- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 6, 1905
- Place of Birth
- Praha - Československo
- Died
- October 31, 1980
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 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…
Filmography
Cecílie
movieCecílie
2025 · voice
movieJan Werich: Když už člověk jednou je…
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Voskovec & Werich, paralelní osudy
tvVoskovec & Werich, paralelní osudy
2012 · self
movieFimfarum - To the good of all
2011 · (voice), Original Story
movieFimfarum 2
2006 · Narrator, Original Story
Tři strážníci
tvTři strážníci
2005 · self
movieJan Werich's Fimfarum
2002 · Vypravěč, Original Story
movieRumplCimprCampr
1997 · Book
movieWhen the Oak Leaves Fall
1991 · Narrator (voice) (archive footage), Book
movieMean Barbara
1989 · Narrator (voice) (archive footage), Book
moviePan Tau – der Film
1988 · (archive footage)
Jonáš a Melicharová
movieJonáš a Melicharová
1986 · (archive footage)
movieRuffiano and Sweeteeth
1984 · Book
movieThe Three Veterans
1984 · Book
movieEchoes of the Blue Room
1983
Přišel na večeři
moviePřišel na večeři
1981 · Adaptation
Královna Koloběžka první
movieKrálovna Koloběžka první
1981 · Narrator (archive footage) (voice), Book
Herecké Vánoce
movieHerecké Vánoce
1970 · Jan Werich
tvPan Tau
1970
Přiložte životopis
tvPřiložte životopis
1968 · Self, Screenplay
Co tomu říkáte, pane Werich?
tvCo tomu říkáte, pane Werich?
1968 · Self
movieAssignment K
1968 · Dr. Spiegler
tvKlapzubova jedenáctka
1968
Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedy
movieCzechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedy
1968 · Self
King and Women
movieKing and Women
1967 · Jindřich VIII., Adaptation
movieThe 25th Hour
1967 · Sgt. Constantin
Golem
movieGolem
1967 · Theatre Play
Pražská strašidla
moviePražská strašidla
1966 · Narrator (voice)
movieMagnetické vlny léčí
1965 · léčitel Wohu
The Dear Departed
movieThe Dear Departed
1964 · Dědeček
movieThree veterans
1964 · Original Story
movieThe Cry
1964 · Narrator (voice)
movieUspořená libra
1963 · Sam Adams, Adaptation, Screenplay
movieKočár nejsvětější svátosti
1963 · , Screenplay
movieTears the World Can't See
1963 · Fedor Akimič Rjebrotěsov
movieWhen the Cat Comes
1963 · Oliva
movieThe Fabulous Baron Munchausen
1962 · kapitán holandské lodi
movieItalienisches Capriccio
1961 · Don Marzio
movieMedvěd
1961 · statkář Grigorij Stěpanovič Smirnov
Těžká Barbora
movieTěžká Barbora
1960 · , Theatre Play
movieBalada z hadrů
1960 · strážný Holofern, Theatre Play
movieThe Creation of the World
1958 · Narrator (voice)
Silvestr 1957
movieSilvestr 1957
1957
To jsou Bratři v triku
movieTo jsou Bratři v triku
1957 · Himself
movieThe Good Soldier Svejk
1956 · Narrator, Adaptation
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase
movieOsudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase
1956 · Narrator (voice)
movieJaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph
1956 · Commentary (voice)
movieHudba z Marsu
1955 · Nadšený divák
movieTwo Little Frosts
1955 · Brave Frost (voice)
movieDog's Heads
1955
movieOnce Upon a Time, There Was a King...
1955 · král Já I., Story, Dialogue, Screenplay
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku
movieOsudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku
1955 · Narrator (voice)
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče
movieOsudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče
1954 · Narrator (voice)
Pouť noci silvestrovské
moviePouť noci silvestrovské
1953
movieThe Secret of Blood
1953 · Screenstory
Večer s Jaroslavem Haškem
movieVečer s Jaroslavem Haškem
1953
movieThe Emperor and the Golem
1951 · Emperor Rudolf II / Matheus Kotrba, The Baker, Creative Producer, Story, Screenplay
The Golden Fish
movieThe Golden Fish
1951 · Narrator (voice), Story, Screenplay
movieThe Fall of Berlin
1950 · Goering
movieCrisis
1939
movieThe World Belongs to Us
1937 · kamelot, Theatre Play, Screenplay, Lyricist
movieThe Golem
1936 · Theatre Play
Here in Kocourkov
movieHere in Kocourkov
1934 · Ferdinand Kaplan, Lyricist
movieHeave-Ho!
1934 · , Story, Screenplay
movieYour Money or Your Life
1932 · Tonda, Screenplay, Story
moviePowder and Petrol
1932 · , Story, Screenplay, Producer