Martin Frič
Martin Frič (29 March 1902 – 26 August 1968) was a Czech film director, screenwriter and actor. He had more than 100 directing credits between 1929 and 1968, including feature films, shorts and documentary films.
Also recorded as Martin Fric
Martin Frič
Anonymous Unknown author · Kinorevue 1940/1941 (CZ), page121 · Public domain
- Name
- Martin Frič
- Born
- 29 March 1902
- Birthplace
- Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
- Died
- 26 August 1968
- Place of death
- Prague, Czechoslovakia
- Spouse
- Suzanne Marwille
- Occupation
- Film director, screenwriter
- Nationality
- Czechoslovakia
- Honours
- Národní umělec · Order of the Republic · Merited Artist of Czechoslovakia · Klement Gottwald State Prize
- Languages
- German · Czech
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Martin Frič • Born — 29 March 1902 • Birthplace — Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic) • Died — 26 August 1968 • Place of death — Prague, Czechoslovakia • Spouse — Suzanne Marwille • Occupation — Film director, screenwriter • Years Active — 1922-1968
Documentary record
Martin Frič, a film director, film actor and director, was born on 29 March 1902 in Prague and died on 26 August 1968 in Prague. Both events are recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Personal life and death
Personal life and death
Throughout his life, Frič struggled with alcoholism. On the day of the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, he attempted suicide, after battling cancer. He died in the hospital five days later.
Filmography
Filmography
• Páter Vojtěch (1929) • The Organist at St. Vitus' Cathedral (1929) • All for Love (1930) • Chudá holka (1930) • On a jeho sestra (1931) • Dobrý voják Švejk (1931) • Der Zinker (1931) • To neznáte Hadimršku (1931) • Sestra Angelika (1932) • Wehe, wenn er losgelassen (1932) • The Ringer (1932) • Anton Špelec, ostrostřelec (1932) • Lelíček ve službách Sherlocka Holmese (1932) • Život je pes (1933) • S vyloučením veřejnosti (1933) • Pobočník Jeho Výsosti (1933) • Kantor Ideál (1933) • The Inspector General (1933) • Dvanáct křesel (1933) • U snědeného krámu (1933) • The Last Man (1934) • Mazlíček (1934) • Der Adjutant Seiner Hoheit (1934) • Der Doppelbräutigam (1934) • Hej-Rup! (1934) • The Eleventh Commandment (1935) • Jánošík (1935) • Hero for a Night (1935) • Ať žije nebožtík (1935) • Hrdina jedné noci (1935) • Ulička v ráji (1936) • Švadlenka (1936) • Páter Vojtěch (1936) • Mravnost nade vše (1936) • Svět patří nám (1937) • Krok do tmy (1937) • Lidé na kře (1937) • Advokátka Věra (1937) • Tři vejce do skla (1937) • Hordubalové (1938) • Škola základ života (1938) • Muž z neznáma (1939) • Kristián (1939) • Jiný vzduch (1939) • Cesta do hlubin študákovy duše (1939) • Eva tropí hlouposti (1939) • Katakomby (1940) • Muzikantská Liduška (1940) • Baron Prásil (1940) • Druhá směna (1940) • Těžký život dobrodruha (1941) • Tetička (1941) • Roztomilý člověk (1941) • Hotel Modrá hvězda (1941) • Valentin Dobrotivý (1942) • Barbora Hlavsová (1943) • Der zweite Schuß (1943) • Experiment (1943) • Počestné paní pardubické (1944) • Dir zuliebe (1944) • Prstýnek (1944) • Černí myslivci (1945) • 13. revír (1946) • Varúj...! (1946) • Čapkovy povídky (1947) • Návrat domů (1948) • Polibek ze stadionu (1948) • Pytlákova schovanka aneb Šlechetný milionář (1949) • Pětistovka (1949) • Zocelení (1950) • Bylo to v máji (1951) • Past (1951) • Císařův pekař - Pekařův císař (1952) • Operation B (1952) • Tajemství krve (1953) • Psohlavci (1955) • Nechte to na mně (1955) • Zaostřit, prosím! (1956) • Povodeň (1958) • Dnes naposled (1958) • The Princess with the Golden Star (1959) • Bílá spona (1960) • Dařbuján a Pandrhola (1960) • Král Králů (1963) • Hvězda zvaná Pelyněk (1964) • Lidé z maringotek (1966) • Přísně tajné premiéry (1967) • Nejlepší ženská mého života (1968)
Identity
Identity
Martin Frič is recorded as having received Národní umělec, Order of the Republic and Merited Artist of Czechoslovakia.
Photograph from shooting the film by Martin Frič Hej rup in 1934 in which there was a fatal accident with a steamroller. (Regional Criminal Court Prague, Martin Frič and Adolf Heidrich, Tk V 7982/34, SOA Prague)
Anonymous Unknown author · State Regional Archives in Prague
Life and career
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Life and career
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1902
Martin Frič born at Prague.
1968
Martin Frič died at Prague.
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The authorities additionally record the heading Martin Fric. His recorded languages were German and Czech. Frič received Národní umělec, Order of the Republic, Merited Artist of Czechoslovakia and Klement Gottwald State Prize.
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