Jan Werich
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1905-02-06 (75 years old)
Deathday
1980-10-31
Place of Birth
Praha - Československo
Also known As
Ян Верих
Jan Werich
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, wit...
Acting
1968
as Dr. Spiegler
1962
as kapitán holandské lodi
1952
as Emperor Rudolf II / Matheus Kotrba, The Baker
2006
as Narrator
2002
as Vypravěč
1955
as Brave Frost (voice)
1955
as král Já I.
2011
as (voice)
1958
as Narrator (voice)
1932
as Tonda
1966
as Narrator (voice)
1950
as Hermann Goering
1955
as Nadšený divák
1934
1937
as kamelot
1960
as druhý žoldnéř
1963
as Oliva
1956
as Narrator
1939
1934
as Ferdinand Kaplan
1963
as Sam Adams
1960
as strážný Holofern
1964
as Dědeček
1957
1991
as Narrator (voice) (archive footage)
1967
as Sgt. Constantin
1961
as statkář Grigorij Stěpanovič Smirnov
1965
as léčitel Wohu
1967
as Jindřich VIII.
1964
as Narrator (voice)
1963
as Fedor Akimič Rjebrotěsov
1989
as Narrator (voice) (archive footage)
1961
as Don Marzio
1957
as Himself
1988
as (archive footage)
1951
as Narrator (voice)
1968
1955
1956
as Narrator (voice)
1955
as Narrator (voice)
1954
as Narrator (voice)
1956
as Commentary (voice)
2021
as Self (archive footage)
1986
as (archive footage)
1981
as Narrator (archive footage) (voice)
Production
1963
as Adaptation
1952
as Creative Producer
1964
as Original Story
1955
1955
as Dialogue
1953
as Screenstory
2011
as Original Story
1967
as Theatre Play
1967
as Adaptation
1960
as Writer
1963
as Screenplay
1984
as Book
1997
as Author
1984
as Book
1960
as Theatre Play
1937
as Theatre Play
1963
as Screenplay
1932
as Screenplay
1932
as Story
1932
as Screenplay
1956
as Adaptation
1932
as Story
1951
as Story
1951
as Screenplay
1934
as Story
1934
as Screenplay
1952
as Story
1952
as Screenplay
1932
as Producer
1934
as Lyricist
1955
as Screenplay
1936
as Theatre Play
1937
as Screenplay
1937
as Lyricist
1989
as Book
1991
as Book
1981
as Book
2002
as Original Story
2006
as Original Story
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