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Martin Frič

Martin Frič

Martin Frič

1902-03-29

Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]

DIRECTING

Biography

Martin Frič 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.

Best known for:

The Emperor and the Golem

DS-70 nevyjíždí

The Princess with the Golden Star

Darbujan and Pandrhola

Kristian

Journey Into the Depth of the Student's Soul

School Is the Foundation of Life

Eva Fools Around

Lelíček in the Services of Sherlock Holmes

Anton Spelec, Sharp-Shooter

The Inspector-General

Heave-Ho!

Three Eggs in a Glass

Business in Distress

The Undertaker

The Twelve Chairs

The Catacombs

The Blue Star Hotel

The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire

The Organist at St. Vitus Cathedral

The Squeeker

Him and His Sister

The Ringer

A Charming Man

13th district

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Filmography:

The Organist at St. Vitus Cathedral (1929)
WORK AS:
Director, Story
Father Vojtech (1929)
APPEREAD AS:
Novice
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
The Squeeker (1931)
WORK AS:
Director
Business in Distress (1931)
WORK AS:
Director
Him and His Sister (1931)
WORK AS:
Co-Director
Lelíček in the Services of Sherlock Holmes (1932)
APPEREAD AS:
Sherlock Holmes
WORK AS:
Editor
Anton Spelec, Sharp-Shooter (1932)
WORK AS:
Director, Editor
The Undertaker (1932)
APPEREAD AS:
kancelista na inspektorátu drah

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The Ringer (1932)
WORK AS:
Director
The Good Soldier Schweik (1932)
WORK AS:
Director, Editor
The Ideal Schoolmaster (1932)
WORK AS:
Director
The King's Double (1932)
APPEREAD AS:
Sherlock Holmes
Life Is a Dog (1933)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay, Editor
The Inspector-General (1933)
WORK AS:
Director, Editor
The Twelve Chairs (1933)
APPEREAD AS:
Customer (voice)
WORK AS:
Director
Pobočník Jeho Výsosti (1933)
WORK AS:
Director, Editor

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Eaten Out of House and Home (1933)
WORK AS:
Director, Editor
Poslední muž (1934)
WORK AS:
Director
Heave-Ho! (1934)
WORK AS:
Director, Story, Screenplay, Editor
The Double Fiance (1934)
WORK AS:
Director
Mazlíček (1934)
WORK AS:
Director, Story, Screenplay, Editor
Long Live with Dearly Departed (1935)
APPEREAD AS:
Janitor (voice)
WORK AS:
Director, Story, Title Designer, Editor, Screenplay
The Eleventh Commandment (1935)
WORK AS:
Editor, Director
Hrdina jedné noci (1935)
WORK AS:
Director, Editor
Held einer Nacht (1935)
WORK AS:
Director, Editor
A Little Street in Paradise (1936)
WORK AS:
Director
Jánošík (1936)
WORK AS:
Director, Editor, Screenplay
Švadlenka (1936)
WORK AS:
Director
Ulička v ráji (1936)
WORK AS:
Director
Morality Above All Else (1937)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
Three Eggs in a Glass (1937)
WORK AS:
Director
Lidé na kře (1937)
WORK AS:
Director
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
APPEREAD AS:
Broadcast Voice (voice)
WORK AS:
Director
The Hordubals (1938)
WORK AS:
Director
A Step into the Darkness (1938)
WORK AS:
Director
Journey Into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
Kristian (1939)
WORK AS:
Director
Eva Fools Around (1939)
WORK AS:
Director
The Catacombs (1940)
WORK AS:
Director
Burian the Liar (1940)
WORK AS:
Director
Muzikantská Liduška (1940)
WORK AS:
Director
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
A Charming Man (1941)
WORK AS:
Director
Valentin Dobrotivý (1942)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
Der zweite Schuß (1943)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
Barbora Hlavsová (1943)
WORK AS:
Director
Dir zuliebe (1944)
WORK AS:
Director
The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice (1944)
WORK AS:
Director
Prstýnek (1945)
WORK AS:
Director
13th district (1946)
WORK AS:
Director
Průlom (1946)
WORK AS:
Supervising Art Director
Beware! (1947)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director
Capek's Tales (1947)
WORK AS:
Director, Story, Creative Producer
The Portrait (1948)
WORK AS:
Creative Producer
The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire (1949)
WORK AS:
Creative Producer, Director
Lost in the Suburbs (1949)
WORK AS:
Creative Producer, Director
The Trap (1950)
WORK AS:
Director
It was in May (1951)
WORK AS:
Director
The Emperor and the Golem (1952)
5.6
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
Action B (1952)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
The Secret of Blood (1953)
WORK AS:
Screenstory, Director
Dog's Heads (1955)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director
Zaostřit prosím! (1956)
WORK AS:
Director
Mladé dny (1956)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Today for the Last Time (1958)
WORK AS:
Director
The Princess with the Golden Star (1959)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
Darbujan and Pandrhola (1960)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
Medvěd (1961)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
Bílá spona (1961)
WORK AS:
Director
The King of Kings (1963)
WORK AS:
Director
Tears the World Can't See (1963)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director
A Star Named Wormwood (1965)
WORK AS:
Director
People From Caravans (1966)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director
Ta naše písnička česká (1967)
WORK AS:
Story
The Best Woman in My Life (1968)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director
Přísně tajné premiéry (1968)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay