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Svatopluk Innemann

Svatopluk Innemann (February 18, 1896 – October 30, 1945) was a Czech film director, cinematographer, screenwriter, film editor and actor. Innemann, brother of Miroslav Innemann and Liduška Innemannová, was one of the pioneers of Czech cinema.

Biography and works

Innemann, was a son of the Czech director Rudolf Innemann and opera singer Ludmila Lvová – Innemannová. He was born in Slovenia during their engagement, but was raised in Prague, where he studied to be a pork butcher. Around 1918 he became interested in film, and began to work as a camera operator. As cameraman, he co-created his first film with Otta Heller. From 1919 he worked independently.

Innemann's early career was varied; he was involved in operettas, comedies and melodramas, short films and documentaries, often as cameraman. He made his directorial debut in silent films with the fairy-tale Červená karkulka (Little Red Riding-hood) in 1920. In 1925 he directed the popular comedy Z českých mlýnů (From the Czech Mills) and made a biographical film about Josef Kajetán Tyl, an important personality of the Czech National Revival. In 1927 he directed Milenky starého kriminálníka (The Lovers of an Old Criminal), starring the Czech actor Vlasta Burian, known in Czechoslovakia as the "King of Comedians". He directed a total of 16 silent films: in 1931 he directed his first sound film, Poslední bohém (The Last Bohemian), about the Czech writer Jaroslav Hašek, and made the popular comedy Muži v offsidu (Men in Offside) with Hugo Haas in the title role. It remains popular in the Czech Republic.

Martin Frič

Martin Frič (29 March 1902 – 26 August 1968) was a Czech film director, screenwriter and actor. He had more than 100 directing credits between 1929 and 1968, including feature films, shorts and documentary films.

Throughout his life, Frič struggled with alcoholism. After the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, he committed suicide.

Filmography

Hana Vítová

Hana Vítová (24 January 1914 – 3 March 1987) was a Czechoslovak film actress. She appeared in 58 films between 1931 and 1965.

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