Karel Lamač Movies

A young woman leaves behind her job, home and family to try to make it in the movie business. Features cameos from about three dozen German film...

One of the popular Weimar-era musical comedies not released in the US until after the Nazi takeover, this one has a Cinderella-type plot.

Kiki who has a walk-on part in a show, is in love with her director, who doesn't notice her at all. She settles into his home and causes him to break...

Illustration of the ballad of the same name by Karel Jaromír Erben.

Marianne is an accountant, but since she is so pretty the employment agency sends her to the theater. There, Max's gaffer falls in love with Marianne...

During a pogrom against Jews in a village, an innkeeper is killed, his daughter is put in a convent after being crucified, and her illegitimate...

Famous 1930's tenor Jan Kiepura doubles as a singing shop-assistant who stands in for a famous but lazy singer, mixing up each others love-lives in...

Anny Brabcová is Sabine Veldenová's maid. She would very much like to get the main role in the new musical "The Pink Letter", in which...

Two members of a traveling troupe are reduced to the status of hoboes. They pretend to be a famous composer and his colleague, to improve their...

La Marquise de Pompadour desires the best tenor in France for her opera company, and after an extensive search in the provinces, Chapelou is selected...

A musician and his conductor clash in this Bavarian film classic; Mixed-up music sheets and mismanaged minutes. Miscommunication is brought to...

Sylvain, sentenced to death, assures the visiting priest that his life could have been completely different, and invents different situations.

Alena Skalická, the owner of the "Krásná skála" estate, returns to the property after years abroad to take over its...

Film by Karel Lamac.

Country girl Margit sits for the artist Sándor, from Budapest. She is fascinated and charmed by him, and agrees to accompany him to the...

Tommy Fikejs and Ferda Říha, two perpetual students, are completely broke. They are up to their necks in debt, their landlady is kicking...