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.

KNOWN FOR

Zlatá žena
1920
Frühlingsluft
1938
A Double Life
1924
Svejk Wrecks Germany
1943
Helen of Troy
1924
General Housecleaning
1935
The Old Man Bezousek
1927
The Poisoned Light
1921
Frasquita
1934
The Wedding Shirt
1925
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1937
Baby
1932

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
68
Directing
102
Writing
26
Producing
11
Editing
5
1972
Jsem jen inženýr chemie aneb Z českých barů
as (archive footage)
1938
Milování zakázáno
as Tonny
1938
Duchacek Will Fix It
as Self – Director
1936
On the Green Meadow
as Václav Bulfínek
1934
Jindra, the Countess Ostrovín
as Dr. Vojtěch Lípa
1934
Three Steps from the Body
as Tommy Fikejs
1933
With the exception of the public
as JUDr. Anatol Brynda
1933
Dobrý tramp Bernášek
as Alois Bernášek
1932
The Ideal Schoolmaster
as Karel Suchý
1930
The Fate of the Good Soldier Schweik
1930
The Great Desire
as Himself
1930
An old sin
1929
Father Vojtech
as Vojtech
1929
Pražské švadlenky
1929
Adjunkt Vrba
as Karel Vrba
1928
Daughters of Eve
1927
The Old Man Bezousek
as Jirí Krális
1927
Aničko, vrať se!
1927
Květ ze Šumavy
1927
V panském stavu
1926
Švejk On The Front
as 1st Lt. Lukás
1926
Josef Kajetán Tyl
as Frantisek Palacký
1926
The Good Soldier Švejk
1926
Hraběnka z Podskalí
1926
Velbloud uchem jehly
as Alík Vilím
1925
Lucerna
as Zajícek
1925
Chyťte ho!
1925
Šest mušketýrů
1925
The Wedding Shirt
1925
Bar lady
1925
Do panského stavu
1925
Vdavky Nanynky Kulichovy
1925
Syn hor
1925
Karel Havlíček Borovský
1924
Helen of Troy
as Patroklos
1924
White Paradise
as Ivan Holar
1924
Der geheime Agent
as Herzog
1924
Moderne Ehen
as Mario Zeman
1924
A Double Life
1923
Young Medardus
as Franz
1923
Muž bez srdce
as Prince Edgar of Georgia
1923
Dr. Jenkins Miracle Cure
as Karel Svansen
1923
Tu ten kámen
1923
The Kidnapping of Fux the Banker
as Tom Darey
1923
O zázračném květu
1923
Sněhulka a sedm trpaslíků
1923
Sněhová Růženka
1922
Look After Your Daughters
1922
Poslední polibek
1922
Koriatovych
1922
Mrtví žijí
1921
The Arrival from the Darkness
as Jesek Drazický
1921
The Poisoned Light
as Ing. Milan Bell
1921
Magdalena
1921
Děvčata, vdávejte se!
1921
Souboj s Bohem
1921
The Crucified
1921
Setřelé písmo
1921
Zpěv zlata
1920
Zlatá žena
1920
There in the Mountains
as Jaromir Hanus
1920
Gilly poprvé v Praze
1919
Probuzené svědomí
1919
Palimpsest
1919
Vzteklý ženich
1919
Utrpením ke slávě
1919
Aloisův los
1919
Akord smrti