Karl Anton
Anton, c. 1933
Born(1898-10-25)25 October 1898
Prague, Royal Bohemia, Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died12 April 1979(1979-04-12) (aged 80)
West Berlin, West Germany
Other namesKarel Anton, Charles Anton
Occupation(s)Film director
Screenwriter
Film producer
Years active1922–1963
Spouses
Olga Tschechowa
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(divorced)​
    Ruth Buchardt–Hansen
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1940)​

    Karl Anton or Karel Anton (25 October 1898 – 12 April 1979) was a Bohemian-born German film director, screenwriter and film producer.[1]

    Biography

    He was born in Prague on 25 October 1898. His father Wilhelm Anton (1861–1918) was a physician.[2] Anton studied medicine, but left the school after his father's death.[2] He started as a stage actor and director in Vienna, Linz and Prague. During the World War I Anton made amateur documentaries with his friends Karel Lamač and Otto Heller.[3] He directed his first movie, a lyrical drama Gypsies, in 1921. Anton is considered an early proponent of Czech lyrical cinema tradition.[3] He founded his own production companies Antonfilm (1923–30) and Sonorfilm (1930–32).[2]

    After the international success of Tonka of the Gallows he worked in Paris for Paramount Pictures from 1932 to 1935. After leaving Paramount he moved to Germany in 1935.[2] He died in Berlin, Germany in 1979. Czech actor Raoul Schránil was his cousin.[2]

    Selected filmography

    References

    1. ↑ "Karl Anton". Film Portal. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
    2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Karl Anton". Filmový přehled. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
    3. 1 2 Bock, Hans-Michael (2009). The concise CineGraph : encyclopaedia of German cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 15. ISBN 9780857455659. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
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