36. White Paradise (1924) — Director
37. Svejk Wrecks Germany (1943) — Director
38. Slávko nedej se! (1939) — Director
39. Polská krev (1934) — Director
40. Dobrý tramp Bernášek (1933) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Duchacek Will Fix It (1938) — Self – Director
2. The Arrival from the Darkness (1921) — Jesek Drazický
3. Helen of Troy (1924) — Patroklos
4. Young Medardus (1923) — Franz
5. The Ideal Schoolmaster (1932) — Karel Suchý
6. Lucerna (1925) — Zajícek
7. The Poisoned Light (1921) — Ing. Milan Bell
8. The Good Soldier Švejk (1926)
9. Father Vojtech (1929) — Vojtech
10. The Great Passion (1930) — Himself
11. Na tý louce zelený (1936) — Václav Bulfínek
12. Daughters of Eve (1928)
13. The Wedding Shirt (1925)
14. Milování zakázáno (1938) — Tonny
15. White Paradise (1924) — Ivan Holar
16. Three Steps from the Body (1934) — Tommy Fikejs
17. With the exception of the public (1933) — JUDr. Anatol Brynda
18. Dobrý tramp Bernášek (1933) — Alois Bernášek
19. Tu ten kámen (1923)
20. The Kidnapping of Fux the Banker (1923) — Tom Darey
21. A Double Life (1924)
22. Josef Kajetán Tyl (1926) — Frantisek Palacký
23. The Old Man Bezousek (1927) — Jirí Krális
24. Muž bez srdce (1923) — Prince Edgar of Georgia
25. Jindra, the Countess Ostrovín (1934) — Dr. Vojtěch Lípa
26. Der geheime Agent (1924) — Herzog
27. Zlatá žena (1920)
28. Look After Your Daughters (1922)
29. Chyťte ho! (1925)
30. Šest mušketýrů (1925)
31. Moderne Ehen (1924) — Mario Zeman
32. Dr. Jenkins Miracle Cure (1923) — Karel Svansen
33. Magdalena (1921)
34. Vdavky Nanynky Kulichovy (1925)
35. Do panského stavu (1925)
36. Syn hor (1925)
37. Hraběnka z Podskalí (1926)
38. Karel Havlíček Borovský (1925)
39. Velbloud uchem jehly (1926) — Alík Vilím
40. Aničko, vrať se! (1927)