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Karel Capek (I) More at IMDbPro »

Overview

Date of Birth:
9 January 1890, Malé Svatonovice, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic] See more »
Date of Death:
25 December 1938, Prague, Czech Republic See more »
Trivia:
Younger brother of Josef Capek. See more »
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NewsDesk:
(10 articles)
Otakar Vávra obituary
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 6 November 2011, 4:06 PM, PST)
Svankmajer Adapting Insect Play
 (From EmpireOnline. 8 May 2011, 5:01 PM, PDT)
Svankmajer Adapting Karel Capek's The Insect Play
 (From Twitch. 8 May 2011, 11:15 AM, PDT)

Filmography



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  1. R.U.R. (details only on IMDbPro)
Writer:
  1. Holy Night (2001) (TV) (story)
    ... aka "Svatá noc" - Czech Republic (original title)
  2. Na zámku (2000) (TV) (story)

  3. "Alilot David" (1 episode, 1998)
    ... aka "Bat Yam: New York - David's Tales" - Israel (English title) (long title)
        - Ha-Hadifa (1998) TV episode (story)
  4. Ruffiano and Sweeteeth (1997) (stories)
    ... aka "Lotrando a Zubejda" - Czech Republic (original title)

  5. Retsept yeyo molodosti (1983) (novel "The Makropoulos secret")
  6. Dark Sun (1982) (novel "Krakatit")
    ... aka "Temné slunce" - Czechoslovakia (original title)
  7. Plaché pribehy (1982) (short stories)
    ... aka "The Timid Stories" - International (English title) (informal literal title)
  8. Hordubal (1980) (book)

  9. La misma vieja historia (1977)
  10. The Water Sprite's Fairy-tale (1973) (story)
    ... aka "Vodnická pohádka" - Czechoslovakia (original title)
  11. Rekordi (1973) (story)
    ... aka "Record" - International (English title) (informal literal title)
  12. Tulácká pohádka (1972) (story)
  13. Ein Mordanschlag (1971) (TV) (story)

  14. Justice for Selwyn (1969) (TV) (story)
    ... aka "Spravedlnost pro Selvina" - Czechoslovakia (original title)
  15. "Teatterituokio" (1 episode, 1967)
        - Kohtalokas lemmenleikki (1967) TV episode (writer)
  16. De dichter (1964) (TV) (story)
  17. Loupeznická pohádka (1964) (story)
  18. Postácká pohádka (1964) (story)
  19. The Chintamani Carpet and a Swindler (1964) (book)
    ... aka "Cintamani & podvodník" - Czechoslovakia (original title)
  20. Doctor's Fairytale (1963) (fairytale)
    ... aka "Doktorská pohádka" - Czechoslovakia (original title)
  21. "Pakinateatteri" (1 episode, 1962)
        - Runoilija (1962) TV episode (writer)
  22. "BBC Sunday-Night Play" (1 episode, 1960)
        - Twentieth Century Theatre: The Insect Play (1960) TV episode (play "Ze zivota hmyzu")

  23. Of Things Supernatural (1959) (short stories)
    ... aka "O vecech nadprirozených" - Czechoslovakia (original title)
  24. Psí pohádka (1959) (story)
  25. První parta (1959) (novel)
  26. "ITV Television Playhouse" (1 episode, 1958)
        - The Macropulos Secret (1958) TV episode (writer)
  27. Historia pewnego listu (1957) (story)
  28. "Broadway Television Theatre" (1 episode, 1953)
        - R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) (1953) TV episode (play)
  29. "BBC Sunday-Night Theatre" (1 episode, 1950)
        - The Insect Play (1950) TV episode (play "Ze zivota hmyzu")

  30. Krakatit (1949) (novel "Krakatit")
  31. R.U.R. (1948) (TV) (play)
  32. Capek's Tales (1947) (books)
    ... aka "Capkovy povidky" - Czechoslovakia (original title)

  33. The Insect Play (1939) (TV)
  34. R.U.R. (1938) (TV) (play)
  35. Hordubalové (1938) (novel) (screenplay)
    ... aka "The Hordubals" - International (English title) (literal English title)
  36. Skeleton on Horseback (1937) (play)
    ... aka "Bílá nemoc" - Czechoslovakia (original title)
  37. Loupezník (1931) (play)

  38. Zlatý klícek (1922) (story)

Additional Details

Other Works:
World fame was his for two plays, "R.U.R." (in which he coined the word "robot") and "The Insect Play," and the allegorical novel representing Nazi and Fascist expansion as that of salamander-like creatures, "War With the Newts." See more »
Genres:
Drama | Short | Animation | Comedy See more »
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Based On Novel | Based On Book | Based On Play | Foreign Language Adaptation See more »

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