František Čáp
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1913-12-07 (59 years old)
Deathday
1972-01-13
Place of Birth
Celákovice, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
Also known As
Franz Cap
Frantisek Cáp
Франтишек Чап
František Xaverský Čáp
František Čáp
Biography
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. Having created Slovene film classics such as Vesna, Ne čakaj na maj and Our Car, he is also one of the most popular directors of early Slovene cinema in 1950s and the 1960s. Čáp was born in Čachovice (now in central Czech Republic). As an already established professional, he moved to Ljubljana in 1952, following an invitation by Branimir Tuma, director of Triglav Film. In 1957, he moved to Portorož, a coastal town in southwestern Slovenia, where he ...
Acting
Production
1947
as Creative Producer
1947
as Director
1948
as Screenplay
1947
as Screenplay
1953
as Creative Producer
1956
as Director
1957
as Director
1946
as Director
1962
as Director
1962
as Writer
1954
as Writer
1953
as Director
1956
as Director
1941
as Director
1955
as Writer
1955
as Director
1956
as Writer
1957
as Director
1950
as Director
1959
as Director
1960
as Director
1960
as Writer
1970
as Director
1952
as Director
1938
as Screenplay
1951
as Director
1953
as Writer
1957
as Writer
1957
as Idea
1962
as Director
1954
as Director
1944
as Director
1944
as Screenplay
1948
as Director
1940
as Screenplay
1944
as Director
1938
as Screenplay
1938
as Screenplay
1943
as Screenplay
1943
as Director
1941
as Director
1941
as Director
1941
as Screenplay
1937
as Screenplay
1939
as Director
1940
as Director
1939
as Screenplay
1934
as Assistant Director
1937
as Screenplay
1941
as Screenplay
1948
as Screenplay
1948
as Director
1948
as Creative Producer
1940
as Director
1965
as Director
1965
as Writer
1965
as Editor
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