Biography
Karl Anton or Karel Anton (25 October 1898 – 12 April 1979) was a Bohemian-born German film director, screenwriter and film producer. He was born in Prague on 25 October 1898. His father Wilhelm Anton (1861–1918) was a physician. Anton studied medicine, but left the school after his father's death. He started as a stage actor and director in Vienna, Linz and Prague. During the World War I Anton made amateur documentaries with his friends Karel Lamač and Otto Heller. He directed his first movie, a lyrical drama Gypsies, in 1921. Anton is considered an early proponent of Czech lyrical cinema tradition. He founded his own production companies Antonfilm (1923–30) and Sonorfilm (1930–32).After the international success of Tonka of the Gallows he worked in Paris for Paramount Pictures from 1932 to 1935. After leaving Paramount he moved to Germany in 1935. He died in Berlin, Germany in 1979. Czech actor Raoul Schránil was his cousin.
Filmography
all 60
Movies 59
Director 57
Writer 2
TV Shows 1
Slim Callaghan greift ein (1964)
The Avenger (1960)
Der kühne Schwimmer (1957)
Viktor und Viktoria (1957)
Die Christel von der Post (1956)
Hello Kathrin (1956)
Clivia (1954)
Der Vetter aus Dingsda (1953)
Die Rose von Stambul (1953)
Von Liebe reden wir später (1953)
Der Weibertausch (1952)
Ruf an das Gewissen (1951)
Verlobte Leute (1950)
Der große Fall (1949)
Barry (1949)
Peter Voss, der Millionendieb (1946)
Der Täter ist unter uns (1944)
Der große Preis (1944)
Die Hochstaplerin (1944)
Kollege kommt gleich (1943)
Die Wirtin zum weißen Röss'l (1943)
Die große Nummer (1943)
Die Sache mit Styx (1942)
Menschen im Sturm (1941)
Immer nur Du (1941)
Uncle Kruger (1941)
The Star of Rio (1940)
We're Dancing Around the World (1939)
Mit versiegelter Order (1938)
White Slaves (1937)
Martha (1936)
Arènes joyeuses (1935)
Monsieur Sans-Gêne (1935)
La cinquième empreinte (1934)
A Fly in the Ointment (1934)
Simone est comme ça (1933)
Les Surprises du sleeping (1933)
Un soir de réveillon (1933)
Matricule 33 (1933)
I'm a Girl with a Devil in the Flesh (1933)
Nothing But Lies (1933)
Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's (1933)
Make Up (1932)
Une petite femme dans le train (1932)
Shout It from the House Tops (1932)
Mister Albert (1932)
The naked truth (1932)
The Champion Cook (1932)
The Case of Colonel Redl (1931)
A Girl from the Reeperbahn (1930)
Tonka of the Gallows (1930)
Otec Kondelík a ženich Vejvara II. (1927)
Pohádka máje (1926)
Otec Kondelík a ženich Vejvara I. (1926)
Do panského stavu (1925)
The Kidnapping of Fux the Banker (1923)
Tu ten kámen (1923)
Poslední polibek (1922)
Mrtví žijí (1922)
Gypsies (1922)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1898-10-25
Deathday1979-04-12 (80 years old)
Birth PlacePrague, Czech Republic
CitizenshipsCisleithania
Also Known AsKarel Anton, Charles Anton
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