Jan Werich

Jan Werich

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

06/02/1905

Day of Death

31/10/1980
(75) years old

Place of Birth

Praha - Československo

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... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2021

Jan Werich: Když už člověk jednou je…

as Self (archive footage)

2006

Fimfarum 2

as Narrator

2002

Jan Werich's Fimfarum

as Vypravěč

1991

When the Oak Leaves Fall

as Narrator (voice) (archive footage)

1989

Mean Barbara

as Narrator (voice) (archive footage)

1988

Pan Tau – der Film

as (archive footage)

1986

Jonáš a Melicharová

as (archive footage)

1981

Královna Koloběžka první

as Narrator (archive footage) (voice)

1968

Assignment K

as Dr. Spiegler

1967

King and Women

as Jindřich VIII.

1967

The 25th Hour

as Sgt. Constantin

1966

Pražská strašidla

as Narrator (voice)

1965

Magnetické vlny léčí

as léčitel Wohu

1964

The Dear Departed

as Dědeček

1964

The Cry

as Narrator (voice)

1963

Uspořená libra

as Sam Adams

1963

Tears the World Can't See

as Fedor Akimič Rjebrotěsov

1963

When the Cat Comes

as Oliva

1962

The Fabulous Baron Munchausen

as kapitán holandské lodi

1961

Italienisches Capriccio

as Don Marzio

1961

Medvěd

as statkář Grigorij Stěpanovič Smirnov

1960

Balada z hadrů

as strážný Holofern

1960

Těžká Barbora

as druhý žoldnéř

1958

The Creation of the World

as Narrator (voice)

1955

Hudba z Marsu

as Nadšený divák

1955

Two Little Frosts

as Brave Frost (voice)

1952

The Emperor and the Golem

as Emperor Rudolf II / Matheus Kotrba, The ...

1951

The Golden Fish

as Narrator (voice)

1950

The Fall of Berlin

as Hermann Goering

1939

Crisis

1934

Here in Kocourkov

as Ferdinand Kaplan

Crew

2011

Fimfarum - To the good of all

as Original Story

2006

Fimfarum 2

as Original Story

2002

Jan Werich's Fimfarum

as Original Story

1997

RumplCimprCampr

as Author

1989

Mean Barbara

as Book

1967

King and Women

as Adaptation

1967

Golem

as Theatre Play

1964

Tři veteráni

as Original Story

1963

Uspořená libra

as Adaptation

1963

Uspořená libra

as Screenplay

1960

Balada z hadrů

as Theatre Play

1960

Těžká Barbora

as Writer

1956

The Good Soldier Schweik

as Adaptation

1953

The Secret of Blood

as Screenstory

1952

The Emperor and the Golem

as Creative Producer

1952

The Emperor and the Golem

as Screenplay

1951

The Golden Fish

as Screenplay

1951

The Golden Fish

as Story

1937

The World Belongs to Us

as Theatre Play

1937

The World Belongs to Us

as Screenplay

1936

The Golem

as Theatre Play

1934

Here in Kocourkov

as Lyricist

1934

Heave-Ho!

as Screenplay

1934

Heave-Ho!

as Story

1932

Your Money or Your Life

as Screenplay

1932

Powder and Petrol

as Screenplay

1932

Powder and Petrol

as Story

1932

Powder and Petrol

as Producer