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Jan Werich

Jan Werich is known for The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962), When the Cat Comes (1963), The 25th Hour (1967).

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 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.

Questions about Jan Werich

How many Jan Werich films are in the catalogue?

The CineQuiz catalogue has 20 films with Jan Werich, from 1932 to 2021.

What was the first Jan Werich film?

The first Jan Werich film in the catalogue is The Fabulous Baron Munchausen, from 1962.

Who has Jan Werich worked with the most?

In the catalogue, Jan Werich shares the most credits with Jiří Brdečka (2 films) and Karel Effa (2 films).

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Known for

Full filmography

52 films — 20 in the catalogue

People data: TMDb.

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