10.0
10.0
Italienisches Capriccio
1961
as Don Marzio
Jan Werich
Acting
Born:February 6, 1905
Died:October 31, 1980(aged 75)
Birthplace:Praha - Československo
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CommunityBiography
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 (44 movies)
9.0
9.0
Medvěd
1961
as statkář Grigorij Stěpanovič Smirnov
8.3
8.3
When the Oak Leaves Fall
1991
as Narrator (voice) (archive footage)
8.0
8.0
King and Women
1967
as Jindřich VIII.
8.0
8.0
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...
1955
Screenplay
7.8
7.8
Uspořená libra
1963
Screenplay
7.8
7.8
Mean Barbara
1989
as Narrator (voice) (archive footage)
7.7
7.7
The 25th Hour
1967
as Sgt. Constantin
7.5
7.5
Here in Kocourkov
1934
as Ferdinand Kaplan
7.5
7.5
Tears the World Can't See
1963
as Fedor Akimič Rjebrotěsov
7.4
7.4
Fimfarum 2
2006
as Narrator
7.3
7.3
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
1962
as kapitán holandské lodi
7.2
7.2
The Good Soldier Schweik
1956
as Narrator
7.0
7.0
Balada z hadrů
1960
as strážný Holofern
7.0
7.0
Powder and Petrol
1932
Producer
7.0
7.0
Your Money or Your Life
1932
Screenplay
7.0
7.0
When the Cat Comes
1963
as Oliva
6.9
6.9
The Emperor and the Golem
1952
Screenplay
6.9
6.9
Jan Werich's Fimfarum
2002
as Vypravěč
6.8
6.8
The World Belongs to Us
1937
Screenplay
6.8
6.8
Fimfarum - To the good of all
2011
as (voice)
6.7
6.7
The Creation of the World
1958
as Narrator (voice)
6.6
6.6
Heave-Ho!
1934
Screenplay
6.5
6.5
Two Little Frosts
1955
as Brave Frost (voice)
6.5
6.5
Magnetické vlny léčí
1965
as léčitel Wohu
6.2
6.2
Těžká Barbora
1960
6.0
6.0
Kočár nejsvětější svátosti
1963
Screenplay
6.0
6.0
The Dear Departed
1964
as Dědeček
5.9
5.9
Assignment K
1968
as Dr. Spiegler
5.7
5.7
The Golden Fish
1951
Screenplay
4.8
4.8
The Fall of Berlin
1950
as Hermann Goering
Večer s Jaroslavem Haškem
1953
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase
1956
as Narrator (voice)
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku
1955
as Narrator (voice)
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče
1954
as Narrator (voice)
Crisis
1939
To jsou Bratři v triku
1957
as Himself
Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedy
1968
as Self
Pouť noci silvestrovské
1953
Pražská strašidla
1966
as Narrator (voice)
Silvestr 1957
1957
Jonáš a Melicharová
1986
as (archive footage)
Královna Koloběžka první
1981
as Narrator (archive footage) (voice)
Jan Werich: Když už člověk jednou je…
2021
as Self (archive footage)
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