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Karel Effa
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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 r…
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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.
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Karel Effa's Filmography
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Věčná Slavia
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Náhodou je príma!
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Paní Liška
as otec
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Figurky ze šmantů
Růžový Hubert
A co ten ruksak, králi?
The Feather Fairy
as Troupe Principal
The False Prince
as Vizier
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Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval
as Self - Actor
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S Pydlou v zádech
as komorník
...and again that Lucy!
as Electrician
...and again that Lucy!
Amadeus
as Leporello
No Poster
Byt je vykraden, maminko...
Bulldogs and Cherries
Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem
The Ninth Heart
as Lackey
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
as špeh
Good-for-Nothing
Long Live Ghosts!
as Mládek
Almost King
Pozor, ide Jozefína...
No Poster
Koncert pro mantinely
Circus in the Circus
as Veterinary
No Poster
Sám proti městu
A Night at Karlstein
Three Men Travelling
Affairs of my Wife
Zlatá svatba
as drobný chovatel Choleva
Straw Hat
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling
as majitel baru Kovarski
You Are a Widow, Sir
as zřízenec na patologii
No Poster
Zpívající přístavy
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Marcelka
On the Comet
as kaprál Ben
I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen
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Pražská romance
The Wishing Machine
The Terribly Sad Princess
as nápadník
The Stolen Airship
as Agent 13
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Svatební cesta aneb Ještě ne, Evžene!
The Pipes
Who Wants to Kill Jessie?
as Pistolník
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Martin and Nine Fools
The Borrowed Face
as lupič Hmaták
The Jester's Tale
as Captain Varga
Lemonade Joe
as Pancho Kid
Secret of the Chinese Carnation
as Blinky
A Star Travels South
as Egon Zejda - guitarist
When the Cat Comes
as Janek
No Poster
Ticho! Ticho! Ticho!
A Great Road Ahead
as archduke
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
as důstojník pevnostní stráže
No Poster
Tlouštík
Florián
as kostelník Kalina
Every Penny Counts
The Pilgrimage to the Holy Virgin
Pochodně
as Warden in prison
Black Saturday
as cestující ve vlaku
No Poster
Ztracená revue
The Lost Photography
The Princess with the Golden Star
as pobočník Kazisvěta
May Stars
Of Things Supernatural
as (segment "Tajemství písma")
Florenc 13,30
as Karel Koníček
Sons of the Mountains
Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph
Muž v povětří
as listonoš
Hudba z Marsu
as Kulhánek, hráč na cello a kytaru
The Circus Will Be
No Poster
Setkání s Hansem Sachsem
No Poster
Nad námi svítá
Kidnapped
as american journalist
Hasek’s Tales from the Old Monarchy
as Porotce
The Proud Princess
as Strážce pokladu
Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky
as sedlák
Pan Novák
as Vašek Kunc
Distant Journey
as Gas Chamber Builder (uncredited)
Red Lizard
No Poster
Zrcadlo byrokratické 2
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Zrcadlo na vesnici 3
Old Ironside
No Poster
The Musician
Ves v pohraničí
as Jarda
Nobody Knows Anything
Sign of the Anchor
No Poster
Portáši
No Poster
Parohy
The Last of the Mohicans
The Stolen Border
as závodčí