Frantiek p (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 akaj na maj and Our
Car, he is also one of the most popular directors of early Slovene
cinema in 1950s and the 1960s.p was born in achovice (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 Portoro, a coastal town in
southwestern Slovenia, where he lived until his death.Prior to his
arrival to Yugoslavia, p was praised as the young star of Czech
cinema. During World War II he directed a dozen light romantic dramas
and melodramas, among them the internationally acclaimed Nocturnal
Butterfly which won a prize at the Venice film festival, and Men
Without Wings which won a prize for Best Director in Cannes. His last
Czechoslovak film The White Darkness, his personal favorite, put him
in conflict with the communist authorities. After the criticism his
film received by workers jury at Zln film festival, p called the jury
"morons who don't understand [his] films". This didn't go well in
communist Czechoslovakia and he was banned from directing movies. He
fled to West Germany where he directed three films, including All
Clues Lead to Berlin which was distributed to many countries. He
arrived in Yugoslavia by request of the director of a Slovene film
production company Branimir Tuma, to help in the development of the
Slovene film industry in the 1950s.
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 akaj na maj and Our
Car, he is also one of the most popular directors of early Slovene
cinema in 1950s and the 1960s.p was born in achovice (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 Portoro, a coastal town in
southwestern Slovenia, where he lived until his death.Prior to his
arrival to Yugoslavia, p was praised as the young star of Czech
cinema. During World War II he directed a dozen light romantic dramas
and melodramas, among them the internationally acclaimed Nocturnal
Butterfly which won a prize at the Venice film festival, and Men
Without Wings which won a prize for Best Director in Cannes. His last
Czechoslovak film The White Darkness, his personal favorite, put him
in conflict with the communist authorities. After the criticism his
film received by workers jury at Zln film festival, p called the jury
"morons who don't understand [his] films". This didn't go well in
communist Czechoslovakia and he was banned from directing movies. He
fled to West Germany where he directed three films, including All
Clues Lead to Berlin which was distributed to many countries. He
arrived in Yugoslavia by request of the director of a Slovene film
production company Branimir Tuma, to help in the development of the
Slovene film industry in the 1950s.
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