Jan Werich
Actor · Adaptation · Creative Producer · Original Story
Born Feb 6, 1905 · Praha - Československo
Active 1932–1980 · Awards: Národní umělec, Czech Medal of Merit, 2nd class, Klement Gottwald State Prize
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).
Filmography
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962) — kapitán holandské lodiThe 25th Hour (1967) — Sgt. ConstantinWhen the Cat Comes (1963) — OlivaThe Three Veterans (1984) — BookOnce Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1955) — král Já I. · Story · Dialogue · ScreenplayThe Emperor and the Golem (1951) — Emperor Rudolf II / Matheus Kotrba, The Baker · Creative Producer · Story · ScreenplayItalienisches Capriccio (1961) — Don MarzioJan Werich's Fimfarum (2002) — Vypravěč · Original StoryThe Creation of the World (1958) — Narrator (voice)Pan Tau (1970)Fimfarum 2 (2006) — Narrator · Original StoryWhen the Oak Leaves Fall (1991) — BookThe Good Soldier Svejk (1956) — Narrator · AdaptationMedvěd (1961) — statkář Grigorij Stěpanovič SmirnovMean Barbara (1989) — BookUspořená libra (1963) — Sam Adams · Adaptation · ScreenplayThe Cry (1964) — Narrator (voice)Tears the World Can't See (1963) — Fedor Akimič RjebrotěsovFimfarum - To the good of all (2011) — (voice) · Original StoryPowder and Petrol (1932) — Story · Screenplay · ProducerHeave-Ho! (1934) — Story · ScreenplayTwo Little Frosts (1955) — Brave Frost (voice)Here in Kocourkov (1934) — Ferdinand Kaplan · LyricistCrisis (1939)