Direction: Karel Lamac

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Karel Lamac. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


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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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

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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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Baby

1932 · Movie · 82 min. · Germany

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

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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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