Jan Sviták
Actor · Director · Production Manager · Screenplay
Born Dec 27, 1895
Active 1929–1945 · Awards: Medal for Bravery
Jan Sviták was a Czech actor and film director. He was an important exponent of Czechoslovak film in the interwar period and during World War II. Sviták was murdered shortly after the liberation of Prague in 1945.
Filmography
Ecstasy (1933) — TänzerThe Station Master (1941) — DirectorCall of the Blood (1929) — SaetoPodskalák (1929)Život vojenský – život veselý (1934) — DirectorTřetí zvonění (1938) — DirectorRote Rosen - Blaue Adria (1938) — Director · ScreenplayRozvod paní Evy (1937) — DirectorAnita v ráji (1934) — DirectorLelíček in the Services of Sherlock Holmes (1932) — Leader of the ConspiratorsDarling of the Regiment (1931) — Gustav TreglGrandhotel Nevada (1935) — DirectorTonka of the Gallows (1930)Powder and Petrol (1932) — MaxKarel Havlíček Borovský (1931)Srdce na kolejích (1937) — DirectorPoslední Podskalák (1940) — DirectorHlídač č. 47 (1937) — DirectorSrdce v celofánu (1940) — DirectorMilan Rastislav Štefánik (1935) — DirectorFather Vojtech (1936)Zlatá Kateřina (1934) — Radio Announcer (voice)Divoch (1936) — DirectorHero of One Night (1935) — Filmový režisér