Josef Mach

Biography

Josef Mach (25 February 1909, in Prostějov – 7 July 1987, in Prague) was a Czech actor, screenwriter and film director. Josef Mach worked as a journalist and stage performer at the beginning of his career, then in 1938 was appointed assistant director of short films at Grafo Film Studio working with director Václav Kubásek. From 1946 Mach directed many feature films for Barrandov Studios in Prague. He is best known for The Sons of Great Bear, a 1966 Red Western film that he directed for the East German DEFA film studio.

Directed

1. The Sons of Great Bear (1966) — Director
2. A Killer on the Tracks (1970) — Director
3. Homeland (1954) — Director
4. Playing with the Devil (1957) — Director
5. Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky (1949) — Director
6. Florenc 13,30 (1957) — Director
7. Zatoulané dělo (1959) — Director
8. Action B (1952) — Director
9. Paleta lásky (1976) — Director
10. Velký případ (1946) — Director
11. Racek Is Late (1950) — Director
12. Tři chlapi v chalupě (1963) — Director
13. Nobody Knows Anything (1947) — Director
14. Člověk není sám (1972) — Director
15. Valčík pro milión (1961) — Director
16. Quiet American in Prague (1978) — Director
17. V horách duní (1946) — Director
18. Florián (1961) — Director
19. Na dobré stopě (1949) — Director
20. Vzbouření na vsi (1949) — Director
21. Duhový luk (1973) — Director
22. Bitter Love (1958) — Director
23. Objížďka (1968) — Director
24. Black Panthers (1966) — Director
25. The Green Notebook (1949) — Director
26. Tři nevinní (1974) — Director
27. Prosím, nebudit (1963) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Last Man (1934) — student
2. Naši furianti (1938)
3. Niky's Magnificent Adventure (1920)
4. Rozpustilá noc (1934)