Jan Kaláb was born on August 3, 1908 in Olomouc, Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was a composer and actor, known for Don't You Know of an Unoccupied Flat? (1947), Velká prehrada (1942) and O lidech pred pultem a za ním (1957). He died on July 1, 1979 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].