Josef Mach (25 February 1909, inProstějov – 7 July 1987, inPrague) was aCzech actor, screenwriter and film director.
Josef Mach worked as a journalist and stage performer at the beginning of his career, then in 1938 was appointed assistant director of short films at Grafo Film Studio[1] working with directorVáclav Kubásek. From 1946 Mach directed many feature films forBarrandov Studios in Prague. He is best known forThe Sons of Great Bear, a 1966Red Western film that he directed for the East GermanDEFA film studio.
| Year | Czech title (original title) | English title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | Nikyho velebné dobrodružství | actor | |
| 1934 | Rozpustilá noc | actor | |
| The Last Man | actor | ||
| 1937 | Naši furianti | actor | |
| 1939 | Dvojí život | assistant-director; directed byVáclav Kubásek | |
| Mořská panna | assistant-director; directed byVáclav Kubásek | ||
| Ženy u benzinu | writer | ||
| 1940 | Okénko do nebe | writer | |
| Dceruška k pohledání | writer | ||
| 1941 | Advokát chudých | writer | |
| 1942 | Městečko na dlani | writer | |
| Host do domu | writer | ||
| 1943 | Čtrnáctý u stolu | writer | |
| Skalní plemeno | assistant-director; directed byLadislav Brom | ||
| 1945 | Bludná pouť | writer | |
| 1946 | V horách duní | Thunder in the Hills | writer; co-director withVáclav Kubásek; a.k.a.The Mountains Are Rumbling |
| Velký případ | A Big Case | writer; director | |
| 1947 | Nikdo nic neví | Nobody Knows Anything | director |
| Portáši | writer | ||
| 1948 | Dravci | writer | |
| Na dobré stopě | director | ||
| Zelená knížka | The Green Notebook | writer; director | |
| 1949 | Vzbouření na vsi | The Village Revolt | writer; director |
| Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky | writer; director | ||
| 1950 | Racek má zpoždění | director | |
| 1952 | Akce B | Action B | director |
| 1953 | Rodná zem | Our Native Land | writer; director |
| 1956 | Hrátky s čertem | Playing with the Devil | writer; director |
| Muž v povětří | writer | ||
| 1957 | Florenc 13:30 | writer; director | |
| 1958 | Hořká láska | Bitter Love | writer; director |
| O věcech nadpřirozených | writer | ||
| Tři přání cestující | actor | ||
| Zatoulané dělo | The Lost Gun | writer; director; a.k.a.The Missing Cannon | |
| 1960 | Valčík pro milión | Waltz for a Million | writer; director |
| 1961 | Florián | writer; director | |
| 1962 | Medailonograf Frantiska Filipovského | director; documentary short film | |
| Prosím, nebudit! | writer; director | ||
| 1963 | Tři chlapi v chalupě | director;serial film | |
| 1966 | Die Söhne der großen Bärin | The Sons of Great Bear | director; a.k.a.The Sons of the Great Mother Bear; German language film;Czech title:Synové Velké medvědice |
| Der schwarze Panther | director; German language film;Czech title:Černý panther | ||
| 1968 | Objížďka | The Detour | writer; director |
| 1970 | Na kolejích čeká vrah | writer; director | |
| 1971 | Člověk není sám | writer; director | |
| 1973 | Tři nevinní | writer; director | |
| 1976 | Paleta lásky | Palette of Love | writer; director |
| 1977 | Tichý Američan v Praze | Quiet American in Prague | writer; director |
