[2] Anton studied medicine, but left school after his father's death.

[2] He started as a stage actor and director in Vienna, Linz and Prague.

During the World War I, Anton made amateur documentaries with his friends Karel Lamač and Otto Heller.

Anton is considered an early proponent of Czech lyrical cinema tradition.

[2] After the international success of Tonka of the Gallows he worked in Paris for Paramount Pictures from 1932 to 1935.