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Jan Werich
Praha - Československo
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 studie…
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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".
Filmography
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2026
Cecílie
Movie Voice (archive footage)
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2021
Jan Werich: Když už člověk jednou je…
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2012
Voskovec & Werich, paralelní osudy
TV show self
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2011
Fimfarum - To the good of all
Movie (voice)
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2006
Fimfarum 2
Movie Narrator
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2005
Tři strážníci
TV show self
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2002
Jan Werich's Fimfarum
Movie Vypravěč
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1997
RumplCimprCampr
Movie Book
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1991
When the Oak Leaves Fall
Movie Narrator (voice) (archive footage)
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1989
Mean Barbara
Movie Narrator (voice) (archive footage)
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1988
Pan Tau – der Film
Movie (archive footage)
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1986
Jonáš a Melicharová
Movie (archive footage)
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1984
Ruffiano and Sweeteeth
Movie Book
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1984
The Three Veterans
Movie Book
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1983
Echoes of the Blue Room
Movie
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1981
Přišel na večeři
Movie Adaptation
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1981
Královna Koloběžka první
Movie Narrator (archive footage) (voice)
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1970
Herecké Vánoce
Movie Jan Werich
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1970
Pan Tau
TV show
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1968
Přiložte životopis
TV show Self
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1968
Co tomu říkáte, pane Werich?
TV show Self
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1968
Assignment K
Movie Dr. Spiegler
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1968
Klapzubova jedenáctka
TV show
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1968
Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedy
Movie Self
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1967
King and Women
Movie Jindřich VIII.
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1967
The 25th Hour
Movie Sgt. Constantin
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1967
Golem
Movie Theatre Play
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1966
Pražská strašidla
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1965
Magnetické vlny léčí
Movie léčitel Wohu
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1964
The Dear Departed
Movie Dědeček
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1964
Three veterans
Movie Original Story
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1964
The Cry
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1963
Uspořená libra
Movie Sam Adams
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1963
Tears the World Can't See
Movie Fedor Akimič Rjebrotěsov
- 1963
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1963
When the Cat Comes
Movie Oliva
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1962
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
Movie kapitán holandské lodi
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1961
Italienisches Capriccio
Movie Don Marzio
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1961
Medvěd
Movie statkář Grigorij Stěpanovič Smirnov
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1960
Těžká Barbora
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