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