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Gustav Machatý is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Co-Director, Editor and Art Designer Tchèque born on 9 may 1901 at Prague (Republique tcheque)
Gustav Machatý (9 May 1901 – 13 December 1963) was a Czech film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed 17 films between 1919 and 1955, including Ecstasy (1933). He also was the screenplay writer for 10 films between 1920 and 1955.
He was born in Prague, and died in Munich, West Germany, where he emigrated after World War II and worked as a teacher in a film school.
(1937)
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Nationality Republique tcheque
Birth 9 may 1901 at Prague (Republique tcheque)
Death 13 december 1963 (at 62 years) at Munich (German)
Birth 9 may 1901 at Prague (Republique tcheque)
Death 13 december 1963 (at 62 years) at Munich (German)
He was born in Prague, and died in Munich, West Germany, where he emigrated after World War II and worked as a teacher in a film school.
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La Dame au petit pied (1920)
Directed by Přemysl Pražský
Genres Comedy
Actors Gustav Machatý, Přemysl Pražský, Svatopluk Innemann, Anny Ondra
Roles Archibald Pelich
Rating60%
Lady with the Small Foot (1920)
Directed by Přemysl Pražský
Genres Comedy
Actors Gustav Machatý, Anny Ondra, Přemysl Pražský, Svatopluk Innemann
Roles Archibald Pelich
Rating60%
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Jealousy (1945)
, 1h11Directed by Gustav Machatý
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors John Loder, Jane Randolph, Karen Morley, Nils Asther, Hugo Haas, Holmes Herbert
Rating61%
A successful alcoholic writer is murdered and his wife is accused.
Within the Law (1939)
, 1h5Directed by Gustav Machatý
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Ruth Hussey, Tom Neal, Paul Kelly, William Gargan, Paul Cavanagh, Rita Johnson
Rating63%
Conquest (1937)
, 1h53Directed by Clarence Brown, Gustav Machatý
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films, Films based on plays, Histoire de France, French Revolution films
Actors Greta Garbo, Charles Boyer, Reginald Owen, Alan Marshal, Henry Stephenson, Leif Erickson
Rating64%
Napoleon Bonaparte (Charles Boyer) launches an unsuccessful seduction of the Countess Marie Walewska (Greta Garbo), who is married to a much older man (Henry Stephenson), but she resists until convinced that giving in will save Poland. After her husband annuls their marriage and Napoleon divorces the Empress Josephine, the pair are free to formalize their happy relationship, but Napoleon shocks her by announcing his decision to wed the Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria for political reasons. While he doesn't expect it to impact his relationship with Marie, she leaves him, without ever telling him that she is expecting his child.
The Good Earth (1937)
, 2h18Directed by Victor Fleming, Sam Wood, Sidney Franklin, Gustav Machatý
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly, Tilly Losch, Charley Grapewin, Keye Luke
Rating74%
In pre-World War I northern China, a young farmer Wang Lung (Paul Muni) marries O-Lan (Luise Rainer), a lowly servant at the Great House, the residence of the most powerful family in their village. O-Lan proves to be an excellent wife, hard working and uncomplaining. Wang Lung prospers. He buys more land, and O-Lan gives birth to two sons and a daughter. Meanwhile, the Great House begins to decline.
Born Reckless (1937)
, 59minutesDirected by Malcolm St. Clair, Gustav Machatý
Genres Drama, Adventure, Crime
Actors Rochelle Hudson, Brian Donlevy, Barton MacLane, Robert Kent, Harry Carey, Pauline Moore
Rating59%
Bob Kane (Brian Donlevy), an auto racer, becomes a cab driver for a company that is being strong-armed by Jim Barnes (Barton MacLane) and his gangsters trying to gain control of all of the city's taxi companies.
Madame X (1937)
, 1h12Directed by Sam Wood, Gustav Machatý
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Gladys George, Warren William, John Beal, Reginald Owen, William Henry, Henry Daniell
Rating70%
A woman who cheated on her loving husband is thrown out of her home by said husband. Twenty years later, she finds herself accused of murder for saving her son, who does not know who she is as he was raised without her. He finds himself defending her without knowing her background.
Ecstasy (1933)
, 1h22Directed by Gustav Machatý
Origin Tchecoslovaquie
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Hedy Lamarr, Aribert Mog, Pierre Nay, Zvonimir Rogoz, Jiřina Steimarová, Jan Sviták
Rating65%
Emil (Zvonimir Rogoz), a precise, orderly older man, carries his happy new bride Eva (Hedy Lamarr) over the threshold of their home. (He has great difficulty opening the lock on the front door, trying key after key.) She is greatly disappointed on her wedding night; he does not even come to bed. After living in the unconsummated marriage for a while, she cannot bear it any longer and runs back to her father (Leopold Kramer), a horse breeder. A divorce is issued.
From Saturday to Sunday (1931)
, 1h9Directed by Gustav Machatý
Genres Drama
Rating68%
C'est l'histoire de deux jeunes filles cherchant à se distraire après une semaine de travail au bureau, dans la vie nocturne de la ville.
Erotikon (1930)
, 1h25Directed by Gustav Machatý
Origin Tchecoslovaquie
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Ita Rina, Theodor Pištěk, Charlotte Susa
Rating70%
À la suite d'un violent orage, un étranger se retrouve une nuit entière aux côtés d'une jeune femme naïve, Andrea, la fille d'un cheminot. Mais l’homme, sans scrupules, l’abandonne à son sort au petit matin en la laissant enceinte. Désespérée, elle rencontre un autre homme au cours d’une nuit dramatique qu’elle finira par épouser. Au moment où elle se croyait heureuse, elle se retrouve par hasard face à son premier amant...
Foolish Wives (1922)
, 1h57Directed by Erich von Stroheim, Gustav Machatý
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Maude George, Mae Busch, Erich von Stroheim, Dale Fuller, Miss DuPont, Cesare Gravina
Rating69%
The silent drama tells the story of a man who names himself Count Wladislaw Sergius Karamzin (von Stroheim) in order to seduce rich women and extort money from them.
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It Happened on July 20th (1955)
, 1h15Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Origin German
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Historical
Themes Hitler, Political films
Actors Bernhard Wicki, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Erik Frey, Albert Hehn, Kurt Meisel, Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
Roles Writer
Rating65%
Le 20 Juillet 1944, le colonel Baron Schenk von Stauffenberg prépare un attentat pour tuer Hitler, en utilisant une bombe dans son "Grand Quartier Général" dans l'est de la Prusse...
Jealousy (1945)
, 1h11Directed by Gustav Machatý
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors John Loder, Jane Randolph, Karen Morley, Nils Asther, Hugo Haas, Holmes Herbert
Roles Writer
Rating61%
A successful alcoholic writer is murdered and his wife is accused.
Ecstasy (1933)
, 1h22Directed by Gustav Machatý
Origin Tchecoslovaquie
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Hedy Lamarr, Aribert Mog, Pierre Nay, Zvonimir Rogoz, Jiřina Steimarová, Jan Sviták
Roles Story
Rating65%
Emil (Zvonimir Rogoz), a precise, orderly older man, carries his happy new bride Eva (Hedy Lamarr) over the threshold of their home. (He has great difficulty opening the lock on the front door, trying key after key.) She is greatly disappointed on her wedding night; he does not even come to bed. After living in the unconsummated marriage for a while, she cannot bear it any longer and runs back to her father (Leopold Kramer), a horse breeder. A divorce is issued.