Jan Werich

Jan Werich

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 Jaro...

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Assignment K

As Dr. Spiegler

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The Fabulous Baron Munchausen

As kapitán holandské lodi

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The Emperor and the Golem

As Emperor Rudolf II / Matheus Kotrba, The Baker

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Jan Werich's Fimfarum

As Vypravěč

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Fimfarum 2

As Narrator

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Two Little Frosts

As Brave Frost (voice)

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

As král Já I.

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Fimfarum - To the good of all

As (voice)

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The Creation of the World

As Narrator (voice)

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Your Money or Your Life

As Tonda

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Pražská strašidla

As Narrator (voice)

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The Fall of Berlin

As Hermann Goering

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Hudba z Marsu

As Nadšený divák

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Powder and Petrol

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The World Belongs to Us

As kamelot

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Heave-Ho!

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Těžká Barbora

As druhý žoldnéř

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When the Cat Comes

As Oliva

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The Good Soldier Schweik

As Narrator

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Crisis

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Here in Kocourkov

As Ferdinand Kaplan

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Uspořená libra

As Sam Adams

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Balada z hadrů

As strážný Holofern

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The Dear Departed

As Dědeček

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Silvestr 1957

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When the Oak Leaves Fall

As Narrator (voice) (archive sound)

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The 25th Hour

As Sgt. Constantin

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Kočár nejsvětější svátosti

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Medvěd

As statkář Grigorij Stěpanovič Smirnov

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Magnetické vlny léčí

As léčitel Wohu

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King and Women

As Jindřich VIII.

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The Cry

As Narrator (voice)

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Tears the World Can't See

As Fedor Akimič Rjebrotěsov

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Mean Barbara

As Vypravěč

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Italienisches Capriccio

As Don Marzio

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To jsou Bratři v triku

As Himself

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Pan Tau – der Film

As (archive footage)

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The Golden Fish

As Narrator (voice)

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Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedy

As Self

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Pouť noci silvestrovské

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Dog's Heads

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Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase

As Narrator (voice)

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Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku

As Narrator (voice)

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Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče

As Narrator (voice)

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Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph

As Commentary (voice)

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Jan Werich: Když už člověk jednou je…

As Self (archive footage)

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Co tomu říkáte, pane Werich?

As Self

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Pan Tau

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Přiložte životopis

As Self

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Tři strážníci

As self

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Voskovec & Werich, paralelní osudy

As self

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