Gustav Machatý

Czech film producer and director (1901–1963)

1.29body-of-work score · ranked #724 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
May 9, 1901 · Prague
Died
December 14, 1963 · Munich
Nationality
Czechoslovakia
Work
film director, screenwriter, film actor, film producer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Gustav Machatý
AnonymousUnknown author · Public domain

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1

    1937 · United States · romance, drama

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1937 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1937 #7 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.953 citations
  2. 2

    1922 · United States · drama, silent

    National Film Registry (inducted 2008) · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.342 citations

Complete filmography

All 15 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1922Foolish Wives
  • 1927Schweik in Civilian Life
  • 1927The Kreutzer Sonata
  • 1929Erotikon
  • 1931From Saturday to Sunday
  • 1932Naceradec, King of Kibitzer
  • 1933Ecstasy
  • 1936Ballerine
  • 1937Born Reckless
  • 1937Conquest
  • 1937Madame X
  • 1937The Good Earth
  • 1939Within the Law
  • 1945Jealousy
  • 1955Suchkind 312