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Name
  
Frantisek Langer

Role
  
Playwright


Movies
  
Never the Twain

Books
  
The legends of Prague

Frantisek Langer Chronometr hozen do stoupy Tdencz

Died
  
August 2, 1965, Prague, Czech Republic

Franti ek langer periferie v moravsk m divadle olomouc


František Langer (3 March 1888 – 2 August 1965) was a Czech playwright, military physician, script writer, essayist, literary critic and publicist. He was born and died in Prague.

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František Langer - Kampské válečky (Mluvené slovo CZ)


Life

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Langer, as a physician, served in Czechoslovak Legions in Russia during the World War I. In 1935-38 he worked as dramatic adviser in Městské divadlo in Prague, Vinohrady and as a commander of a Prague military hospital (rank of colonel). He spent World War II in England as a member of the Czechoslovakian army abroad (brigade general).

Work

The main focus of Langer's work is in drama:

František Langer PORTRT

  • Velbloub uchem jehly (aka The Camel through the Needle's Eye) (1923)
  • Periferie (aka The Outskirts) (1925)
  • Grandhotel Nevada (1927)
  • Obrácení Ferdyše Pištory (1929)
  • Jízdní hlídka (aka The Cavalry Witch) (1935)
  • Dvaasedmdesátka (1937)
  • Děti a dýka (1942)
  • Pražské legendy (1956)
  • Železný vlk (1923) - short stories

  • František Langer Aktivity Frantiek Langer

    References

    František Langer Wikipedia