Karl Anton

1898-10-25 Prague, Czechoslovakia 57 Credits

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The Avenger

The Avenger

1960

Director

7.1
Directing

A maniac is loose in London, decapitating his victims and sending the heads to Scotland Yard.

Der kühne Schwimmer

Der kühne Schwimmer

1957

Director

5.0
Directing
Viktor und Viktoria

Viktor und Viktoria

1957

Director

7.0
Directing

Aspiring singer Susanne takes over for ham actor Viktor at a small cabaret in Berlin where he works a woman impersonator and per chance she's discover...

Die Christel von der Post

Die Christel von der Post

1956

Director

4.0
Directing
Hello Kathrin

Hello Kathrin

1956

Director, Screenplay

5.0
Directing Writing

German musical with Caterina Valente and Peter Alexander.

Clivia

1954

Director

Directing
Der Vetter aus Dingsda

Der Vetter aus Dingsda

1953

Director, Writer

3.0
Directing Writing
Die Rose von Stambul

Die Rose von Stambul

1953

Director

Directing
Von Liebe reden wir später

Von Liebe reden wir später

1953

Director

Directing

The beautician Angela Bell, a well-off middle-aged lady, and the respected fashion doctor Prof. Christian Hollmann would like to get married, but ther...

Der Weibertausch

Der Weibertausch

1952

Director

5.0
Directing

Lorenz has his eye on Simon Gigl's prize-winning breeding bull and would love to have it. But is he willing to make a deal to give up his wife Uschi t...

Ruf an das Gewissen

Ruf an das Gewissen

1951

Director

Directing

Ten years ago, the "Andree case" was seemingly solved. Now criminal investigator Husfeld is to reopen it, as doubts have arisen about the guilt of Hel...

Verlobte Leute

1950

Director, Executive Producer

5.0
Directing Producing
Der große Fall

Der große Fall

1949

Director

Directing
Peter Voss, der Millionendieb

Peter Voss, der Millionendieb

1946

Director, Writer

7.2
Directing Writing

Polly Petterson is a major customer of the Van Geldern bank, which manages her assets to the tune of one million. When she wants to withdraw the entir...

Der große Preis

Der große Preis

1944

Director

Directing

The moral is simple: keep your mouth shut, especially when you're working during the wartime in a factory, which produces racing cars only, or someone...

Die Hochstaplerin

Die Hochstaplerin

1944

Director

Directing

A fake countess falls in love with an honest man.

Kollege kommt gleich

Kollege kommt gleich

1943

Director

Directing
Die Wirtin zum weißen Röss'l

Die Wirtin zum weißen Röss'l

1943

Director

5.0
Directing

Die große Nummer

1943

Director

Directing
Die Sache mit Styx

Die Sache mit Styx

1942

Director

5.5
Directing
Immer nur Du

Immer nur Du

1941

Director

5.0
Directing

The two stars of an upcoming operetta performance quarrel constantly. but they also fall in love with each other.

Uncle Krüger

Uncle Krüger

1941

Second Unit Director

7.5
Directing

An anti-British propaganda film from Nazi Germany which depicts the life of the South African politician Paul Kruger and his eventual defeat by the Br...

The Star of Rio

The Star of Rio

1940

Director

5.7
Directing
We're Dancing Around the World

We're Dancing Around the World

1939

Director

5.0
Directing

Mit versiegelter Order

1938

Director

Directing
White Slaves

White Slaves

1937

Director

Directing

Russia, 1917. Revolution is in the air. The Sevastopol anchors In Saint Petersburg. The sailors are thirsty for women and celebration. The ship become...

Martha

Martha

1936

Director

Directing

At the English court, at the beginning of the 18th century, Lady Henriett fell in love with a farmer, Lionel, who, following a mistake, believes her t...

Martha

Martha

1936

Director

Directing

At the start of the 18th century, British Queen Anne, inspired by her German born lady in waiting, emancipates the country's farmers and peasants.

Arènes joyeuses

Arènes joyeuses

1935

Director

Directing

Cabissol, the Mayor of Martigues, a town in the South of France, wishes to organize a bullfight as part of the coming festivities. But that is not cou...

Monsieur Sans-Gêne

Monsieur Sans-Gêne

1935

Director

Directing

A man creates a national scandal after he mistakenly kisses the wrong woman in a darkened cinema. The following year it was remade as an American come...

