FILM DIRECTOR

František Čáp

1913 - 1972

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. František Čáp is the 699th most popular film director (down from 561st in 2019), the 449th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 345th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Czech Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, František Čáp ranks 699 out of 2,041. Before him are Aleksei Kapler, Rob Marshall, Jack Bender, Andrew Birkin, John Glen, and Wojciech Has. After him are Jan Němec, Hans Hass, Stanislav Govorukhin, Johnnie To, George Seaton, and Bruno Nuytten.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, František Čáp ranks 181. Before him are Salvador Artigas, Yakov Zak, Salvador Espriu, Julius Döpfner, Ćamil Sijarić, and Anni Steuer. After him are Albert Cossery, Rudolf Noack, Teodoro Fernández, Kazimierz Sabbat, Ċensu Tabone, and Jean Nicolas. Among people deceased in 1972, František Čáp ranks 138. Before him are Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval, Joseph Cornell, Paul Grüninger, Max Aub, Miriam Hopkins, and Ennio Flaiano. After him are Thomas C. Kinkaid, Rudolf Belling, Jimmy Douglas, Gustav Wiederkehr, Abeid Karume, and Alfons Gorbach.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, František Čáp ranks 449 out of 1,200. Before him are Jan Kalivoda (1801), František Veselý (1943), František Junek (1907), Rudolf Charousek (1873), Johann Radon (1887), and Marek Jankulovski (1977). After him are Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe (1875), Josef Košťálek (1909), Jan Němec (1936), Maria Jeritza (1887), Franziskus von Paula Graf von Schönborn (1844), and Jan Tříska (1936).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Czechia

Among film directors born in Czechia, František Čáp ranks 12. Before him are Karel Zeman (1910), Jiří Trnka (1912), Karel Reisz (1926), Václav Vorlíček (1930), Otakar Vávra (1911), and Karl Freund (1890). After him are Jan Němec (1936), Karel Lamač (1897), Ivan Passer (1933), Elmar Klos (1910), Vojtěch Jasný (1925), and František Vláčil (1924).

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