Martin Frič — Director (12)
The Hordubals (1938) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Hordubalové
director: Martin Frič actor: Jaroslav Vojta / Paľo Bielik
other title: Hordubalové
Juraj Hordubal returns from America after eight years, where he has earned enough money to improve his farm. However, his daughter Hafia does not recognize him and his wife Polana does not show any joy at his return. Štěpán Manya has been a farmhand on the farm all these years, and people claim that he has become Polana's lover. Juraj denies the accusations and believes that his wife's distance from him is only due to the long separation...
A Step into the Darkness (1938) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Krok do tmy
director: Martin Frič actor: Adina Mandlová / Rolf Wanka
other title: Schritt ins Dunkel / Krok do tmy
A dashing but mysterious man saves a gambler from suicide, crashes the posh party of a prominent industrialist, falls in love with his daughter, and finds himself in a web of intrigue revolving around her blackmailing fiance and a gang of counterfeiters.
A Little Street in Paradise (1936) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Das Gässchen zum Paradies
director: Martin Frič actor: Hans Moser / Peter Bosse
other title: Das Gässchen zum Paradies / 天堂之路
A poor dog catcher in Prague takes up an orphan's boy who finds his favorite bull with him, with himself, until both find a better home, finally, with a rich family. - In antiquated style with put on warmth told comedy.
The King of Kings (1963) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Král Králů
director: Martin Frič actor: Jiří Sovák / Miloš Kopecký
other title: Král Králů / Seine Majestät, Kollege König
During his work assignment in Tamani Kingdom, Czech worker Lojza saves a local man from dying in the desert. Two years later, it turns out the saved man was also the Taman king; and he has decided to name Lojza, a communist, his royal heir.
Today for the Last Time (1958) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Dnes naposled
other title: Dnes naposled
Concert master Karel Mašek is a drunk, as well as engineer Danda and other regular guests of the pub U Kroců. Mašek returns from the pub in the morning and promises the woman that he will stop drinking. But he failed again, and the orchestra players refuse to play with him. Danda returns home without a bag and goes to Krocs again in the morning, even though he has an important job at work. He has been degraded to subordinate job position, but he refused to admit it at home.
The Last Man (1934) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Poslední muž
director: Martin Frič actor: Hugo Haas / Zdeňka Baldová
other title: Poslední muž
Alois Kohout is a high school professor, a despotic family tyrant and a terror before whom everyone trembles in panic. And yet there is a man who can knock down the professor's pride, restore his family's freedom and, on top of that, take the professor's daughter to a peaceful marriage haven...
The World Belongs to Us (1937) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Svět patří nám
director: Martin Frič actor: Jan Werich / George Voskovec
other title: Svět patří nám / The World Is Ours
One of the few European films of the 30s to criticize the Nazis, even if they couldn't be directly named due to censorship: Gangsters with gray hats stir up trouble in what is obviously the Sudetenland.
Poor girl (1930) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Chudá holka
other title: Chudá holka / Ein armes Mädel
The illegitimate child, Marie Růžová, grows up in the family of the Bořický miller. Childhood and youth spend with the son of Bořice, Klement. Klement asserts the rights, becomes a lawyer, and marries Jirina. In order not to cause further contradictions, Mary will go to Prague secretly at night. There he is living heavily as a waitress. He resists the insults of architect Jansky until he ultimately decides to commit suicide in despair.