# Josef Mach

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.

## Filmography

| Year | Czech title (original title) | English title | Notes |
| 1920 | Nikyho velebné dobrodružství | | actor |
| 1934 | Rozpustilá noc | | actor |
| 1934 | The Last Man | | actor |
| 1937 | Naši furianti | | actor |
| 1939 | Dvojí život | | assistant-director; directed by Václav Kubásek |
| 1939 | Mořská panna | | assistant-director; directed by Václav Kubásek |
| 1939 | Ženy u benzinu | | writer |
| 1940 | Okénko do nebe | | writer |
| 1940 | Dceruška k pohledání | | writer |
| 1941 | Advokát chudých | | writer |
| 1942 | Městečko na dlani | | writer |
| 1942 | Host do domu | | writer |
| 1943 | Čtrnáctý u stolu | | writer |
| 1943 | Skalní plemeno | | assistant-director; directed by Ladislav Brom |
| 1945 | Bludná pouť | | writer |
| 1946 | V horách duní | Thunder in the Hills | writer; co-director with Václav Kubásek; a.k.a. The Mountains Are Rumbling |
| 1946 | Velký případ | A Big Case | writer; director |
| 1947 | Nikdo nic neví | Nobody Knows Anything | director |
| 1947 | Portáši | | writer |
| 1948 | Dravci | | writer |
| 1948 | Na dobré stopě | | director |
| 1948 | Zelená knížka | The Green Notebook | writer; director |
| 1949 | Vzbouření na vsi | The Village Revolt | writer; director |
| 1949 | 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 |
| 1956 | Muž v povětří | | writer |
| 1957 | Florenc 13:30 | | writer; director |
| 1958 | Hořká láska | Bitter Love | writer; director |
| 1958 | O věcech nadpřirozených | | writer |
| 1958 | Tři přání cestující | | actor |
| 1958 | 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 |
| 1962 | 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 |
| 1966 | 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 |

## Sources

* Josef Mach at České filmové nebe (Czech Film Heaven) Archived 28 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Czech)
* Josef Mach at IMDb