Jan Werich
Acting
Born 1905-02-06
Died 1980-10-31
Praha - Československo
66 credits
Klement Gottwald State Prize 1
Czech Medal of Merit, 2nd class 1
Národní umělec 1
Awards
Won 1 Klement Gottwald State Prize Award
Klement Gottwald State Prize 1 won
- — Klement Gottwald State Prize Won
Czech Medal of Merit, 2nd class 1 won
- — Czech Medal of Merit, 2nd class Won
Národní umělec 1 won
- 1963 Národní umělec Won
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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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Filmography
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Acting
49 credits
The Creation of the World
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
The 25th Hour
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...
Tři strážníci
The Emperor and the Golem
When the Cat Comes
Herecké Vánoce
The Three Veterans
The Fall of Berlin
Pražská strašidla
Mean Barbara
Assignment K
Co tomu říkáte, pane Werich?
Two Little Frosts
Pan Tau – der Film
The Golem
Jan Werich's Fimfarum
Přiložte životopis
The World Belongs to Us
Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph
Voskovec & Werich, paralelní osudy
Your Money or Your Life
Královna Koloběžka první
Fimfarum - To the good of all
Balada z hadrů
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase
Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedy
Magnetické vlny léčí
RumplCimprCampr
The Dear Departed
The Golden Fish
Hudba z Marsu
Here in Kocourkov
Přišel na večeři
The Secret of Blood
The Cry
Ruffiano and Sweeteeth
Jan Werich: Když už člověk jednou je…
The Good Soldier Svejk
Uspořená libra
Medvěd
When the Oak Leaves Fall
Golem
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče
Těžká Barbora
Tears the World Can't See
Jonáš a Melicharová
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku
Writing
9 credits
Three veterans
Powder and Petrol
Heave-Ho!
Jan Werich's Fimfarum
Přiložte životopis
Your Money or Your Life
Fimfarum - To the good of all
The Golden Fish
Kočár nejsvětější svátosti
Other credits
7 credits
Pan Tau
Klapzubova jedenáctka
Echoes of the Blue Room
Dog's Heads
Crisis
Večer s Jaroslavem Haškem
Silvestr 1957
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