Biography
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. On the day of the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, he attempted suicide, after battling cancer. He died in the hospital five days later.
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Filmography
all 125
Movies 123
Director 99
Writer 7
TV Shows 2
self 2
Producer 2
Tři strážníci (2005)
TV
Director
The Best Woman in My Life (1968)
Movie
Director
Přísně tajné premiéry (1968)
Movie
Klapzubova jedenáctka (1968)
TV
Story
Ta naše písnička česká (1967)
Movie
Director
Zločin a trik I. (1967)
Movie
Director
Lidé z maringotek (1966)
Movie
Director
Odsouzený z Pinktownu (1965)
Movie
Director
A Star Named Wormwood (1965)
Movie
Self
Cigareta Maca Friče (1965)
Movie
Director
Obraz (1964)
Movie
Director
Tears the World Can't See (1963)
Movie
Director
The King of Kings (1963)
Movie
Director
Námluvy (1961)
Movie
Director
Bílá spona (1961)
Movie
Director
Medvěd (1961)
Movie
Director
Meritorious Artist Terezie Brzková (1961)
Movie
Screenplay / Director
Darbujan and Pandrhola (1960)
Movie
Director
The Princess with the Golden Star (1959)
Movie
Director
Today for the Last Time (1958)
Movie
Director
Povodeň (1958)
Movie
Director
Zaostřit prosím! (1956)
Movie
Director
Mladé dny (1956)
Movie
Director
Nechte to na mně (1955)
Movie
Director
Mistři zimních sportů (1955)
Movie
Director
Dog's Heads (1955)
Movie
Director
The Secret of Blood (1953)
Movie
Creative Producer
Dvaasedmdesátka (1953)
Movie
Writer
Action B (1952)
Movie
Director
The Emperor and the Golem (1952)
Movie
Director
DS-70 nevyjíždí (1951)
Movie
Director
It was in May (1951)
Movie
Director
The Trap (1951)
Movie
Director
The Trap (1950)
Movie
Director
Pětistovka (1949)
Movie
Director
The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire (1949)
Movie
Director
Lost in the Suburbs (1949)
Movie
Director
Polibek ze stadionu (1948)
Movie
Creative Producer
The Portrait (1948)
Movie
Director
Capek's Tales (1947)
Movie
Director
Beware! (1947)
Movie
Supervising Art Director
Průlom (1946)
Movie
Director
13th district (1946)
Movie
Director
X. slet všesokolský (1945)
Movie
Director
Prstýnek (1945)
Movie
Director
Dir zuliebe (1944)
Movie
Director
The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice (1944)
Movie
Director
Experiment (1943)
Movie
Director
Der zweite Schuß (1943)
Movie
Director
Barbora Hlavsová (1943)
Movie
Director
Valentin Dobrotivý (1942)
Movie
Director
The Hard Life of an Adventurer (1941)
Movie
Director
Tetička (1941)
Movie
Director
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
Movie
Director
A Charming Man (1941)
Movie
Director
Druhá směna (1940)
Movie
Director
Burian the Liar (1940)
Movie
Director
Muzikantská Liduška (1940)
Movie
Director
The Catacombs (1940)
Movie
Director
Man from the Unknown (1939)
Movie
Director
Eva Fools Around (1939)
Movie
Director
Journey Into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
Movie
Director
Jiný vzduch (1939)
Movie
Director
Kristian (1939)
Movie
Title Designer
Vzhůru nohama (1939)
Movie
Title Designer
Pozor straší (1938)
Movie
Director
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
Movie
Self / Commentary (voice)
The Illusion Factory (1938)
Movie
Director
A Step into the Darkness (1938)
Movie
Director
The Hordubals (1938)
Movie
Director
Three Eggs in a Glass (1937)
Movie
Director
The World Belongs to Us (1937)
Movie
Director
Advokátka Věra (1937)
Movie
Director
Morality Above All Else (1937)
Movie
Director
Lidé na kře (1937)
Movie
Writer
Le Mari rêvé (1936)
Movie
Director
Páter Vojtěch (1936)
Movie
Director
Švadlenka (1936)
Movie
Director
A Little Street in Paradise (1936)
Movie
Director
Ulička v ráji (1936)
Movie
Director
Jánošík (1936)
Movie
Director
Black and White Rhapsody (1936)
Movie
Director
Jedenácté přikázání (1935)
Movie
Title Designer
První políbení (1935)
Movie
Director
Held einer Nacht (1935)
Movie
Director
Hrdina jedné noci (1935)
Movie
Director
Long Live with Dearly Departed (1935)
Movie
Title Designer
Koho jsem včera líbal? (1935)
Movie
Director
Heave-Ho! (1934)
Movie
Director
Poslední muž (1934)
Movie
Director
The Double Fiance (1934)
Movie
Director
Mazlíček (1934)
Movie
Director
Life Is a Dog (1933)
Movie
Director
Eaten Out of House and Home (1933)
Movie
Director
The Inspector-General (1933)
Movie
Director
The Twelve Chairs (1933)
Movie
Director
S vyloučením veřejnosti (1933)
Movie
Director
Pobočník Jeho Výsosti (1933)
Movie
Sherlock Holmes
The King's Double (1932)
Movie
Director
Anton Spelec, Sharp-Shooter (1932)
Movie
Director
Sister Angelika (1932)
Movie
Director
The Ideal Schoolmaster (1932)
Movie
Director
The Ringer (1932)
Movie
kancelista na inspektorátu drah
The Undertaker (1932)
Movie
Sherlock Holmes
Lelíček in the Services of Sherlock Holmes (1932)
Movie
Director
Business in Distress (1931)
Movie
Director
The Squeeker (1931)
Movie
Director
The Good Soldier Schweik (1931)
Movie
Director
Him and His Sister (1931)
Movie
Director
All for love (1930)
Movie
Director
Poor girl (1930)
Movie
Director
The Organist at St. Vitus' Cathedral (1929)
Movie
Director
Father Vojtech (1929)
Movie
Writer
Životem vedla je láska (1928)
Movie
Writer
Sextánka (1928)
Movie
Writer
Dům ztraceného štěstí (1928)
Movie
Dobrý voják Švejk (1926)
Movie
Okovy (1925)
Movie
Johnny's Friend
Chyťte ho! (1925)
Movie
Writer
White Paradise (1924)
Movie
Tu ten kámen (1923)
Movie
Writer
Proč se nesměješ (1923)
Movie
Venoušek a Stázička (1922)
Movie
Director
Spartakiáda
Movie
Director
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka
Movie
Ratings
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Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1902-03-29
Deathday1968-08-26 (66 years old)
Birth PlacePrague, Czech Republic
CitizenshipsCzechoslovakia
Also Known AsMartin Fric, Mac Frič, F. Formen, Formen, Dr. Buffiel, K. Nitram, Мартин Фрич
AwardsNárodní umělec
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