Direction: Karel Lamac
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Karel Lamac. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Titles found: 24
Švejk On The Front
1926 · Movie · 92 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Karel Lamac
Cast Karl Noll · Josef Rovenský · Karel Lamac · Theodor Pistek
Synopsis Lieutenant Lukáš was transferred to the marching battalion in České Budějovice together with Švejko. On the way, Švejk makes Lukáš uncomfortable with a bald superior, a passenger in civilian clothes, and then because of pulling the handbrake, he is removed...
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The White Horse Inn
1935 · Movie · 89 min. · Austria
Direction Karel Lamac
Cast Christl Mardayn · Hermann Thimig · Willi Schaeffers · Anni Markart
Synopsis Several guests arrive during high season at the Weissen Rössl (White Horse) Inn, a picturesque Austrian inn by a lake. Josefa, the landlady, is particularly pleased to see one of them again, lawyer Dr. Siedler. Her chief waiter Leopold is...
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It Started at Midnight
1943 · Movie · 84 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Karel Lamac
Cast Lloyd Pearson · Maggie Rennie · Julien Mitchell · Richard Attenborough
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Business in Distress
1931 · Movie · 89 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Martin Fric · Karel Lamac
Cast Vlasta Burian · Meda Valentová · Otto Rubík · Marie Grossová
Synopsis Finnicky efficiency expert is sent to straighten out business management problems at a jazz club, finds self being drawn into the swingin' scene.
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Daughters of Eve
1928 · Movie · 90 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Karel Lamac
Cast Anny Ondra · Wolfgang Zilzer · Steffie Vida · Theodor Pistek
Synopsis An unmarried showgirl takes a handsome companion with her on a vacation, to the distress of others.
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Die Orchesterprobe (S)
1933 · Movie · 22 min. · Germany
Direction Karel Lamac
Cast Karl Valentin · Liesl Karlstadt · Josef Eichheim
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Knockout - Ein junges Mädchen, ein junger Mann
1935 · Movie · 83 min. · Germany
Direction Karel Lamac · Hans H. Zerlett
Cast Anny Ondra · Max Schmeling · Hans Schönrath · Edith Meinhard
Synopsis Marianne is an accountant, but since she is so pretty the employment agency sends her to the theater. There, Max's gaffer falls in love with Marianne and persuades her to stay at the theater. Once he has to defend her...
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Fräulein Hoffmanns Erzählungen
1933 · Movie · 89 min. · Germany
Direction Karel Lamac
Cast Anny Ondra · Mathias Wiedman · Ida Wüst · Paul Otto
Synopsis Miss Anita Liman is the sole owner of a coffee importing company, with offices in Hamburg, Genoa and Santiago. Anita's first competitor Benno Karden would merry her purely for business reasons, but he falls in love with her. Benno has...
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The Bashful Casanova
1936 · Movie · Germany
Direction Karel Lamac
Cast Paul Kemp · Fita Benkhoff · Charlott Daudert · Wilhelm Bendow
Synopsis A blonde, getting along in years, will take almost any man who comes along as a matrimonial prospect.
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The Sins of Love
1929 · Movie · 73 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Karel Lamac
Cast Josef Rovenský · Marcella Albani · Gaston Jacquet · Walter Rilla
Synopsis The troubled situation of a provincial actor and his actress wife who come to the city. The actor is suspected of attacking another actor who admires the actress.
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White Paradise
1924 · Movie · 73 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Karel Lamac
Cast Karel Lamac · Vladimír Majer · Anny Ondra · Josef Rovenský
Synopsis After a young man is arrested for a crime he didn't commit, the daughter of the local tavern owners must spring to the rescue.
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Don't Make Grandpa Angry
1934 · Movie · 74 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Karel Lamac
Cast Vlasta Burian · Cenek Slégl · Adina Mandlová · Hana Vítová
Synopsis Eman Vovisek loves beautiful Lynn, but she gets married to his cousin Adolf. Because of Lynn he loses his sanity and is taken to an asylum. There he meets his uncle Hannibal who went crazy after he divorced Matilda, who...
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Dobrý voják Svejk
1926 · Movie · 89 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Karel Lamac
Cast Karl Noll · Antonie Nedosinská · Karel Lamac · Betty Kysilková
Synopsis Svejk is a dog trader Prague. He is charged for lèse-majesté, "injured majesty" and is supposed to be jailed. But the court finds him to be dim-witted, and he is committed to a mental asylum. There, the doctors examine his...
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Direction Karel Lamac
Cast Anny Ondra · Anton Walbrook · Albert Paulig · Lotte Spira
Synopsis Baby, a count's daughter, longs for a stage career, while her best friend, a chorus girl, longs for an education. When Baby's parents find out she has cheated them, they decide to send her to an English boarding school. Her...
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They Met in the Dark
1943 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Karel Lamac
Cast James Mason · Joyce Howard · Tom Walls · Phyllis Stanley
Synopsis A Royal navy Commander is tricked by a pretty girl who is working for the Nazis. She tricks him into revealing some military secrets and he is court martial. He vows to track her and her accomplices down.
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He Stood at the Till
1939 · Movie · 99 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Karel Lamac
Cast Vlasta Burian · Adina Mandlová · Marie Blazková · Jaroslav Marvan
Synopsis The Health Insurance Company sends a denture instead of a coupon for the spa mud to Krystof Rozruch, an orderly in the Saint James' Hospital. He decides to return the denture to the insurance company. There he meets with the...
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The Poisoned Light
1921 · Movie · 61 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Jan S. Kolár · Karel Lamac
Cast Karel Fiala · Anny Ondra · Karel Lamac · Jindrich Lhoták
Synopsis Professor Grant signs a contract with Dr. Selin for the sale of his invention of cold light with the plans for his invention being kept in Grant’s apartment. The negotiations are secretly heard by the illusionist Durk, who wants to...
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The Squeeker
1931 · Movie · 94 min. · Germany
Direction Karl Forest · Martin Fric · Karel Lamac
Cast Lissy Arna · Karl Ludwig Diehl · Fritz Rasp · Peggy Norman
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The Ghost Train
1939 · Movie · 70 min. · Netherlands
Direction Karel Lamac
Cast Sara Heyblom · Lies de Wind · Chris Baay · Adolphe Engers
Synopsis A group of travelers find themselves stranded for the night at a deserted train station, which according to the old stationmaster, has been haunted for the last 20 years.
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Suzy Saxophone
1928 · Movie · 83 min. · France
Direction Karel Lamac
Cast Anny Ondra · Mary Parker · Gaston Jacquet · Olga Limburg
Synopsis A count's daughter wants a stage career, her show girl friend wants an education, so they change places.
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