Karel Lamač

Unsterblicher Valentin (1958)

Lachkabinett (1953)

The Thief of Bagdad (1952)

Fatme has quite the talent for getting herself into trouble and escaping with her head intact. But when she's caught rifling through Caliph Omar's possessions, she finds herself in serious trouble. News of a theft makes the rounds and now the caliph's men ...

One Night at the Tabarin (1947)

Together with his uncompromising friend Marie Girard, André de Lurvire clamors for moral reasons for the closing of the Bal Tabarin, a famous Paris cabaret. So, imagine André's reaction when he... inherits the joint! But, following the seductive schemes ...

Anger of the Gods (1947)

Sylvain, sentenced to death, assures the visiting priest that his life could have been completely different, and invents different situations. ...

It Happened One Sunday (1944)

A young woman who comes to Liverpool for domestic employment and finds romance with a young sailor who winds up in hospital after a fight. ...

Svejk Wrecks Germany (1943)

KAREL LAMAČ (1987-1952), who worked in Germany for a long time, was forced to leave for France and then Great Britain before Hitler's fascism, where he continued to direct films. His film Švejk is Destroying Germany from 1943 was created under the influe ...

They Met in the Dark (1943)

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. ...

Narcisse (1940)

To inherit from his late uncle, Narcisse Pigeon is obliged to pass his pilot's license. ...

The Ghost Train (1939)

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. ...

Cash Claim Chaos (1939)

Hospital orderly Rozruch, denied his therapeutic treatment, is mistaken for Dr. Marek at the insurance office and sent to a spa. Councilor Pěna, plotting to wed his mistress after his daughter Heda's marriage, also arrives. At the spa, impostures collide, ...

Slávko nedej se! (1939)

Pharmacist Pavlovský has a modern and sporty son, Karel, also a pharmacist, whom he would like to marry. He therefore sends him to Kutná Hora to live with his friend Řep, who has a daughter of marriageable age. However, Miroslava is a girl strictly led ...

Place de la Concorde (1939)

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Pozor straší (1938)

The musical clowns Rik and Rak, father Švamberk and his daughter Zdeňka, are struggling miserably on the pilgrimage. Zdeňka reveals to the old clown Tom that her father grew up in the nearby Lípov castle, but his father disinherited it because of his m ...

Florentine (1938)

Lucerna (1938)

A young princess arrives at her estate. She is bored by the welcoming ceremony and is quite happy to hear about the rebellious miller who refused to come to the castle. He lives with his mother and ward Hanička in an old mill. The miller is exempt from wo ...

Duchacek Will Fix It (1938)

Mr. Ducháček runs the law firm of JUDr. Faukner in a peculiar but completely devoted manner, which manages the financial affairs of the Rispaldic family. The family members treat their lawyer Faukner with condescension, except for their daughter Julia, w ...

Frühlingsluft (1938)

At the behest of the financially strapped Duke, his nephew, Crown Prince Rudolf, is to marry someone of suitable rank. But Rudolf has no interest whatsoever in his uncle's plans and works under his commoner's name as an engineer in a car factory. Then a ce ...

Milování zakázáno (1938)

After many years, three friends are to meet in Prague. The magician Marek was in America and, together with his nephew Tonny, they are bringing back their hard-earned money to their homeland. The factory owner Brejcha lives alone. His wife and daughter dro ...

Waltz Melodies (1938)

The big revue star Marietta falls in love and gives up the stage career. The theatre stands before the bankruptcy. Only when her husband has convinced himself that she will remain loyal to him, Marietta may go on working. Revue film according to pattern: a ...

Pat und Patachon im Paradies (1937)

Sam Murphy and Jack Fenton find an old message in a bottle that shipwrecked threw into the water 100 years ago. Out of curiosity, they look for the island and are surprised to meet people here. Love confusion quickly occurs, and Fenton and Murphy want to l ...

The Tramps (1937)

Two members of a traveling troupe are reduced to the status of hoboes. They pretend to be a famous composer and his colleague, to improve their prospects. ...

Důvod k rozvodu (1937)

The cunning lawyer Dr. Werner tries to divorce Pavel Bertl, who is considered by everyone to be a notorious gambler and drunkard. In reality, he is a weakling; although he loves his wife very much, he squanders her fortune. He is already in danger of finan ...

Grounds for Divorce (1937)

The lawyer, Dr. Werkmann, is seeking a legal separation for Mr. Bernhof, who claims his wife is an incorrigible gambler. In reality, it is he who is the weakling; and while he dearly loves his wife, he's going through her fortune like there's no tomorrow. ...

