• Jan Werich (Czech: [ˈjan ˈvɛrɪx]; 6 February 1905 – 31 October 1980) was a Czech actor, playwright and writer. Between 1916 and 1924, Werich attended "reálné...
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  • Werich is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Jan Werich (1905–1980), Czech actor, playwright, and writer Jana Werichová [Wikidata] (1935–1981)...
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    Throughout much of his career, he was associated with actor and playwright Jan Werich. In the U.S., he is known for his role as the polite Juror #11 in the...
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  • Renaissance (Mannerist) Prague. It is one of the best known films of Jan Werich, who's performing a dual role of Emperor Rudolf and baker Matěj. The movie...
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  • Roden Libuše Šafránková Jan Tříska Tatiana Vilhelmová Eduard Vojan Jiří Voskovec Clint Walker Jan Werich Stella Zázvorková Jan Santini Aichel Matthias...
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  • greeted by the children, who are holding art and paintings of the cat. Jan Werich - Magician / Oliva Emília Vášáryová - Diana (as Emilie Vasáryová) Vlastimil...
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  • is well known in the Czech Republic for his on-stage partnership with Jan Werich, his talkshows (Hovory H ...) and many small roles in Czech movies and...
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  • scrapped when it was delayed in favor of You Only Live Twice. Czech actor Jan Werich was originally cast by producer Harry Saltzman to play Blofeld in You...
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    collaborative animated feature film Fimfárum 2 (based on the stories of Jan Werich), which was released in 2006. Pojar died in Prague at the age of 89 in...
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    Arts in Prague (DAMU) at her third attempt. She received an offer from Jan Werich to join the actor's troupe at Divadlo ABC theatre which she accepted....
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    playwright Jan Erazim Vocel (1803–1871), poet, archaeologist, historian and cultural revivalist Jiří Voskovec (1905–1981), actor and playwright Jan Werich (1905–1980)...
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  • increasing his fee for the film, but geared up to look for a replacement. Jan Werich was originally cast by producer Harry Saltzman to play Blofeld. Upon his...
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    Musical revue, Ostrov Dynamit, 1930 (Dynamite Island) by Jiří Voskovec, Jan Werich, and the composer Jaroslav Ježek. This comedy satirized Tomáš Baťa as...
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  • Mirror (1960) Jan Werich as Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor and Matthew, a baker, his look-alike in The Emperor and the Golem (1951) Jan Werich as storyteller/castle...
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    movie in 1973. Ubu Roi was translated into Czech by Jiří Voskovec and Jan Werich as Král Ubu, and premiered in 1928 at Osvobozené divadlo. The play was...
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    of Nations" Jan Žižka (1360–1424) – Hussite general, leader of Czech resistance to the Holy Roman Empire and Catholic Church Jan Werich (1905–1980) –...
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    Grandfather Blanka Krátká - Emil's Sister Veronika Renčová - Claudie Jan Werich - Claudie's Grandfather Věra Ferbasová, Věra Tichánková - Claudie's Educators...
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    Czechoslovakia's foremost singer Karel Gott, as well as prominent comedic writer Jan Werich, who later claimed he was misled about the nature of the document he was...
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    Strojvudce" – Ladislav Vodicka "Strojvudce Prihoda" – Jiri Voskovec and Jan Werich "Casey Caught the Cannonball" - Jimbo Mathus "Casey's Crazy Train" - DNatureofDTrain...
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  • Eduard Vojan Jaroslav Vojta Pavel Vondruška Tomáš Vorel Václav Voska Jiří Voskovec Jiří Vršťala Ivan Vyskočil Jan Werich Pavel Zedníček Martin Zounar...
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  • Dobresco Michael Redgrave as defence lawyer Marcel Dalio as Strul (as Dalio) Jan Werich as Sgt. Constantin Marius Goring as Oberst Müller Alexander Knox as Prosecutor...
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  • approaches Prague. The original screenplay was written by Jiří Voskovec and Jan Werich based on their play Golem. Duvivier turned down their script, wrote his...
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    Good Soldier Schweik (1955 film), consisting of three episodes, with Jan Werich starring as the narrator. 1956–57: The Good Soldier Schweik (1956 film)...
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  • Těžká Barbora (category Voskovec and Werich plays)
    premiered on 5 November, 1937 at Osvobozené divadlo in Prague. The comedians Jan Werich and Jiří Voskovec appeared in the main roles, Jaroslav Ježek created the...
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    as its signature. With older Czech lyrics titled "Že se nestydíte" by Jan Werich this song was performed by the Karel Vlach orchestra in the Rokoko theatre...
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  • Karel Höger as Cyrano de Bergerac Eduard Kohout as General Ellemerle Jan Werich as Ship's Captain František Šlégr as Pirate Captain Otto Šimánek as Michel...
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    middle-ranked cars, but also for celebrities of the times, for example for Jan Werich on a Tatra 52 chassis and for the wife of President Beneš on an Aero 50...
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  • Werfel (1890–1945) — German-language writer; born and lived in Prague Jan Werich (1905–1980) — actor, singer, playwright, writer; born, lived and died...
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  • three episodes, From Hatvan to Halič, Švejk train accidents and Švejk Budějovice anabasi. Narrator: Jan Werich. The Good Soldier Schweik at IMDb v t e...
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    Langer or Josef Kajetán Tyl. Strong was also the theatrical avant-garde (Jan Werich, Jiří Voskovec, Emil František Burian). Known journalists were Julius...
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