František Čáp

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1913-12-07

Deathday 1972-01-13 (58 years old)

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 lived until his death.

Known For

Director

1968
1962
Our Car

as Director

1962
We'll Meet Tonight

as Director

1960
X-25 Reports

as Director

1959
1957
Don't Whisper

as Director

1957
1956
Wally the Vulture

as Director

1956
1955
Moment of Decision

as Director

1954
1953
Vesna

as Director

1952
1951
Das ewige Spiel

as Director

1950
Crown Jewels

as Director

1948
White Darkness

as Director

1948
The Musician

as Director

1947
Sign of the Anchor

as Director

1946
Men Without Wings

as Director

1944
Mist on the Moors

as Director

1944
1943
Tanečnice

as Director

1941
1941
Preludium

as Director

1941
Jan Cimbura

as Director

1940
Grandmother

as Director

1940
Panna

as Director

1939
Fiery Summer

as Director

1934
V tom domečku pod Emauzy

as Assistant Director

Writer

1962
Our Car

as Writer

1960
X-25 Reports

as Writer

1957
Don't Whisper

as Writer

1956
1955
1954
1953
Dvaasedmdesátka

as Creative Producer

1953
Vesna

as Writer

1948
White Darkness

as Screenplay

1948
Dnes neordinuji

as Creative Producer

1948
The Musician

as Screenplay

1947
Three Pals

as Creative Producer

1947
Sign of the Anchor

as Screenplay

1944
Mist on the Moors

as Screenplay

1943
Tanečnice

as Screenplay

1941
Jan Cimbura

as Screenplay

1941
Nocturnal Butterfly

as Screenplay

1940
Grandmother

as Screenplay

1939
Fiery Summer

as Screenplay

1938
1938
Jarka a Věra

as Screenplay

1937
Mother-Hen

as Screenplay

1937
Virginity

as Screenplay