Peter in the Snow (1937)

Follow-up film to „Seine Tochter ist der Peter": It's a story about a lawyer, who is in love with his colleague, and a couple hot to divorce, who are represented by both lawyers, who, as a result, have a fall out with each other. But everything will be ...

Vor Liebe wird gewarnt (1937)

Watchmaker Furchtegott Palme has three beautiful daughters. The two oldest are as good as engaged. Only Anna doesn't seem to have a clue how to get acquainted with love. And who would be the right one for that? Her boss, Dr. Hartwig, who invited her to a ...

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1937)

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson look into reports that a huge, vicious hound has killed Lord Charles Baskerville and that Lord Henry Baskerville is the next to be killed. ...

A Girl from the Chorus (1937)

Henriette Lange lives only for the theater in Berlin around 1900. Her grandfather, however, has no understanding for this. He is a prompter and knows all about the hustle and bustle of the theater. Her friend, the chorus girl Liesbeth, is heartbroken becau ...

Where the Lark Sings (1936)

Country girl Margit sits for the artist Sándor, from Budapest. She is fascinated and charmed by him, and agrees to accompany him to the capital, so he can complete the painting there. Disillusionment sets in, however, when Sándor wins a prize with the fi ...

Na tý louce zelený (1936)

Flitterwochen (1936)

A woman discovers after she has just married him, that her husband is abusive, and she tries to get away. ...

Der schüchterne Casanova (1936)

The Postman from Longjumeau (1936)

La Marquise de Pompadour desires the best tenor in France for her opera company, and after an extensive search in the provinces, Chapelou is selected and forced to leave his bride-of-an-hour to go to Paris. Alfer seeing the handsome tenor, the Marquise dec ...

The Young Count (1935)

A young woman poses as a boy to ingratiate herself better with her strict aristocratic grandfather and to get him to better accept the new freer ways of the younger generation. ...

The White Horse Inn (1935)

Im weißen Rößl (English title: White Horse Inn or The White Horse Inn) is an operetta or musical comedy by Ralph Benatzky and Robert Stolz in collaboration with a number of other composers and writers, set in the picturesque Salzkammergut region of Uppe ...

J'aime toutes les femmes (1935)

Jean Morena, famous operatic tenor, is determined to change his engagements for some freedom after the performance. So his manager has the idea of contracting Eugène, a grocery worker who looks just like him and is willing to become a singer, to take his ...

Ich liebe alle Frauen (1935)

Famous 1930's tenor Jan Kiepura doubles as a singing shop-assistant who stands in for a famous but lazy singer, mixing up each others love-lives in the process. ...

General Housecleaning (1935)

The head of a squad of maids captures the heart of a wealthy young bachelor. ...

Knockout – Ein junges Mädchen, ein junger Mann (1935)

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 against a professional boxer who haras ...

Don't Make Grandpa Angry (1934)

Eman Vovísek drinks away his unrequited love for Liduška, who married his cousin, the factory owner Danek. Because Eman is aggressive when drunk, he is taken to a mental health facility, where he meets his uncle Hanibal. Hanibal has a breakdown after his ...

Polská krev (1934)

Polish Blood (1934)

The daughter of a landowner helps save an aristocratic neighbor from ruin, in this operetta adaptation. ...

Der Fall Brenken (1934)

Shots fall at night at Gussersee Hotel. Hermann Brenken, general manager of a large company, is attacked. Newspapers hype up the case and offer a reward for its clarification. ...

Little Dorrit (1934)

Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in London. Amy and her family's world is transformed when her employer's son, Arthur Clennam, returns from ov ...

Frasquita (1934)

Czechoslovakian opera star Jarmila Novotná plays the title role in the Austrian tunefest "Frasquita". Based on a Franz Lehár operetta, the story is the usual frothy nonsense. Dolly (Charlott Daudert) is engaged to marry Harald (Hans Heinz-Bollmann), but ...

So ein Theater! (1934)

Short comedy written by Karl Valentin ...

Der verhexte Scheinwerfer (1934)

German short comedy. ...

L'amour en cage (1934)

Im Schallplattenladen (1934)

A customer (Karl Valentin) tries to buy a record in a record store but can not decide what he actually wants. The saleswoman (Liesl Karlstadt) tries to help him – which is in vain, as the customer eventually damages various records and even a complete ca ...

Carnival of Love (1934)

A popular, big spending matinee idol chases a blonde while trying to elude a heartless creditor. ...

The Switched Bride (1934)

Capricious Lady Virginia has an unexpected double in a girl who works at a fair and wishes for a beauty salon. When the first one's eccentricities lead to her arrest, the second is paid for going to prison. There she meets Charles, Virginia's suitor. When ...

