Václav Binovec

Václav Binovec

Known for: Directing
Biography: 1892-09-12
Deathday: 1976-02-29 (83 years old)

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Biography

Václav Binovec (12 September 1892 – 29 February 1976, in Prague) was a Czech film director, screenwriter, and occasional actor. He was often referred to under the pseudonyms of Willy Bronx or W. Bronx, and also V. Vabin.

Binovec set up the film company Wetebfilm in 1918, and began a career as a film director, launching the careers of actors such as Suzanne Marwille, Alois Sedláček and Jan W. Speerger. Among his notable earlier films are Krasavice Káťa (1919), For the Freedom of the Nation (Za svobodu národa) and Plameny života (1920) and Sivooký démon, Černí myslivci and Poslední radost (all 1921).

Subdued by the economic crisis in Czechoslovakia, Binovec commenced film production in Berlin in 1924, where he also launched a film rental business from 1926 until 1931. He was appointed the chairman of the Czechoslovak Film Union from 1933 until 1939, and held various other prominent positions in Czech film organizations. Many of his films of the 1930s were sentimental comedies or melodramas such as Pepina Rejholcová (1932), Žena, která ví, co chce (1934) and Polibek ve sněhu, and many of them were adaptions of literary works, such as František Langer's Jízdní hlídka (The Riding Patrol) (1936), the drama Poručík Alexandr Rjepkin (Lieutenant Alexander Rjepkin) (1937) and Jan Drda's novel Městečko na dlani (The Town on the Palm) (1942).

During World War II, Binovec conspired with the Nazis to arrest Karel Hašler, and after the end of World War II he was imprisoned for three years and stripped of his filmmaking rights. Only in later years did he work at the Czechoslovak Film Institute, before dying in Prague in 1976. Today he is considered to be one of the pioneers of the Czech film industry.

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Filmography

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Movies 45

Director 42

Director
Městečko na dlani

Městečko na dlani (1942)

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Director
Dceruška k pohledání

Dceruška k pohledání (1940)

Movie
Director
Madla zpívá Evropě

Madla zpívá Evropě (1940)

Movie
Director
Love Song

Love Song (1940)

Movie
Director
Nevinná

Nevinná (1939)

Movie
Director
Lízino štěstí

Lízino štěstí (1939)

Movie
Director
Jarka a Věra

Jarka a Věra (1938)

Movie
Director
Bláhové děvče

Bláhové děvče (1938)

Movie
Director
Druhé mládí

Druhé mládí (1938)

Movie
Director
Lízin let do nebe

Lízin let do nebe (1938)

Movie
Director
Ze všech jediná

Ze všech jediná (1937)

Movie
Director
Poručík Alexander Rjepkin

Poručík Alexander Rjepkin (1937)

Movie
Director
Naše XI.

Naše XI. (1936)

Movie
Director
Jízdní hlídka

Jízdní hlídka (1936)

Movie
Komediantská princezna

Komediantská princezna (1936)

Movie
Director
Polibek ve sněhu

Polibek ve sněhu (1935)

Movie
Director
Žena, která ví, co chce

Žena, která ví, co chce (1934)

Movie
Assistant Director
Volga in Flames

Volga in Flames (1934)

Movie
Director
Pepina Rejholcová

Pepina Rejholcová (1932)

Movie
Director
Irča v hnízdečku

Irča v hnízdečku (1927)

Movie
Director
Vyznavači slunce

Vyznavači slunce (1926)

Movie
Director
Madame Golvery

Madame Golvery (1923)

Movie
Director
Ulička hříchu a lásky

Ulička hříchu a lásky (1923)

Movie
Director
Láska slečny Věry

Láska slečny Věry (1922)

Movie
Director
Děvče z Podskalí

Děvče z Podskalí (1922)

Movie
Director
Adam and Eva

Adam and Eva (1922)

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Director
Marwille detektivem

Marwille detektivem (1922)

Movie
Director
Noc tříkrálová

Noc tříkrálová (1922)

Movie
Director
Poslední radost

Poslední radost (1922)

Movie
Director
Irčin románek II.

Irčin románek II. (1921)

Movie
Director
Román boxera

Román boxera (1921)

Movie
Director
Černí myslivci

Černí myslivci (1921)

Movie
Director
The Flames of Life

The Flames of Life (1921)

Movie
Director
Irčin románek I.

Irčin románek I. (1921)

Movie
Director
Za svobodu národa

Za svobodu národa (1920)

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Director
Krasavice Kaťa

Krasavice Kaťa (1920)

Movie
Director
Bogra

Bogra (1919)

Movie
Director
Sivooký démon

Sivooký démon (1919)

Movie
Director
Oklamaný hypnotisér Swengali

Oklamaný hypnotisér Swengali (1919)

Movie
Apache Fred known aka Flaxen Devil
A vášeň vítězí

A vášeň vítězí (1919)

Movie
Director
Evin hřích

Evin hřích (1919)

Movie
Director
Pro hubičku do Afriky

Pro hubičku do Afriky (1919)

Movie
Czech Emigrant
Titimekův náhrdelník

Titimekův náhrdelník (1919)

Movie
Director
Démon rodu Halkenů

Démon rodu Halkenů (1918)

Movie
Director
Ošálená komtesa Zuzana

Ošálená komtesa Zuzana (1918)

Movie

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Information

Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1892-09-12

Deathday
1976-02-29 (83 years old)

Birth Place
Prague, Czech Republic

Citizenships
Czechoslovakia

Also Known As
Willy Bronx, V. Vabin


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