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Jan Sviták

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Czech actor and film director (1895-1945)

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Jan Sviták was a Czech actor and film director. He was an important exponent of Czechoslovak film in the interwar period and during World War II. Sviták was murdered shortly after the liberation of Prague in 1945.

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SMS Wien sank on 10 December 1917. Future Czech film director Jan Sviták was aboard.SMS Wien sank on 10 December 1917. Future Czech film director Jan Sviták was aboard.Jan Sviták was murdered in front of the Church of St. Martin in the Wall, Prague.Jan Sviták was murdered in front of the Church of St. Martin in the Wall, Prague.

Filmography 40

Ecstasy1933 · ★ 6.3
The Station Master1941
Tonka of the Gallows1930
Lelíček in the Services of Sherlock Holmes1932
The Undertaker1932
Him and His Sister1931
Young Love1933
Hero of One Night1935
Jánošík1936
Powder and Petrol1932
Zlatá Kateřina1934
Father Vojtech1936
Poslední Podskalák1940
Divoch1936
Naceradec, King of Kibitzer1932
Její lékař1933
Irčin románek1936
Colonel Svec1930
Love Song1940
Hlídač č. 471937
Anita v ráji1934
Milan Rastislav Štefánik1935
The Case of Colonel Redl1931
Záhada modrého pokoje1933
Srdce na kolejích1937
Dokud máš maminku1934
Call of the Blood1929
Darling of the Regiment1931
Grandhotel Nevada1935
Rozvod paní Evy1937
Za řádovými dveřmi1934
The Dogheads1931
Třetí zvonění1938
Život vojenský - život veselý1934
Srdce v celofánu1940
Rote Rosen - Blaue Adria1938
Podskalák1929
Karel Havlíček Borovský1931
U svatého Matěje1939
Third Company1931

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Awards 1

1917Medal for Bravery

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Lída BaarováAlso in Její lékař (1933)Vlasta BurianAlso in The Station Master (1941)Zvonimir RogozAlso in Rozvod paní Evy (1937)Jaroslav KvapilAlso in Hero of One Night (1935)Oldřich NovýAlso in Třetí zvonění (1938)Karel PoláčekAlso in Naceradec, King of Kibitzer (1932)

About this person

Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1895 to 1945 · aged 49
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5 languages

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