1954Nominee
Best Writing
Homeland
Josef Mach
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Prostejov, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
February 25, 1909
Biography
Josef Mach (25 February 1909, in Prostějov – 7 July 1987, in Prague) was a Czech 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 working with director Václav Kubásek. From 1946 Mach directed many feature films for Barrandov Studios in Prague. He is best known for The Sons of Great Bear, a 1966 Red Western film that he directed for the East German DEFA film studio.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1966Nominee
Best Director
The Sons of Great Bear
1941Nominee
Best Writing
Modrý závoj
Career Highlights
1970Highlight
Best Director
A Killer on the Tracks
1946Highlight
Best Writing
Magical River
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The Sons of Great Bear