La cinquième empreinte

La cinquième empreinte

1934

Director

Directing

Jacques de Nisson, a rich man, has a new mistress, Lucie Cavelier. Which does not prevent him from courting Florence, the wife of his lawyer friend Fo...

A Fly in the Ointment

1934

Director

Directing

A young man drowning in debts must make a rich marriage to pay them off. But his friend compromises the plan until there is one that she likes and she...

Simone est comme ça

1933

Director

Directing
Les Surprises du sleeping

Les Surprises du sleeping

1933

Director

Directing

Prince Philippe of Bracowa must join his fiancée by train. The young and pretty Gisèle is on the same train, for her too to join her fiancé.

Un soir de réveillon

Un soir de réveillon

1933

Director

6.0
Directing
Matricule 33

Matricule 33

1933

Director

Directing

In 1917, a French deserter entered the service of German counterintelligence, but Villard (number 33) was a real French spy. Discovered, he is saved b...

I'm a Girl with a Devil in the Flesh

I'm a Girl with a Devil in the Flesh

1933

Director

Directing

This Czech sophisticated romantic comedy, filmed by director Anton also in a parallel French version ("Une petite femme dans le train"), casts beautif...

Nothing But Lies

Nothing But Lies

1933

Director

Directing

Two husbands claim to be Freemasons so they can go out at night. Where do they go, if not to the lodge, the Masonic lodge? In reality, one goes to vis...

Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's

Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's

1933

Director

Directing

A man is a hunter at Maxim's restaurant. He lives in the provinces and his family is unaware of his profession. As soon as he has enough money, he qui...

Make Up

Make Up

1932

Director

Directing

Misfortunes and disarray of the little clown Leroy who is upstaged by a comrade, Bertini, and sees himself abandoned by his girlfriend Ginette, prefer...

Une petite femme dans le train

Une petite femme dans le train

1932

Director

1.0
Directing

Sophisticated romantic comedy of suspicious husbands, straying wives, handsome lovers, with various misunderstandings thrown in for good measure. (Inc...

Shout It from the House Tops

Shout It from the House Tops

1932

Director

Directing

The son of a rich soap manufacturer gets himself in predicaments trying to prove to his father that he's responsible enough for marriage.

Mister Albert

1932

Director

Directing

Monsieur Albert is a very elegant and much-appreciated butler. One day he falls in love with a client, Sylvia Robertson, and follows her to a winter s...

The naked truth

The naked truth

1932

Director

Directing
The Champion Cook

The Champion Cook

1932

Director

Directing

Le Cordon Bleu doesn't refer to a ham-and-veal delicacy, though there is plenty of ham in this Gallic comedy. The scene is a posh Parisian hotel-resta...

The Case of Colonel Redl

The Case of Colonel Redl

1931

Director, Editor

Directing

The case of Colonel Redl -- an officer blackmailed into spying by virtue of his homosexuality.

A Girl from the Reeperbahn

1930

Director, Writer, Editor

Directing Writing

Lighthouse keeper Uwe Bull lives with his wife Hanne and the silent assistant Jens in a secluded, small world. When the only survivor from a shipwreck...

Tonka of the Gallows

Tonka of the Gallows

1930

Director, Editor, Producer

6.7
Directing Producing

Melodramatic story of an innocent country girl (Ita Rina) who struggles to make a living in the city as a prostitute. As she provides last service to ...

Otec Kondelík a ženich Vejvara II.

1927

Director

Directing
Pohádka máje

Pohádka máje

1926

Director

Directing

A lyrical tale of the pure, vernal romance between a diffident, somewhat naive girl from a rural backwater and a fairly dissolute, but kind-hearted la...

Otec Kondelík a ženich Vejvara I.

1926

Director

Directing

Do panského stavu

1925

Director

Directing

The Kidnapping of Fux the Banker

1923

Director, Screenplay

Directing Writing

Tu ten kámen

1923

Screenplay, Director, Story

4.0
Writing Directing

Poslední polibek

1922

Director

Directing

Mrtví žijí

1922

Acting
Gypsies

Gypsies

1922

Director, Screenplay

5.7
Directing Writing

The tale of the Venetian gondolier whose desire for revenge following a thwarted love affair leads him to Bohemia. The intricate plot also deals with ...