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.

Karel Effa

Karel Effa

Biography

Amadeus

A Great Road Ahead

Straw Hat

The Pipes

Zpívající přístavy

The Fabulous Baron Munchausen

The Princess with the Golden Star

Distant Journey

Who Wants to Kill Jessie?

I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen

Nobody Knows Anything

Věčná Slavia

When the Cat Comes

The Terribly Sad Princess

Bulldogs and Cherries

The Feather Fairy

The Jester's Tale

The Musician

Four Murders Are Enough, Darling

Lemonade Joe

Almost King

The Proud Princess

The Ninth Heart

On the Comet

Long Live Ghosts!

Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet

Hasek’s Tales from the Old Monarchy

Zrcadlo byrokratické 2

The Borrowed Face

Kidnapped

The Stolen Airship

The Pilgrimage to the Holy Virgin

The False Prince

Parohy

A Night at Karlstein

Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph

...and again that Lucy!

...and again that Lucy!

Florián

Sám proti městu

Secret of the Chinese Carnation

May Stars

S Pydlou v zádech

Florenc 13,30

Muž v povětří

The Wishing Machine

Old Ironside

The Last of the Mohicans

Ves v pohraničí

Circus in the Circus

Sons of the Mountains

Setkání s Hansem Sachsem

Růžový Hubert

Pochodně

Black Saturday

A Star Travels South

Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky

You Are a Widow, Sir

Figurky ze šmantů

Good-for-Nothing

Pozor, ide Jozefína...

Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval

Hudba z Marsu

Of Things Supernatural

Red Lizard

Affairs of my Wife

A co ten ruksak, králi?

Every Penny Counts

Martin and Nine Fools

The Lost Photography

Paní Liška

Ztracená revue

Pražská romance

Byt je vykraden, maminko...

Three Men Travelling

Zlatá svatba

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