Josef Mach
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Josef Mach was a Czech actor, screenwriter and film director.

Josef Mach worked as a journalist and stage performer at the beginning of his career, then in 1938 was appointed assistant director of short films at Grafo Film Studio working with director Václav Kubásek. From 1946 Mach directed many feature films for Barrandov Studios
Barrandov Studios
Barrandov Studios is a famous set of film studios in Prague, Czech Republic. It is the largest film studio in the country and one of the largest in Europe.Several of the movies filmed there won Academy Awards...

 in Prague. He is best known for The Sons of Great Bear
The Sons of Great Bear
The Sons of Great Bear is a German language Red Western of 1966, directed by Josef Mach. The main characters are based on the books of Liselotte Welskopf-Henrich with the same name, which have been very successful, especially in East Germany...

, a 1966 Red Western film that he directed for the East German DEFA
Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft
Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft, better known as DEFA, was the public-owned film studio in East Germany throughout that country's history.-History:...

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Filmography

Year Czech title (original title) English title Notes
1920 Nikyho velebné dobrodružství actor
1934 Rozpustilá noc actor
Poslední muž actor
1937 Naši furianti actor
1939 Dvojí život assistant-director; directed by Václav Kubásek
Mořská panna assistant-director; directed by Václav Kubásek
Ženy u benzinu writer
1940 Okénko do nebe writer
Dceruška k pohledání writer
1941 Advokát chudých writer
1942 Městečko na dlani writer
Host do domu writer
1943 Čtrnáctý u stolu writer
Skalní plemeno assistant-director; directed by Ladislav Brom
1945 Bludná pouť writer
1946 V horách duní Thunder in the Hills writer; co-director with Václav Kubásek; a.k.a. The Mountains Are Rumbling
Velký případ A Big Case writer; director
1947 Nikdo nic neví Nobody Knows Anything director
Portáši writer
1948 Dravci writer
Na dobré stopě director
Zelená knížka The Green Notebook writer; director
1949 Vzbouření na vsi The Village Revolt writer; director
Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky writer; director
1950 Racek má zpoždění director
1952 Akce B Action B director
1953 Rodná zem Our Native Land writer; director
1956 Hrátky s čertem Playing with the Devil
Playing with the Devil
Playing with the Devil is a 1945 Czech fairy-tale comedy play by playwright Jan Drda. It was adapted into a 1956 film directed by Josef Mach, with animated decorations by Josef Lada, and starring popular actor Josef Bek. In 1979, another film adaptation was made in Poland which is the one more...

writer; director
Muž v povětří writer
1957 Florenc 13:30 writer; director
1958 Hořká láska Bitter Love writer; director
O věcech nadpřirozených writer
Tři přání cestující actor
Zatoulané dělo The Lost Gun writer; director; a.k.a The Missing Cannon
1960 Valčík pro milión Waltz for a Million writer; director
1961 Florián writer; director
1962 Medailonograf Frantiska Filipovského director; documentary short film
Prosím, nebudit! writer; director
1963 Tři chlapi v chalupě director; serial film
1966 Die Söhne der großen Bärin The Sons of Great Bear
The Sons of Great Bear
The Sons of Great Bear is a German language Red Western of 1966, directed by Josef Mach. The main characters are based on the books of Liselotte Welskopf-Henrich with the same name, which have been very successful, especially in East Germany...

director; a.k.a. The Sons of the Great Mother Bear; German language film; Czech title
Czech language
Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...

: Synové Velké medvědice
Der schwarze Panther director; German language film; Czech title
Czech language
Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...

: Černý panther
1968 Objížďka The Detour writer; director
1970 Na kolejích čeká vrah writer; director
1971 Člověk není sám writer; director
1973 Tři nevinní writer; director
1976 Paleta lásky Palette of Love writer; director
1977 Tichý Američan v Praze Quiet American in Prague writer; director

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