Karl Anton

For the Curonian writer, see Carl Anton.

Karl Anton
Anton, c. 1933
Born	(1898-10-25)25 October 1898 Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
Died	12 April 1979(1979-04-12) (aged 80) West Berlin, West Germany
Other names	Karel Anton, Charles Anton
Occupation(s)	Film director Screenwriter Film producer
Years active	1922–1963
Spouses	Olga Chekhova ​ (divorced)​ Ruth Buchardt–Hansen ​ ​ (m. 1940)​

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

Biography

He was born in Prague on 25 October 1898. His father, Wilhelm Anton (1861–1918) was a physician. ^[2] Anton studied medicine, but left 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 West Berlin in 1979. Czech actor Raoul Schránil was his cousin. ^[2]

Selected filmography

• Gypsies (1922)
• 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

1. "Karl Anton". Film Portal. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
2. "Karl Anton". Filmový přehled. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
3. 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

• Karl Anton at IMDb