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Jan Werich

Jan Werich

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Born February 6, 1905 in Praha - Československo

Died October 31, 1980

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Biography

Between 1916 and 1924, Werich attended "reálné gymnasium" (equivalent to high school) in Křemencova Street in Prague (where his future business partner, Jiří Voskovec, also studied). He studied law at the Charles University Law School from 1924 to 1927, from which he made an early departure to begin his artistic career and forge one of the most important partnerships of his life.

For more than 10 years he worked in theatre Jiří Voskovec and Jaroslav Ježek. Their partnership was a platform for their numerous left-wing political satires, most notably in the Osvobozené divadlo (Liberated Theatre). The trio's work took inspiration from Dada, with its love of the absurd, a reaction against bourgeois values and the horrors of World War I.

In 1955 he begun working in cinema, and 1960s were a peak in his actor career. From the creation of the ABC Theatre he moved to the City Theatres of Prague and then to the Musical Theatre of Karlin and Nusle. Werich was originally cast by producer Harry Saltzman to play Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice. Upon his arrival at the Pinewood set, both producer Albert R. Broccoli and director Lewis Gilbert felt that he was a poor choice, resembling a "poor, benevolent Santa Claus".

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The Cassandra Cat (Vojtěch Jasný, 1963) / trailer 2021

Filmography

Actor

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Type

Year

Jan Werich: If Somebody Already Is Poster

Jan Werich: If Somebody Already Is Feature Film2021Self

Jiri Suchy - Tackling Life with Ease Poster

Jiri Suchy - Tackling Life with Ease Feature Film2019Self

Prahou s panem Tau a Arabelou Documentary2019

Palmovka Poster

Palmovka Documentary2018Self

Cervená Documentary2017

Voskovec & Werich - paralelní osudy Documentary2012Self

Fimfarum: The Third Time Lucky 3D Poster

Fimfarum: The Third Time Lucky 3D Feature Film2011Narrator

More, strýcku, proc je slané? Short Film2007Narrator

Fimfárum 2 Poster

Fimfárum 2 Feature Film2006Narrator

Tri sestry a jeden prsten Short Film2006Narrator

Tri strázníci Documentary2005Self

Best Ever Bond Poster

Best Ever Bond Documentary2002Blofeld

Fimfárum Jana Wericha Poster

Fimfárum Jana Wericha Feature Film2002Narrator

Hledání ztraceného casu TV Series1995Self

Az opadá listí z dubu Poster

Az opadá listí z dubu Short Film1991Narrator

Lakomá Barka Short Film1987Narrator

Královna Kolobezka I. Short Film1981Narrator

Muzika pro dva Poster

Muzika pro dva Feature Film1980

Muz, ktery rozdaval smich Poster

Muz, ktery rozdaval smich Documentary1971Self

Pan Tau Nachrichten Documentary1971Self

Herecké Vánoce TV Movie1970Self

Pan Tau TV Series1970Pan Viola

Nedele 1969 Short Film1969Narrator

Assignment K Poster

Assignment K Feature Film1968Dr. Spiegler

Co tomu ríkáte, pane Werich? Mini-Series1968Self

Klapzubova jedenáctka Poster

Klapzubova jedenáctka TV Series1968Vypravec

Prilozte zivotopis Mini-Series1968Self

King and Women Poster

King and Women TV Movie1967King Henry VIII

NET Festival TV Series1967Self

The 25th Hour Poster

The 25th Hour Feature Film1967Sgt. Constantin

Magnetické vlny lécí Poster

Magnetické vlny lécí TV Movie1965Jeff Peters

Sie filmen an der Moldau - Begegnungen mit Prager Schauspielern TV Movie1965Self

Krik Feature Film1964Narrator

The Dear Departed Poster

The Dear Departed TV Movie1964Dedecek

A Pound on Demand Poster

A Pound on Demand TV Movie1963Sam

Six Questions for Jan Werich Documentary1963Self

Tears the World Can't See Poster

Tears the World Can't See Short Film1963Lieutenant Colonel Fedor Rebrotesov

When the Cat Comes Poster

When the Cat Comes Feature Film1963kastelán Oliva

Kocár nejsvetejsí svátosti Poster

