Cast & creator
Karel Effa
Best known for Bakaláři, Amadeus, Pan Tau
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.
Also known as: Карел Эффа
90
film credits
8
television credits
98
1947–2016 · acting roles
6.8
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (98)
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Bakaláři
1972
Amadeus
Leporello
1984
Pan Tau
1970
Thirty Cases of Major Zema
1976
Nemocnice na kraji města
1978
The Flying Cestmir
1984Dnes v jednom domě
Mánek
1980
Klapzubova jedenáctka
1968
Lemonade Joe
Pancho Kid
1964
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
důstojník pevnostní stráže
1962
The Stolen Airship
Agent 13
1967
The Princess with the Golden Star
pobočník Kazisvěta
1959
The Pipes
1966
When the Cat Comes
Janek
1963
You Are a Widow, Sir
zřízenec na patologii
1971
Affairs of my Wife
1973
The Feather Fairy
Troupe Principal
1985
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
špeh
1978
I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen
1970
Who Wants to Kill Jessie?
Pistolník
1966
Straw Hat
1972
Distant Journey
Gas Chamber Builder (uncredited)
1949Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval
Self - Actor
1985
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling
majitel baru Kovarski
1971
Věčná Slavia
2016Svatební cesta aneb Ještě ne, Evžene!
1966
Ze staré drogerie
Tauben Sr.
1983
...and again that Lucy!
Electrician
1984...and again that Lucy!
1984The Musician
1948
Secret of the Chinese Carnation
Blinky
1964
Circus in the Circus
Veterinary
1976
A Great Road Ahead
archduke
1963
Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph
1956
Hasek’s Tales from the Old Monarchy
Porotce
1952
On the Comet
kaprál Ben
1970
Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky
sedlák
1949
The Borrowed Face
lupič Hmaták
1965Zpívající přístavy
1971
The Ninth Heart
Lackey
1979
A co ten ruksak, králi?
1986
Three Men Travelling
1973
A Star Travels South
Egon Zejda - guitarist
1964
Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem
1980
The Terribly Sad Princess
nápadník
1968
Long Live Ghosts!
Mládek
1977
The Proud Princess
Strážce pokladu
1952
Bulldogs and Cherries
1981
May Stars
1959
Almost King
1977
Nobody Knows Anything
1947
The False Prince
Vizier
1985Martin and Nine Fools
1966S Pydlou v zádech
komorník
1985
A Night at Karlstein
1974
Pochodně
Warden in prison
1961
Of Things Supernatural
(segment "Tajemství písma")
1959Sám proti městu
1974Figurky ze šmantů
1988
Hudba z Marsu
Kulhánek, hráč na cello a kytaru
1955
The Jester's Tale
Captain Varga
1964Byt je vykraden, maminko...
1984
Kidnapped
american journalist
1953
Růžový Hubert
1986Parohy
1947
The Pilgrimage to the Holy Virgin
1961
Florenc 13,30
Karel Koníček
1957
The Lost Photography
1960
Every Penny Counts
1961
The Wishing Machine
1968
Good-for-Nothing
1978
The Circus Will Be
1954Koncert pro mantinely
1977
Ves v pohraničí
Jarda
1948Zrcadlo na vesnici 3
1949Nad námi svítá
1953Pražská romance
1969
Zlatá svatba
drobný chovatel Choleva
1972
Sons of the Mountains
1956Setkání s Hansem Sachsem
1954Ztracená revue
1961
Sign of the Anchor
1947
The Stolen Border
závodčí
1947
Pozor, ide Jozefína...
1977
Muž v povětří
listonoš
1956
The Last of the Mohicans
1947Marcelka
1971Paní Liška
otec
1988Zrcadlo byrokratické 2
1949
Florián
kostelník Kalina
1961
Pan Novák
Vašek Kunc
1949
Red Lizard
1949Tlouštík
1961
Old Ironside
1948Náhodou je príma!
1988Portáši
1947
Black Saturday
cestující ve vlaku
1961