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person_profile-Jan Werich

Jan Werich Died at age: 75

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Jan Werich

Date of Birth:

Feb 06, 1905

Country of birth:

Praha - Československo

Died:

Oct 31, 1980

Biography of

Jan Werich

    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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Jan Werich

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Filmography of

Jan Werich

Found 20 Movies in total

Fimfarum - To the good of all

(voice) ( Actor )

Original Story

... 2011

Fimfarum 2

Narrator ( Actor )

Writer

... 2006

Jan Werich's Fimfarum

Vypravěč ( Actor )

... 2002

Pan Tau – der Film

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1988

... 1968

The 25th Hour

Sgt. Constantin ( Actor )

... 1967

The Cry

Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 1964

When the Cat Comes

Magician / Oliva ( Actor )

... 1963

The Fabulous Baron Munchausen

kapitán holandské lodi ( Actor )

... 1962

... 1961

The Creation of the World

Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 1958

The Good Soldier Schweik

Narrator ( Actor )

Adaptation

... 1956

Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph

Commentary (voice) ( Actor )

... 1956

... 1955

Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...

král Já I. ( Actor )

Screenplay

... 1955

The Emperor and the Golem

Emperor Rudolf II / Matheus Kotrba, The Baker ( Actor )

Story

... 1952

The Fall of Berlin

Hermann Goering ( Actor )

... 1950

The World Belongs to Us

kamelot ( Actor )

Theatre Play

... 1937

... 1934

Your Money or Your Life

Tonda ( Actor )

Screenplay

... 1932