František Čáp
Born: 1913-12-07 in Celákovice, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
Died: 1972-01-13
Known For: Directing
Biography
František Čáp (7 December 1913 – 12 January 1972), also known as Franz Cap in Germany, was a Czech and later a Yugoslav film director and screenwriter. He directed 32 films between 1939 and 1970. Having created Slovene film classics such as Vesna, Ne čakaj na maj and Our Car, he is also one of the most popular directors of early Slovene cinema in 1950s and the 1960s. Čáp was born in Čachovice (now in central Czech Republic). As an already established professional, he moved to Ljubljana in 1952, following an invitation by Branimir Tuma, director of Triglav Film. In 1957, he moved to Portorož, a coastal town in southwestern Slovenia, where he lived until his death.
Filmography
1970
- The Camel Goes Through the Eye of the Needle ... (Director)
1968
- La kermesse des brigands ... (Director)
1965
- Piran ... (Director)
1962
- Our Car ... (Director)
- We'll Meet Tonight ... (Director)
1960
- X-25 Reports ... (Director)
1959
- The Door Remains Open ... (Director)
1957
- Sand, Love and Salt ... (Director)
- Don't Whisper ... (Director)
1956
- Wally of the Vultures ... (Director)
- Help - She Loves Me ... (Director)
1955
- Moment of Decision ... (Writer)
1954
- The Beginning Was Sin ... (Writer)
1953
- Vesna ... (Director)
- Dvaasedmdesátka ... (Creative Producer)
1952
- Adventure in Berlin ... (Director)
1951
- Das ewige Spiel ... (Director)
1950
- Crown Jewels ... (Director)
1948
- White Darkness ... (Screenplay)
- The Musician ... (Screenplay)
- Dnes neordinuji ... (Creative Producer)
1947
- Sign of the Anchor ... (Director)
- Three Pals ... (Creative Producer)
1946
- Men Without Wings ... (Director)
1944
- Mist on the Moors ... (Director)
- Girl from the Beskids ... (Director)
1943
- Tanečnice ... (Screenplay)
1941
- Nocturnal Butterfly ... (Director)
- Jan Cimbura ... (Director)
- Preludium ... (Director)
1940
- Grandmother ... (Screenplay)
- Panna ... (Director)
1939
- Fiery Summer ... (Director)
1938
- Jarka a Věra ... (Screenplay)
- The World Where One Goes Begging ... (Screenplay)
- A Step into the Darkness ... (Screenplay)
1937
- Virginity ... (Screenplay)
- Mother-Hen ... (Screenplay)
1934
- V tom domečku pod Emauzy ... (Assistant Director)