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Karl Anton
Anton, c. 1933
Born(1898-10-25)25 October 1898
Died12 April 1979(1979-04-12) (aged 80)
West Berlin, West Germany
Other namesKarel Anton, Charles Anton
Occupation(s)Film director
Screenwriter
Film producer
Years active1922–1963
Spouses

(divorced)

Ruth Buchardt–Hansen

(m. 1940)

Karl AntonorKarel Anton (25 October 1898 – 12 April 1979) was a Bohemian-born German film director, screenwriter and film producer.[1]

Biography[edit]

He was born in Prague on 25 October 1898. His father Wilhelm Anton (1861–1918) was a physician.[2] Anton studied medicine, but left the school after his father's death.[2] 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.[3] He directed his first movie, a lyrical drama Gypsies, in 1921. Anton is considered an early proponent of Czech lyrical cinema tradition.[3] He founded his own production companies Antonfilm (1923–30) and Sonorfilm (1930–32).[2]

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.[2] He died in Berlin, Germany in 1979. Czech actor Raoul Schránil was his cousin.[2]

Selected filmography[edit]

  • The Kidnapping of Fux the Banker (1923)
  • The May Fairy (1926)
  • Tonka of the Gallows (1930)
  • A Girl from the Reeperbahn (1930)
  • The Affair of Colonel Redl (1931)
  • The Case of Colonel Redl (1931)
  • Monsieur Albert (1932)
  • Make-Up (1932)
  • The Champion Cook (1932)
  • Simone Is Like That (1933)
  • The Naked Truth (1932)
  • Number 33 (1933)
  • Nothing But Lies (1933)
  • The Porter from Maxim's (1933)
  • Monsieur Sans-Gêne (1935)
  • Happy Arenas (1935)
  • White Slaves (1936)
  • Martha (1936)
  • We Danced Around the World (1939)
  • The Star of Rio (1940)
  • The Thing About Styx (1942)
  • The Big Number (1943)
  • The Impostor (1944)
  • Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1946)
  • Barry (1949)
  • The Appeal to Conscience (1949)
  • The Exchange (1952)
  • The Cousin from Nowhere (1953)
  • The Rose of Stamboul (1953)
  • We'll Talk About Love Later (1953)
  • Clivia (1954)
  • Bonjour Kathrin (1956)
  • The Daring Swimmer (1957)
  • Victor and Victoria (1957)
  • The Avenger (1960)
  • References[edit]

    1. ^ "Karl Anton". Film Portal. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  • ^ a b c d e "Karl Anton". Filmový přehled. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  • ^ a b Bock, Hans-Michael (2009). The concise CineGraph : encyclopaedia of German cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 15. ISBN 9780857455659. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  • External links[edit]


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