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Karl Anton
Karl Anton or Karel Anton (25 October 1898 – 12 April 1979) was a Bohemian-born German film director, screenwriter, and film producer.[1] BiographyHe was born in Prague on 25 October 1898. His father, Wilhelm Anton (1861–1918) was a physician.[2] Anton studied medicine, but left school after his father's death.[2] He started as a stage actor and director in Vienna, Linz and Prague. During the World War I, Anton made amateur documentaries with his friends Karel Lamač and Otto Heller.[3] He directed his first movie, a lyrical drama Gypsies, in 1921. Anton is considered an early proponent of Czech lyrical cinema tradition.[3] He founded his own production companies Antonfilm (1923–30) and Sonorfilm (1930–32).[2] After the international success of Tonka of the Gallows he worked in Paris for Paramount Pictures from 1932 to 1935. After leaving Paramount he moved to Germany in 1935.[2] He died in Berlin, Germany, in 1979. Czech actor Raoul Schránil was his cousin.[2] Selected filmography
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