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Jan Werich
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1905-02-06,Praha - Československo
Gender
Male
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 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

6

Assignment K
1968-02-16

The Fabulous Baron Munchausen

7.4

The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
1962-07-01

The Emperor and the Golem

6.9

The Emperor and the Golem
1952-01-04

7.4

Fimfarum 2
2006-02-23

Jan Werich's Fimfarum

6.9

Jan Werich's Fimfarum
2002-11-28

Two Little Frosts

6.5

Two Little Frosts
1955-04-22

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

8

Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...
1955-02-11

Fimfarum - To the good of all

6.8

Fimfarum - To the good of all
2011-02-10

The Creation of the World

6.9

The Creation of the World
1958-04-04

Your Money or Your Life

7

Your Money or Your Life
1932-10-14

Pražská strašidla

0

Pražská strašidla
1966-01-01

The Fall of Berlin

5.1

The Fall of Berlin
1950-01-21

5.9

Hudba z Marsu
1955-05-27

Powder and Petrol

7

Powder and Petrol
1932-01-15

7

Heave-Ho!
1934-10-26

The World Belongs to Us

6.8

The World Belongs to Us
1937-07-30

6.2

Těžká Barbora
1960-06-13

When the Cat Comes

7

When the Cat Comes
1963-09-20

The Good Soldier Schweik

7.2

The Good Soldier Schweik
1956-10-04

0

Crisis
1939-03-13

Here in Kocourkov

7.5

Here in Kocourkov
1934-11-23

7.8

Uspořená libra
1963-12-31

7

Balada z hadrů
1960-08-17

The Dear Departed

6

The Dear Departed
1964-12-25

0

Silvestr 1957
1957-01-01

When the Oak Leaves Fall

8.3

When the Oak Leaves Fall
1991-01-01

7.8

The 25th Hour
1967-04-26

Kočár nejsvětější svátosti

6

Kočár nejsvětější svátosti
1963-10-18

9

Medvěd
1961-01-15

Magnetické vlny léčí

6.5

Magnetické vlny léčí
1965-12-25

8

King and Women
1967-12-30

6.9

The Cry
1964-02-14

Tears the World Can't See

7.5

Tears the World Can't See
1963-10-18

9.3

Mean Barbara
1989-07-01

Italienisches Capriccio

10

Italienisches Capriccio
1961-06-08

To jsou Bratři v triku

0

To jsou Bratři v triku
1957-01-01

Pan Tau – der Film

6.4

Pan Tau – der Film
1988-11-03

The Golden Fish

5.7

The Golden Fish
1951-01-01

Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedy

0

Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedy
1968-01-01

Pouť noci silvestrovské

0

Pouť noci silvestrovské
1953-12-31

5

Dog's Heads
1955-03-25

Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase

0

Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase
1956-09-21

Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku

0

Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku
1955-01-01

Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče

0

Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče
1954-07-11

Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph

5.4

Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph
1956-06-01

Jan Werich: Když už člověk jednou je…

0

Jan Werich: Když už člověk jednou je…
2021-08-05

Jonáš a Melicharová

0

Jonáš a Melicharová
1986-12-01

Co tomu říkáte, pane Werich?

10

Co tomu říkáte, pane Werich?
1968-06-28

6.6

Pan Tau
1970-12-13

Přiložte životopis

0

Přiložte životopis
1968-09-27

0

Tři strážníci
2005-01-01

Voskovec & Werich, paralelní osudy

0

Voskovec & Werich, paralelní osudy
2012-01-01

Klapzubova jedenáctka

7

Klapzubova jedenáctka
1968-01-06