František Čáp

Known for DirectingBorn 1913-12-07Died 1972-01-13Celákovice, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]

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 lived until his death.Read more

Movies & web series

Piran

The Beginning Was Sin

La kermesse des brigands

Jan Cimbura

The World Where One Goes Begging

V tom domečku pod Emauzy

Help - She Loves Me

Crown Jewels

Mist on the Moors

Preludium

Don't Whisper

Adventure in Berlin

The Musician

Sign of the Anchor

Mother-Hen

Dvaasedmdesátka

Dnes neordinuji

Girl from the Beskids

Tanečnice

Panna

Vesna

Wally of the Vultures

Das ewige Spiel

Our Car

Nocturnal Butterfly

We'll Meet Tonight

X-25 Reports

Grandmother

Sand, Love and Salt

White Darkness

A Step into the Darkness

Moment of Decision

Men Without Wings

Virginity

Three Pals

The Door Remains Open

Jarka a Věra

Fiery Summer

Before Graduation

The Camel Goes Through the Eye of the Needle