![Jan Werich](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/dEusoR17fbHY19KGUK5Fo31Q7oL.jpg)
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 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".
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 4.863 |
Birthday | 1905-02-06 |
Place of Birth | Praha - Československo |
Also Known As | Ян Верих, |
![The Emperor and the Golem](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/3i6VoJXD5EMmNCN1f7DTvZMzJnJ.jpg)
1952
![The Emperor and the Golem](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/3i6VoJXD5EMmNCN1f7DTvZMzJnJ.jpg)
The Emperor and the Golem
6.92/44
The Emperor's mismanagement of his country is provoking some in his court to plot to overthrow him. He feels successful, at least, when he discovers...
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The Emperor and the Golem
![Fimfarum 2](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/p4HUbOVEZ4HwMyFnfyJlS3UELK4.jpg)
2006
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Fimfarum 2
7.364/11
In this antological film, four fairy tales from the book by Jan Werich, each one by a different director.
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Fimfarum 2
![Jan Werich's Fimfarum](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/p6WeHObFFUa7hairuuUTqAvagh5.jpg)
2002
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Jan Werich's Fimfarum
6.895/19
feature-length animated band on the themes of Jan Werich's book. A funny and instructive narrative about fairy-tale and everyday things, about the dwa...
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![Two Little Frosts](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1955
![Two Little Frosts](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
Two Little Frosts
6.5/10
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![Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zFwdYowSp357ta9PhDXQ2tcPiMa.jpg)
1955
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Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...
8/26
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![Fimfarum - To the good of all](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/aMJOxDGLdCwZatbREGrUcqVMf41.jpg)
2011
![Fimfarum - To the good of all](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/aMJOxDGLdCwZatbREGrUcqVMf41.jpg)
Fimfarum - To the good of all
6.8/6
The film contains three Jan Werich's fairy tales, each directed by one artist. The first story sets out to the Sumava mountains in Southern Bohemia to...
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![The Creation of the World](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/jwx1jxQ15pDazvy75bF9atNp8Hi.jpg)
1958
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The Creation of the World
6.9/19
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1932
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Your Money or Your Life
7/3
A czech film that focuses on an unfaithful husband who married in to money, as well as an impoverished man who is turns to theft.
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1955
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5.9/7
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1932
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7/2
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![Heave-Ho!](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zXRwoHYXvy3zjfnfRjBRYfJZ7Ed.jpg)
1934
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Heave-Ho!
7/8
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1937
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The World Belongs to Us
6.8/4
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1963
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Uspořená libra
7.8/6
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![When the Cat Comes](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/6QUc9D4JzbqGcVAS8NgbQ4LYoun.jpg)
1963
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When the Cat Comes
6.948/58
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![Crisis](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1939
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Crisis
0/0
A documentary about the conquest of Czechoslovakia by the Nazis just prior to World War 2.
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1956
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The Good Soldier Schweik
7.2/9
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![U nás v Kocourkově](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1934
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U nás v Kocourkově
7.5/4
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![The Dear Departed](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1964
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The Dear Departed
6/1
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![Balada z hadrů](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1960
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Balada z hadrů
7/1
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![Těžká Barbora](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1960
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Těžká Barbora
6.2/3
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![When the Oak Leaves Fall](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/src541Xx1QtP4ninW6TuY3x6qWC.jpg)
1991
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When the Oak Leaves Fall
8.3/3
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![Kočár nejsvětější svátosti](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/rFWt59qbDjsoLAe1XQ4Kgt2WwOo.jpg)
1963
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Kočár nejsvětější svátosti
6/2
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![Medvěd](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/alE0Z9UFhDq82FU3Ji1J9WB07u9.jpg)
1961
![Medvěd](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/alE0Z9UFhDq82FU3Ji1J9WB07u9.jpg)
Medvěd
9/2
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![Magnetické vlny léčí](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/l86pTaQXwxS0KuUiAnZEGnPjLBk.jpg)
1965
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Magnetické vlny léčí
6.5/2
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![King and Women](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1967
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King and Women
8/1
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![The Fabulous Baron Munchausen](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/azAhyBd8netxD18VdYo7C4oUvbR.jpg)
1962
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The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
7.5/74
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![The Cry](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/tMgK4EuYvJM3B0BRB8y6N5xs1cq.jpg)
1964
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The Cry
6.9/11
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The Cry
![Tears the World Can't See](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/lkMwNyUNXP0JDMnfw7NlT3VQDoO.jpg)
1963
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Tears the World Can't See
7.5/2
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![Mean Barbara](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1987
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Mean Barbara
9.3/3
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![Italienisches Capriccio](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/hP0DL1I951YD4kt6XnlMVLEu8tF.jpg)
1961
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Italienisches Capriccio
10/1
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![To jsou Bratři v triku](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1957
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To jsou Bratři v triku
0/0
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![Pan Tau – der Film](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/8C7hjynEnpG089bO5anAxcLcOnS.jpg)
1988
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Pan Tau – der Film
6.4/13
Pan Tau, the friend of all children, now also helps the adults.
A movie producer is in trouble and decides to shoot another Pan-Tau movie. But the ol...
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![The Golden Fish](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1951
![The Golden Fish](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
The Golden Fish
5.7/6
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![Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedy](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1968
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Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedy
0/0
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![Pouť noci silvestrovské](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1953
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Pouť noci silvestrovské
0/0
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![Dog's Heads](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/vpXrdZeoeWdFUbHVpGpissGrOdq.jpg)
1955
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Dog's Heads
5/2
Dog's Heads (Czech: Psohlavci) is a 1955 Czech drama film directed by Martin Frič, based on the novel of the same name by Alois Jirásek. It was entere...
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1956
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Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase
0/0
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1955
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0/0
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1954
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0/0
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![Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/aCsW4ZwwPavUJHPMrIrhMNlYTJX.jpg)
1956
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Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph
5.4/7
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2021
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0/0
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![Pražská strašidla](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1966
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Pražská strašidla
0/0
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![Assignment K](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/uWKGKZLCHvN0bBbY0XYVNVPd67A.jpg)
1968
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Assignment K
6/6
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![The Fall of Berlin](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5OdQHObUSvbJ0pOGPJ34P6F89lU.jpg)
1950
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The Fall of Berlin
5.1/14
Surrounded by a few party officials, Alexei Ivanov, a stakhanovist smelter, is decorated by Stalin. The "Little Father of the Peoples" takes this oppo...
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![Silvestr 1957](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
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0/0
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![The 25th Hour](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/6dn74C4XXSU4bAigMdUEDjjM57T.jpg)
1967
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The 25th Hour
7.74/48
A Romanian peasant fights to get back to his family after he's imprisoned by the Nazis.The picture is based on real events. It includes Hungary's gove...
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