subsequently worked as a driver under the scrutiny of the StB, living on the edge of poverty. He was forbidden to continue his career making films. On July 24, 1966, Binovec emigrated to West Germany with his son Viktor, after claiming he was only leaving the country to visit a nephew. He had hoped to find work with Miloš Havel and J. A. Holman and work for Radio Free Europe, but his efforts proved fruitless. He later returned to his native Prague, and found work at the Czechoslovak Film Institute. He died in Prague in February 1976 at the age of 88. Today, Binovec is considered to be one of the pioneers of the Czech film industry. Personal life Binovec had an affair with the actress Suzanne Marwille in the 1920s, and she gave birth to a daughter named Marta Fričová. In 1948, his son Viktor was born. Filmography Démon rodu Halkenu (1918) Osálená komtesa Zuzana (1918) A vásen vítezí (1918) Oklamaný hypnotisér Swengali (1919) Sivooký démon (1919) Bogra (1919) Evin hrích (1919) Titimekuv náhrdelník (1920) Krasavice Kata (1920) For the Freedom of the Nation (1920) Ircin románek I. (1921) Plameny zivota (1921) Román boxera (1921) Ircin románek II. (1921) Cerní myslivci (1921) Poslední radost (1922) Noc tríkrálová (1922) Marwille detektivem (1922) Adam a Eva (1922) Devce z Podskalí (1922) Láska slecny Very (1922) Die Gasse der Liebe und der Sünde (1923) Madame Golvery (1923) The Sun Disciples (1926) Irca v hnízdecku (1927) Nase jedenáctka (1930) Pepina Rejholcová (1932) A Woman Who Knows What She Wants (1934) Kiss in the Snow (1935) Holy Lie (1935) Jizdni hlidka (1936) Lieutenant Alexander Rjepkin (1937) Liza Soars to the Skies (1937) Ze vsech jediná (1938) Second Youth (1938) Jarka a Věra (1938) A Foolish Girl (1938) The Innocent Girl (1939) Lízino stestí (1939) Love Song (1940) Madla zpívá Evrope (1940) Dceruska k pohledáni (1940) Městečko na dlani (1942) Bludná pout (1945) References External links 1892 births 1976 deaths Czech screenwriters Male screenwriters Czech male silent film actors Film directors from Prague Czech expatriates in Germany 20th-century Czech writers 20th-century screenwriters Czech collaborators with Nazi Germany