Kocár nejsvetejsí svátosti TV Movie1962Don Andrés de Ribera - Viceroy of Peru

The Fabulous Baron Munchausen Poster

The Fabulous Baron Munchausen Feature Film1962Ship's captain

Italienisches Capriccio Poster

Italienisches Capriccio Feature Film1961Don Marzio

The Bear Poster

The Bear Short Film1961Grigori Stepanovich Smirnov

Balada z hadru Poster

Balada z hadru TV Movie1960Holofern

Stastný lev Short Film1960Narrator

Tezká Barbora TV Movie1960Druhý zoldnér

The Creation of the World Poster

The Creation of the World Feature Film1958Narrator

Tragédie vodníkova Short Film1958Singing Narrator

To jsou Bratri v triku Short Film1957Self

Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph Poster

Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph Feature Film1956Storyteller

Dog's Heads Poster

Dog's Heads Feature Film1955rychtár z Pocínovic

Music from Mars Poster

Music from Mars Feature Film1955Nadsený divák

There Was Once a King... Poster

There Was Once a King... Feature Film1955King Já I.

Two Little Frosts Poster

Two Little Frosts Short Film1955Nebojacný mrazík

The Good Soldier Schweik Poster

The Good Soldier Schweik Feature Film1954Narrator

The Secret of Blood Poster

The Secret of Blood Feature Film1953

The Emperor and the Golem Poster

The Emperor and the Golem Feature Film1952Rudolf II

The Golden Fish Short Film1951Narrator

The Fall of Berlin Poster

The Fall of Berlin Feature Film1950Hermann Goering

Crisis Documentary1939Self

The World Is Ours Poster

The World Is Ours Feature Film1937Camlet

U nás v Kocourkove Poster

U nás v Kocourkove Feature Film1934Ferdinand Kaplan - Convict no. 1313

Workers, Let's Go Poster

Workers, Let's Go Feature Film1934Jakub Simonides

Powder and Petrol Poster

Powder and Petrol Feature Film1932

Your Money or Your Life Poster

Your Money or Your Life Feature Film1932Tonda

Writer

37

Type

Year

Rehtacky Short Film2014

Voskovec & Werich - paralelní osudy Documentary2012

Fimfarum: The Third Time Lucky 3D Poster

Fimfarum: The Third Time Lucky 3D Feature Film2011

More, strýcku, proc je slané? Short Film2007

Fimfárum 2 Poster

Fimfárum 2 Feature Film2006

Tri sestry a jeden prsten Short Film2006

Fimfárum Jana Wericha Poster

Fimfárum Jana Wericha Feature Film2002

Rumplcimprcampr Poster

Rumplcimprcampr TV Movie1997

Lakomá Barka Short Film1987

Kolobezka první Poster

Kolobezka první TV Movie1984

The Three Veterans Poster

The Three Veterans Feature Film1984

Královna Kolobezka I. Short Film1981

Prisel na veceri TV Movie1981

Straw Hat Poster

Straw Hat Feature Film1972

Prilozte zivotopis Mini-Series1968

King and Women Poster

King and Women TV Movie1967

A Pound on Demand Poster

A Pound on Demand TV Movie1963

Ostrov Dynamit TV Movie1963

Tri veteráni Poster

Tri veteráni TV Movie1963

When the Cat Comes Poster

When the Cat Comes Feature Film1963

Kocár nejsvetejsí svátosti Poster

Kocár nejsvetejsí svátosti TV Movie1962

Zacátek konce TV Movie1961

Balada z hadru Poster

Balada z hadru TV Movie1960

Tezká Barbora TV Movie1960

Helenchen ist glücklich TV Movie1958

Tragédie vodníkova Short Film1958

Slamený klobouk TV Movie1957

There Was Once a King... Poster

There Was Once a King... Feature Film1955

The Good Soldier Schweik Poster

The Good Soldier Schweik Feature Film1954

The Secret of Blood Poster

The Secret of Blood Feature Film1953

The Emperor and the Golem Poster

The Emperor and the Golem Feature Film1952

The Golden Fish Short Film1951

The World Is Ours Poster

The World Is Ours Feature Film1937

The Man of Stone Poster

The Man of Stone Feature Film1936

Workers, Let's Go Poster

Workers, Let's Go Feature Film1934

Powder and Petrol Poster

Powder and Petrol Feature Film1932

Your Money or Your Life Poster

Your Money or Your Life Feature Film1932

Other Crew

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You Only Live Twice Poster

You Only Live Twice Feature Film1967

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