FILM DIRECTOR

František Čáp

1913 - 1972

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František Čáp (7 December 1913 – 12 January 1972), also known as Franz Cap in Germany, was a Czech and later a Yugoslav film director and screenwriter. He directed 32 films between 1939 and 1970. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of František Čáp has received more than 34,906 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 21 in 2019). František Čáp is the 561st most popular film director (down from 555th in 2019), the 345th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 340th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Czech Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, František Čáp ranks 561 out of 2,041. Before him are David O. Russell, Anja Breien, George Albert Smith, Grigori Kozintsev, David Byrne, and King Hu. After him are Thelma Schoonmaker, Sergei Yutkevich, Chris Menges, Tonino Delli Colli, Georges Lautner, and Anthony Asquith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, František Čáp ranks 149. Before him are Elisaveta Bykova, Alfonso López Michelsen, Edith Pargeter, Gig Young, Hajo Herrmann, and Ljuba Welitsch. After him are Abraham Sutzkever, Nicolas Grunitzky, Charles Helou, Sebastiano Baggio, Bahi Ladgham, and Tadao Horie. Among people deceased in 1972, František Čáp ranks 101. Before him are Dan Blocker, Prince William of Gloucester, Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen, Violette Leduc, Walter Jackson Freeman II, and Lee Morgan. After him are Mahendra of Nepal, Meena Kumari, Vladimir Durković, Paul Grüninger, Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, and Ralph Craig.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, František Čáp ranks 345 out of 1,200. Before him are Josef Škvorecký (1924), Vlastimil Brodský (1920), Michael Czerny (1946), Petr Chelčický (1390), Wenceslaus II, Duke of Bohemia (1137), and Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1812). After him are Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1641), Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (1656), Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer (1689), Svatopluk Pluskal (1930), Zdeněk Burian (1905), and Franz Krommer (1759).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Czechia

Among film directors born in Czechia, František Čáp ranks 10. Before him are Věra Chytilová (1929), Karel Zeman (1910), G. W. Pabst (1885), Jiří Trnka (1912), Karel Reisz (1926), and Václav Vorlíček (1930). After him are Elmar Klos (1910), Harun Farocki (1944), Otakar Vávra (1911), Karel Lamač (1897), Karl Freund (1890), and František Vláčil (1924).

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Filmography

Vesna
Director
Samo, Sandi in Krištof se pripravljajo na maturo. Domislijo se, da bi se lahko dokopali do matematičnih maturitetnih nalog s pomočjo domnevne profesorjeve hčerke z vzdevkom Hiperbola. Ker ne vedo njenega pravega imena, jo poimenujejo Vesna (pomlad). Na zmenku se nepričakovano prikaže prava profesorjeva hčerka, privlačna Janja. Samo in Vesna se zaljubita in zgodba se začne naglo odvijati. Samo povabi Vesno (Janjo) na vožnjo z jadralnim letalom. Morata zasilno pristati.Sandi, vesel, da so končno dobili naloge, se zanje stepe s Samom. Samo se poškoduje in zaradi tega ne more na zmenek z Vesno. Nanj gre Sandi, ki na zmenku poskuša pridobiti Vesno zase. Zareče se mu in uide mu resnica, da so za Vesno žrebali. Zaradi tega se hoče Vesna ubiti. Skoči s padalom v upanju, da se ne bo odprlo. Vse se lepo izide, padalo se odpre.
Dec 16th 19536.8 / 10
Don't Whisper
Director
A young girl, Vesna, goes on a skiing vacation to Slovenian Alps, where she is being looked after by her aunt. Her family gets worried when they meet Vesna's boyfriend, and try to marry the couple, thinking that she may be pregnant with him.
Jan 1st 19577.5 / 10
Men Without Wings
Director
After an attack against the guard of the Third Reich, Nazi repression intensifies, and the Czechoslovakian resistance's organized sabotage in an aircraft factory leads to Gestapo shootings.
Oct 25th 19465.7 / 10