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
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and
documentary films
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.
Throughout his life, Frič struggled with
alcoholism
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.
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.
Filmography
* ''
Páter Vojtěch'' (1929)
* ''
Varhaník u sv. Víta'' (1929)
* ''
Vše pro lásku'' (1930)
* ''
Chudá holka'' (1930)
* ''
On a jeho sestra'' (1931)
* ''
Dobrý voják Švejk'' (1931)
* ''
Der Zinker'' (1931)
* ''
To neznáte Hadimršku'' (1931)
* ''
Sestra Angelika'' (1932)
* ''
Wehe, wenn er losgelassen'' (1932)
* ''
The Ringer'' (1932)
* ''
Anton Špelec, ostrostřelec'' (1932)
* ''
Lelíček ve službách Sherlocka Holmese'' (1932)
* ''
Život je pes'' (1933)
* ''
S vyloučením veřejnosti'' (1933)
* ''
Pobočník Jeho Výsosti'' (1933)
* ''
Kantor Ideál'' (1933)
* ''
The Inspector General'' (1933)
* ''
Dvanáct křesel'' (1933)
* ''
U snědeného krámu'' (1933)
* ''
Poslední muž'' (1934)
* ''
Mazlíček'' (1934)
* ''
Der Adjutant Seiner Hoheit'' (1934)
* ''
Der Doppelbräutigam'' (1934)
* ''
Hej-Rup!'' (1934)
* ''
Jedenácté přikázání'' (1935)
* ''
Jánošík'' (1935)
* ''
Held einer Nacht
''Held einer Nacht '' is a Czech-German comedy film directed by Martin Frič, released in 1935.
It is the German-language version of '' Hrdina jedné noci''.
Cast
* Vlasta Burian - Florian Kerzl
* Else Lord - Plaschek, Schneidermeisterin
* B ...
'' (1935)
* ''
Ať žije nebožtík'' (1935)
* ''
Hrdina jedné noci'' (1935)
* ''
Ulička v ráji'' (1936)
* ''
Švadlenka'' (1936)
* ''
Páter Vojtěch'' (1936)
* ''
Mravnost nade vše'' (1936)
* ''
Svět patří nám'' (1937)
* ''
Krok do tmy'' (1937)
* ''
Lidé na kře'' (1937)
* ''
Advokátka Věra'' (1937)
* ''
Tři vejce do skla'' (1937)
* ''
Hordubalové'' (1938)
* ''
Škola základ života'' (1938)
* ''
Muž z neznáma'' (1939)
* ''
Kristián
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'' (1939)
* ''
Jiný vzduch'' (1939)
* ''
Cesta do hlubin študákovy duše'' (1939)
* ''
Eva tropí hlouposti'' (1939)
* ''
Katakomby'' (1940)
* ''
Muzikantská Liduška'' (1940)
* ''
Baron Prásil'' (1940)
* ''
Druhá směna'' (1940)
* ''
Těžký život dobrodruha'' (1941)
* ''
Tetička'' (1941)
* ''
Roztomilý člověk'' (1941)
* ''
Hotel Modrá hvězda'' (1941)
* ''
Valentin Dobrotivý'' (1942)
* ''
Barbora Hlavsová'' (1943)
* ''
Der zweite Schuß'' (1943)
* ''
Experiment
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'' (1943)
* ''
Počestné paní pardubické'' (1944)
* ''
Dir zuliebe
''Dir zuliebe'' is a 1944 German comedy film directed by Martin Frič.
Cast
* Hans Holt as Martin Mansfeld
* Winnie Markus as Maria Mansfeld - seine Frau
* Clementia Egies as Magda - ihre Schwester
* Richard Häussler as Lorenz von Niel
* E ...
'' (1944)
* ''
Prstýnek'' (1944)
* ''
Černí myslivci'' (1945)
* ''
13. revír'' (1946)
* ''
Varúj...!'' (1946)
* ''
Čapkovy povídky'' (1947)
* ''
Návrat domů'' (1948)
* ''
Polibek ze stadionu'' (1948)
* ''
Pytlákova schovanka aneb Šlechetný milionář'' (1949)
* ''
Pětistovka'' (1949)
* ''
Zocelení'' (1950)
* ''
Bylo to v máji'' (1951)
* ''
Past
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'' (1951)
* ''
Císařův pekař - Pekařův císař'' (1952)
* ''
Tajemství krve'' (1953)
* ''
Psohlavci'' (1955)
* ''
Nechte to na mně'' (1955)
* ''
Zaostřit, prosím!'' (1956)
* ''
Povodeň'' (1958)
* ''
Dnes naposled'' (1958)
* ''
The Princess with the Golden Star'' (1959)
* ''
Bílá spona'' (1960)
* ''
Dařbuján a Pandrhola'' (1960)
* ''
Král Králů'' (1963)
* ''
Hvězda zvaná Pelyněk
''Hvězda zvaná Pelyněk'' (English: The Star Called Wormwood) is a 1964 Czech drama film written and directed by Martin Frič. It depicts the events of 1918 mutiny of Czech soldiers serving in the Austro-Hungarian army in Rumburk garrison.
...
'' (1964)
* ''
Lidé z maringotek'' (1966)
* ''
Přísně tajné premiéry'' (1967)
* ''
Nejlepší ženská mého života
''Nejlepší ženská mého života'' is a 1968 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Martin Frič as his final film.
Cast
* Jiří Sovák as Láda
* Milena Dvorská as Kaplanová
* Jarmila Smejkalová as Jirina
* Iva Janžurová as Blanka
* ...
'' (1968)
References
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1902 births
1968 suicides
Male actors from Prague
People from the Kingdom of Bohemia
Czech film directors
Czech male film actors
Czech male silent film actors
Czechoslovak film directors
Czech screenwriters
Male screenwriters
German-language film directors
Silent film directors
20th-century Czech male actors
Suicides in Czechoslovakia
Suicides in the Czech Republic
1968 deaths
20th-century screenwriters