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František Smolík

František Smolík

2 films · 110 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19481963

Born 23 January 1891 · Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic] · died 26 January 1972

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 110 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19481963

  • Order of the Republic1961
  • Order of Labour (Czechoslovakia)1958
  • Národní umělec1953

How their films are shot

Measured across 110 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work František takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 2 films we hold, 61% of their frames are night, 45% low key — the look of the work František takes.

Time of day

Night61%
Interior31%
Day7%

Lighting

Low key45%
Chiaroscuro22%
High key18%
Silhouette8%

Shot size

Medium56%
Closeup20%
Wide18%
Fullbody5%

Camera angle

Eye level80%
Low angle10%
High angle8%

Mood

Neutral63%
Tense23%
Oppressive5%
Lonely5%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 110 frames from František Smolík's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.