František Čáp

František Čáp

Personal Info

  • Known for

    Directing

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    1913-12-07

  • Day of Death

    1972-01-13 (58 years old)

  • Place of Birth

    Celákovice, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]

Biography

František Čáp (7 December 1913 – 12 January 1972), also known as Franz Cap in Germany, was a Czech and later a Yugoslav film director and screenwriter. He directed 32 films between 1939 and 1970. Having created Slovene film classics such as Vesna, Ne čakaj na maj and Our Car, he is also one of the most popular directors of early Slovene cinema in 1950s and the 1960s.

Čáp was born in Čachovice (now in central Czech Republic). As an already established professional, he moved to Ljubljana in 1952, following an invitation by Branimir Tuma, director of Triglav Film. In 1957, he moved to Portorož, a coastal town in southwestern Slovenia, where he lived until his death.

Acting

Crew