Karel Effa

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.

Cast

Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
špeh
Lemonade Joe
Pancho Kid
Koncert pro mantinely
Unknown
Pozor, ide Jozefína...
Unknown
The Proud Princess
Strážce pokladu
Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem
Unknown
On the Comet
kaprál Ben
S Pydlou v zádech
komorník
Who Wants to Kill Jessie?
Pistolník
May Stars
Unknown
The Princess with the Golden Star
pobočník Kazisvěta
Věčná Slavia
Unknown
Black Saturday
cestující ve vlaku
The Jester's Tale
Captain Varga
Long Live Ghosts!
Mládek
The Pipes
Unknown
The Wishing Machine
Unknown
Hudba z Marsu
Kulhánek, hráč na cello a kytaru
Pražská romance
Unknown
I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen
Unknown
Sám proti městu
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Straw Hat
Unknown
Paní Liška
otec
Zpívající přístavy
Unknown
Affairs of my Wife
Unknown
A Night at Karlstein
Unknown
Almost King
Unknown
Tlouštík
Unknown
The Stolen Border
závodčí
The Borrowed Face
lupič Hmaták
...and again that Lucy!
Electrician, Unknown
Distant Journey
Gas Chamber Builder (uncredited)
Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval
Self - Actor
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling
majitel baru Kovarski
Bulldogs and Cherries
Unknown
Amadeus
Leporello
The Feather Fairy
Troupe Principal
Byt je vykraden, maminko...
Unknown
The False Prince
Vizier
Růžový Hubert
Unknown
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
důstojník pevnostní stráže
The Lost Photography
Unknown
When the Cat Comes
Janek
A Great Road Ahead
archduke
Marcelka
Unknown
Florenc 13,30
Karel Koníček
Circus in the Circus
Veterinary
The Stolen Airship
Agent 13
Muž v povětří
listonoš
Of Things Supernatural
(segment "Tajemství písma")
You Are a Widow, Sir
zřízenec na patologii
The Terribly Sad Princess
nápadník
Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky
sedlák
The Ninth Heart
Lackey
Florián
kostelník Kalina
Zlatá svatba
drobný chovatel Choleva
The Circus Will Be
Unknown
Every Penny Counts
Unknown
A Star Travels South
Egon Zejda - guitarist
Pan Novák
Vašek Kunc
Good-for-Nothing
Unknown
Hasek’s Tales from the Old Monarchy
Porotce
Kidnapped
american journalist
Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph
Unknown
Sons of the Mountains
Unknown
A co ten ruksak, králi?
Unknown
Ticho! Ticho! Ticho!
Unknown
Martin and Nine Fools
Unknown
Nobody Knows Anything
Unknown
Parohy
Unknown
Portáši
Unknown
The Last of the Mohicans
Unknown
The Pilgrimage to the Holy Virgin
Unknown
Svatební cesta aneb Ještě ne, Evžene!
Unknown
The Musician
Unknown
Ves v pohraničí
Jarda
Sign of the Anchor
Unknown
Red Lizard
Unknown
Old Ironside
Unknown
Ztracená revue
Unknown
Zrcadlo na vesnici 3
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Zrcadlo byrokratické 2
Unknown
Nad námi svítá
Unknown
Pochodně
Warden in prison
Three Men Travelling
Unknown
Secret of the Chinese Carnation
Blinky
Figurky ze šmantů
Unknown
Náhodou je príma!
Unknown
Setkání s Hansem Sachsem
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