Jindra, the Countess Ostrovín (1934)

Atlantic Hotel (1933)

Life for Hanna Bollova has never been easy. No matter what she did in life, how hard she worked, there never seemed to be any money. That is, until one day her fortunes changed distant relatives of hers pass away and she inherits a hotel. ...

Orchesterprobe (1933)

A musician and his conductor clash in this Bavarian film classic; Mixed-up music sheets and mismanaged minutes. Miscommunication is brought to extremes by expert comedians. ...

Dobrý tramp Bernášek (1933)

The Twelve Chairs (1933)

The first movie adaptation of the Russian novel "The Twelve Chairs" by Ilya Ilf and Yevgeniy Petrov. ...

With the exception of the public (1933)

A comedy of misunderstanding and a love square ...

Fräulein Hoffmanns Erzählungen (1933)

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 not realized that his ...

La fille du régiment (1933)

Die Tochter des Regiments (1933)

Baby (1933)

Baby (1932)

The daughter of the Parisian countess Lafitte, named "Baby", is supposed to go to an English boarding school, but she's much more interested in variety shows. Nevertheless, she travels with her friend Susette to London, who also wants to make a career for ...

Kiki (1932)

Kiki who has a walk-on part in a show, is in love with her director, who doesn't notice her at all. She settles into his home and causes him to break up with his lover, the star of the show; and finally manages to make him love her. ...

The Ideal Schoolmaster (1932)

This light-hearted comedy operetta tells the story of a newly appointed high school professor who becomes an ideal target for pranks and jokes. ...

The Ringer (1932)

A shifty lawyer is threatened with death within two days by a criminal who supposedly died in Australia. ...

The Cruel Girlfriend (1932)

The Undertaker (1932)

An employee of the funeral home Pleticha calls his superior. He overhears that he is supposed to buy a wedding gift and deliver it to his boss's relatives. He therefore sets off to the given address to organize the funeral. When the mistake is explained, P ...

Should We Wed Them? (1932)

Professor Bock is to inaugurate the museum, the construction of which was donated by a generous patron who remains anonymous. He learns that it is his brother's wife, a former dancer, and whom he hates. But her daughter falls in love with Jim, the son of t ...

Une nuit au paradis (1932)

Lelíček in the Services of Sherlock Holmes (1932)

The Portorican prime minister asks British detective Sherlock Holmes to find a twin for King Fernando XXIII, a weak and frightened man who fears anarchists and does not want to show himself in public. Holmes finds in the Czech newspapers a photo of the per ...

The bat (1932)

A Night in Paradise (1932)

One of the popular Weimar-era musical comedies not released in the US until after the Nazi takeover, this one has a Cinderella-type plot. ...

The bat (1931)

Film by Karel Lamac. ...

Mr. Marshal (1931)

Business in Distress (1931)

Finnicky efficiency expert is sent to straighten out business management problems at a jazz club, and finds self being drawn into the swingin' scene. ...

Mamsell Nitouche (1931)

A convent organist escorts a young lady who has been boarding there,home to be married, but various romantic complications ensue. ...

The Squeeker (1931)

Him and His Sister (1931)

Postman Brabec is a welcome guest of the revue theatre for his sense of humor, and he brings his director Holt letters from female admirers every day. Holt's fans include Brabec's sister Anny. The girl would like to join the theatre, but for the time being ...

Meet the Sister (1931)

Anny Brabcová is Sabine Veldenová's maid. She would very much like to get the main role in the new musical "The Pink Letter", in which Veldenová plays. Anna's brother, the easy-going postman Jarda Brabec gets the lyrics to the most famous song of the wh ...

Jsem jen inženýr chemie aneb Z českých barů (1972)

Duchacek Will Fix It (1938)

Mr. Ducháček runs the law firm of JUDr. Faukner in a peculiar but completely devoted manner, which manages the financial affairs of the Rispaldic family. The family members treat their lawyer Faukner with condescension, except for their daughter Julia, w ...

Milování zakázáno (1938)

After many years, three friends are to meet in Prague. The magician Marek was in America and, together with his nephew Tonny, they are bringing back their hard-earned money to their homeland. The factory owner Brejcha lives alone. His wife and daughter dro ...

Na tý louce zelený (1936)

Tři kroky od těla (1934)

Jindra, the Countess Ostrovín (1934)

Dobrý tramp Bernášek (1933)

With the exception of the public (1933)

A comedy of misunderstanding and a love square ...

The Ideal Schoolmaster (1932)

This light-hearted comedy operetta tells the story of a newly appointed high school professor who becomes an ideal target for pranks and jokes. ...