FILM DIRECTOR

Karel Lamač

1897 - 1952

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Karel Lamač (27 January 1897 – 2 August 1952) was a Czech film director, actor, screenwriter, producer and singer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karel Lamač has received more than 51,968 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Karel Lamač is the 734th most popular film director (down from 718th in 2019), the 462nd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 426th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Czech Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 52k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Karel Lamač by language

Over the past year Karel Lamač has had the most page views in the with 10,989 views, followed by English (6,442), and German (2,902). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (108.33%), Catalan (52.76%), and Serbo-Croatian (50.18%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Karel Lamač ranks 734 out of 2,041. Before him are Rudolph Maté, Hans Hass, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Konrad Wolf, Jaromil Jireš, and Pupi Avati. After him are James Whale, Gustav von Wangenheim, Fernando Trueba, Karl Freund, Ryan Murphy, and Marc Forster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Karel Lamač ranks 183. Before him are Paavo Talvela, Kazimierz Nowak, Bud Abbott, Zhou Fohai, Harald Sæverud, and Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller. After him are Hansa Jivraj Mehta, Ilya Ilf, Gene Tunney, Isabelino Gradín, Friedrich Schulz, and Janaki Ammal. Among people deceased in 1952, Karel Lamač ranks 103. Before him are Krystyna Skarbek, Max Dehn, David Bergelson, Adolf Busch, Gino Fano, and Ludwig Kaas. After him are Herman Sörgel, Italo Montemezzi, Teffi, Albert Bassermann, Alberto Hurtado, and Elisabeth Schumann.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Karel Lamač ranks 462 out of 1,200. Before him are František Veselý (1943), Tomáš Skuhravý (1965), David Černý (1967), Josef Vojta (1935), Karel Roden (1962), and Tomáš Rosický (1980). After him are Joseph von Führich (1800), Jan Tříska (1936), Karl Freund (1890), František Vláčil (1924), Count Richard Belcredi (1823), and Jana Novotná (1968).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Czechia

Among film directors born in Czechia, Karel Lamač ranks 14. Before him are Karel Reisz (1926), Václav Vorlíček (1930), František Čáp (1913), Elmar Klos (1910), Harun Farocki (1944), and Otakar Vávra (1911). After him are Karl Freund (1890), František Vláčil (1924), Ivan Passer (1933), Vojtěch Jasný (1925), Gustav Machatý (1901), and Edgar G. Ulmer (1904).

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Filmography

Duchacek Will Fix It
Director
Jun 3o 19387.409 / 10
He Stood at the Till
Director
U pokladny stál... is a Czech comedy film. It was released in 1939.
Feb 10o 19397.9 / 10
They Met in the Dark
Director
A Royal navy Commander is tricked by a pretty girl who is working for the Nazis. She tricks him into revealing some military secrets and he is court martial. He vows to track her and her accomplices down.
Aug 11o 19436.2 / 10