Josef Mach was born in Prostejov, now Czech Republic on February 25, 1909 and died on July 7, 1987. He was a journalist and stage actor from 1931 to 1938 before becoming an assistant director of short films at Grafofilm Studio in 1938. He directed many feature-length films for the Barrandov Studios in Czechoslovakia and was invited by the DEFA film studios to shoot the first East German Indianerfilm western, which turned out to be enormously successful.

FIlmography

Upheavals in the Village (Revolte im Dorf) 1949; Ratzek Gets Connected (Ratzek findet Anschluss) 1950; One Woman - One Word (Eine Frau - ein Wort) 1952; Bitter Love (Bittere Liebe) 1958; Walz for Millions (Walzer fuer Millionen) 1960; The Sons of Great Bear (Die Soehne der grossen Baerin) 1965; Black Panthers (Schwarze Panther) 1966; The Murderer on the Tracks (Der Moerder auf den Schienen) 1970; Scarface on Your Trail (Dem Narbengesicht auf der Spur) 1971; A Quiet American in Prague (Ein stiller Amerikaner in Prag) 1977.