Karel Lamač

Director

1897-01-27 – 1952-08-02 · Prague

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.

• They Met in the Dark (1943) — Director
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (1937) — Director, Producer
• Duchacek Will Fix It (1938) — Director
• Lelíček in the Services of Sherlock Holmes (1932) — Director
• Cash Claim Chaos (1939) — Director
• Imperial and Royal Field Marshal (1930) — Director, Editor
• The Arrival from the Darkness (1921) — Jesek Drazický
• Helen of Troy (1924) — Patroklos
• Business in Distress (1931) — Director
• Waltz Melodies (1938) — Director
• The Undertaker (1932) — Director
• The Ringer (1932) — Director, Producer
• The Twelve Chairs (1933) — Screenplay
• The Squeeker (1931) — Producer, Director
• Him and His Sister (1931) — Director, Editor
• Knockout – Ein junges Mädchen, ein junger Mann (1935) — Director
• The Switched Bride (1934) — Director
• Kiki (1932) — Director
• The Ideal Schoolmaster (1932) — Karel Suchý, Editor, Lyricist
• The Poisoned Light (1921) — Ing. Milan Bell, Director, Story, Screenplay
• The Good Soldier Švejk (1926) — , Director
• Don't Make Grandpa Angry (1934) — Director
• The Thief of Bagdad (1952) — Director
• Little Dorrit (1934) — Director, Producer