Jan Werich

ActorWriter Feb 6 (died age 75) Praha - Československo 1932–2025 (93 year career)

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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 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 t…

Known For

Film

The Fabulous Baron Munchausen

kapitán holandské lodi

Film

The 25th Hour

Sgt. Constantin

Film

When the Cat Comes

Oliva

Film

The Three Veterans

Book

Film

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

král Já I.

Film

The Emperor and the Golem

Emperor Rudolf II / Matheus Kotrba, The Baker

Film

Jan Werich's Fimfarum

Vypravěč

Film

The Creation of the World

Narrator (voice)

Filmography

Acting (57)

Movies (51)

Cecílie

2025

as voice

Jan Werich: Když už člověk jednou je…

2021

as Self (archive footage)

Fimfarum - To the good of all

as (voice)

Fimfarum 2

as Narrator

Jan Werich's Fimfarum

2002

as Vypravěč

6.9

When the Oak Leaves Fall

1991

as Narrator (voice) (archive footage)

8.3

Mean Barbara

1989

as Narrator (voice) (archive footage)

Pan Tau – der Film

as (archive footage)

Jonáš a Melicharová

as (archive footage)

Královna Koloběžka první

1981

as Narrator (archive footage) (voice)

Herecké Vánoce

1970

as Jan Werich

Assignment K

1968

as Dr. Spiegler

5.9

Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedy

1968

as Self

The 25th Hour

as Sgt. Constantin

King and Women

as Jindřich VIII.

Pražská strašidla

as Narrator (voice)

Magnetické vlny léčí

as léčitel Wohu

The Cry

as Narrator (voice)

The Dear Departed

as Dědeček

When the Cat Comes

as Oliva

Uspořená libra

as Sam Adams

Kočár nejsvětější svátosti

1963

6.7

Tears the World Can't See

1963

as Fedor Akimič Rjebrotěsov

7.5

The Fabulous Baron Munchausen

1962

as kapitán holandské lodi

7.4

Italienisches Capriccio

1961

as Don Marzio

10.0

Medvěd

1961

as statkář Grigorij Stěpanovič Smirnov

Balada z hadrů

as strážný Holofern

Těžká Barbora

The Creation of the World

1958

as Narrator (voice)

6.7

To jsou Bratři v triku

1957

as Himself

Silvestr 1957

1957

Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase

1956

as Narrator (voice)

The Good Soldier Svejk

1956

as Narrator

7.2

Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph

1956

as Commentary (voice)

5.4

Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku

1955

as Narrator (voice)

Dog's Heads

Hudba z Marsu

as Nadšený divák

Two Little Frosts

as Brave Frost (voice)

6.5

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

1955

as král Já I.

8.0

Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče

1954

as Narrator (voice)

Večer s Jaroslavem Haškem

1953

Pouť noci silvestrovské

1953

The Emperor and the Golem

1952

as Emperor Rudolf II / Matheus Kotrba, The Baker

The Golden Fish

as Narrator (voice)

The Fall of Berlin

as Hermann Goering

Crisis

The World Belongs to Us

as kamelot

Here in Kocourkov

as Ferdinand Kaplan

Heave-Ho!

Powder and Petrol

Your Money or Your Life

1932

as Tonda

7.0

Television (6)

Voskovec & Werich, paralelní osudy

2012

as self

Tři strážníci

2005

as self

Pan Tau

1970

6.8

Klapzubova jedenáctka

1968

7.0

Co tomu říkáte, pane Werich?

1968

as Self

10.0

Přiložte životopis

1968

as Self

Crew (38)

Movies (37)

Fimfarum - To the good of all

Original Story

Fimfarum 2

Original Story

Jan Werich's Fimfarum

Original Story

RumplCimprCampr

Book

When the Oak Leaves Fall

Book

Mean Barbara

Book

The Three Veterans

Book

Ruffiano and Sweeteeth

1984

Book

6.4

Královna Koloběžka první

1981

Book

Přišel na večeři

Adaptation

Golem

Theatre Play

King and Women

Adaptation

Three veterans

Original Story

Uspořená libra

Adaptation

Uspořená libra

Screenplay

Kočár nejsvětější svátosti

Screenplay

Balada z hadrů

Theatre Play

Těžká Barbora

Theatre Play

The Good Soldier Svejk

1956

Adaptation

7.2

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

1955

Dialogue

8.0

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

1955

Screenplay

8.0

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

Story

The Secret of Blood

Screenstory

The Emperor and the Golem

1952

Creative Producer

6.9

The Emperor and the Golem

1952

Screenplay

6.9

The Emperor and the Golem

Story

The Golden Fish

Story

The World Belongs to Us

1937

Lyricist

6.8

The World Belongs to Us

1937

Screenplay

6.8

The World Belongs to Us

Theatre Play

The Golem

Theatre Play

Here in Kocourkov

Lyricist

Heave-Ho!

Screenplay

Heave-Ho!

Story

Powder and Petrol

Story

Your Money or Your Life

1932

Screenplay

7.0

Your Money or Your Life

1932

Story

7.0

Television (1)

Přiložte životopis

1968

Screenplay