
Cast
Karel Effa
Acting
Cast
Karel Effa
Known for
Acting
Born
1922-05-23
From
Praha, Československo
Died
1993-06-11
Also known as Карел Эффа
Biography
Karel Effa, originally named Karel Effenberger (May 23, 1922 in Prague - June 11, 1993 in Prague), was a Czech actor. As a professional soldier during World War II, he served in the Government Army during the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, which was deployed to Italy. Here he later ran to the Czechoslovak troops fighting on the side of the Western Allies. After the war, he remained in the army with the rank of sergeant, playing and singing for two years in the newly formed Army Art Ensemble of Vít Nejedlý. From there he went to the Theater of Satire, from there to the Theater of State Film, from there to the Music Theater in Karlín, from where he briefly jumped to the ABC Theater to return to the Karlín Theater. He has been a member of the Semafor Theater since 1979. Karel Effa was a very prominent comedian who created 71 smaller and episodic film roles during his life - such as the villain Pancho Kid in the Czech comedy Lemonade Joe or Horse Opera, the black Gustav in Zeman's famous film The Stolen Airship, or the treasure keeper in the fairy tale film Proud princess. Karel Effa worked for many years as a member of the Czechoslovak State Film Ensemble, resp. Film studio in Barrandov, he also performed in the Theater in Fidlovačka, or in the former musical theater in Prague's Nusle, he also worked in the post-war Theater of Satire. In addition to performing in theater and film, he has given six thousand touring performances during his lifetime, where he has used his folk humor, playing the guitar and singing tramp songs. He also remained a hiker all his life, he went to Brdy, often to the settlement of Ztracenka. In 1964, he became a founding member of the Department of Friends and Supporters of Slavia, which aimed to save and lift football Slavia, which at the time lived in the Second Football League.

Amadeus
as Leporello

On the Comet
as kaprál Ben

The Circus Will Be

Black Saturday
as cestující ve vlaku

The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
as důstojník pevnostní stráže

Kidnapped
as american journalist

The Terribly Sad Princess
as nápadník

Distant Journey
as Gas Chamber Builder (uncredited)

A Night at Karlstein

The Proud Princess
as Strážce pokladu

Sons of the Mountains

Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
as špeh

A Great Road Ahead
as archduke

Lemonade Joe
as Pancho Kid

The Feather Fairy
as Troupe Principal

Secret of the Chinese Carnation
as Blinky

The Princess with the Golden Star
as pobočník Kazisvěta

Who Wants to Kill Jessie?
as Pistolník

When the Cat Comes
as Janek

Pochodně
as Warden in prison

The False Prince
as Vizier

Sign of the Anchor

Svatební cesta aneb Ještě ne, Evžene!

Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval
as Self - Actor

The Stolen Airship
as Agent 13

Long Live Ghosts!
as Mládek

The Musician

The Pilgrimage to the Holy Virgin

Four Murders Are Enough, Darling
as majitel baru Kovarski

Of Things Supernatural
as (segment "Tajemství písma")

Hudba z Marsu
as Kulhánek, hráč na cello a kytaru

Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph

The Lost Photography

Circus in the Circus
as Veterinary

Almost King

Bulldogs and Cherries

The Pipes

May Stars

Růžový Hubert

Straw Hat

Parohy

The Last of the Mohicans

Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky
as sedlák

I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen

You Are a Widow, Sir
as zřízenec na patologii

The Jester's Tale
as Captain Varga

Pan Novák
as Vašek Kunc

Portáši

Good-for-Nothing

Pozor, ide Jozefína...

Three Men Travelling

Zpívající přístavy

Nobody Knows Anything

Hasek’s Tales from the Old Monarchy
as Porotce

A Star Travels South
as Egon Zejda - guitarist

Tlouštík

Florenc 13,30
as Karel Koníček

...and again that Lucy!
as Electrician

...and again that Lucy!

Every Penny Counts

The Stolen Border
as závodčí

Náhodou je príma!

Florián
as kostelník Kalina

Zlatá svatba
as drobný chovatel Choleva

Ves v pohraničí
as Jarda

Ztracená revue

Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem

Marcelka

The Wishing Machine

The Ninth Heart
as Lackey

Muž v povětří
as listonoš

Nad námi svítá

Old Ironside

Koncert pro mantinely

Red Lizard

Affairs of my Wife

The Borrowed Face
as lupič Hmaták

Věčná Slavia

Sám proti městu

Paní Liška
as otec

Figurky ze šmantů

A co ten ruksak, králi?

Martin and Nine Fools

S Pydlou v zádech
as komorník

Zrcadlo na vesnici 3

Pražská romance

Byt je vykraden, maminko...

Ticho! Ticho! Ticho!

Setkání s Hansem Sachsem
