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
Most Rating	0.2009
Birthday	1905-02-06
Place of Birth	Praha - Československo
Also Known As	Ян Верих,

Assignment K

The Fabulous Baron Munchausen

The Emperor and the Golem

Jan Werich's Fimfarum

Fimfarum 2

Two Little Frosts

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

Fimfarum - To the good of all

The Creation of the World

Your Money or Your Life

Pražská strašidla

The Fall of Berlin

Hudba z Marsu

Powder and Petrol

The World Belongs to Us

Heave-Ho!

Těžká Barbora

When the Cat Comes

The Good Soldier Svejk

Crisis

Here in Kocourkov

Uspořená libra

Balada z hadrů

The Dear Departed

Silvestr 1957

When the Oak Leaves Fall

The 25th Hour

Kočár nejsvětější svátosti

Medvěd

Magnetické vlny léčí

King and Women

The Cry

Tears the World Can't See

Mean Barbara

Italienisches Capriccio

To jsou Bratři v triku

Pan Tau – der Film

The Golden Fish

Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedy

Pouť noci silvestrovské

Dog's Heads

Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase

Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku

Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče

Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph

Jan Werich: Když už člověk jednou je…

Jonáš a Melicharová

Královna Koloběžka první

Večer s Jaroslavem Haškem

Herecké Vánoce

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