Jan Werich

Jan Werich

Known for

Acting

Born

February 6, 1905

Birthplace

Praha - Československo

Died

October 31, 1980 (aged 75)

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 bourg...

Best known work

The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
1962
When the Cat Comes
When the Cat Comes
1963
The 25th Hour
The 25th Hour
1967
The Emperor and the Golem
The Emperor and the Golem
1951
The Three Veterans
The Three Veterans
1984
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...
1955
The Creation of the World
The Creation of the World
1958
Jan Werich's Fimfarum
Jan Werich's Fimfarum
2002
Pan Tau
Pan Tau
1970
The Fall of Berlin
The Fall of Berlin
1950

Filmography

  1. 2026

    Cecílie

    as Voice (archive footage)

  2. 2021

  3. 2012

    Voskovec & Werich, paralelní osudyTV

    as self (3 episodes)

  4. 2011

    Fimfarum - To the good of all

    as (voice), Original Story

  5. 2006

    Fimfarum 2

    as Narrator, Original Story

  6. 2005

    Tři strážníciTV

    as self (3 episodes)

  7. 2002

    Jan Werich's Fimfarum

    as Vypravěč, Original Story

  8. 1997

  9. 1991

    When the Oak Leaves Fall

    as Narrator (voice) (archive footage), Book

  10. 1989

    Mean Barbara

    as Narrator (voice) (archive footage), Book

  11. 1988

    Pan Tau – der Film

    as (archive footage)

  12. 1986

    Jonáš a Melicharová

    as (archive footage)

  13. 1984

  14. 1984

  15. 1983

  16. 1981

  17. 1981

    Královna Koloběžka první

    as Narrator (archive footage) (voice), Book

  18. 1970

    Herecké Vánoce

    as Jan Werich

  19. 1970

  20. 1968

    Přiložte životopisTV

    as Self (2 episodes), Screenplay

  21. 1968

    Co tomu říkáte, pane Werich?TV

    as Self (9 episodes)

  22. 1968

    Assignment K

    as Dr. Spiegler

  23. 1968

  24. 1968

  25. 1967

    King and Women

    as Jindřich VIII., Adaptation

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