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.
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Movies (89)
Věčná Slavia
2016
Náhodou je príma!
1988
Paní Liška
1988 · otec
Figurky ze šmantů
1988
Růžový Hubert
1986
A co ten ruksak, králi?
1986
The Feather Fairy
1985 · Troupe Principal
The False Prince
1985 · Vizier
Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval
1985 · Self - Actor
S Pydlou v zádech
1985 · komorník
...and again that Lucy!
1984 · Electrician
Amadeus
1984 · Leporello
Byt je vykraden, maminko...
1984
Bulldogs and Cherries
1981
Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem
1980
The Ninth Heart
1979 · Lackey
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
1978 · špeh
Good-for-Nothing
1978
Long Live Ghosts!
1977 · Mládek
Almost King
1977
Pozor, ide Jozefína...
1977
Koncert pro mantinely
1977
Solo for Elephant With Orchestra
1976 · Veterinary
Sám proti městu
1974
A Night at Karlstein
1974
Three Men Travelling
1973
Affairs of my Wife
1973
Zlatá svatba
1972 · drobný chovatel Choleva
Straw Hat
1972
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling
1971 · majitel baru Kovarski
You Are a Widow, Sir
1971 · zřízenec na patologii
Zpívající přístavy
1971
Marcelka
1971
On the Comet
1970 · kaprál Ben
I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen
1970
Pražská romance
1969
The Wishing Machine
1968
The Terribly Sad Princess
1968 · nápadník
The Stolen Airship
1967 · Agent 13
Svatební cesta aneb Ještě ne, Evžene!
1966
The Pipes
1966
Who Wants to Kill Jessie?
1966 · Pistolník
Martin and Nine Fools
1966
The Borrowed Face
1965 · lupič Hmaták
The Jester's Tale
1964 · Captain Varga
Lemonade Joe
1964 · Pancho Kid
Secret of the Chinese Carnation
1964 · Blinky
A Star Travels South
1964 · Egon Zejda - guitarist
When the Cat Comes
1963 · Janek
Ticho! Ticho! Ticho!
1963
A Great Road Ahead
1963 · archduke
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
1962 · důstojník pevnostní stráže
Tlouštík
1961
Florián
1961 · kostelník Kalina
Every Penny Counts
1961
The Pilgrimage to the Holy Virgin
1961
Pochodně
1961 · Warden in prison
Black Saturday
1961 · cestující ve vlaku
Ztracená revue
1961
The Lost Photography
1960
The Princess with the Golden Star
1959 · pobočník Kazisvěta
May Stars
1959
Of Things Supernatural
1959 · (segment "Tajemství písma")
Florenc 13,30
1957 · Karel Koníček
Sons of the Mountains
1956
Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph
1956
Muž v povětří
1956 · listonoš
Hudba z Marsu
1955 · Kulhánek, hráč na cello a kytaru
The Circus Will Be
1954
Setkání s Hansem Sachsem
1954
Nad námi svítá
1953
Kidnapped
1953 · american journalist
Hasek’s Tales from the Old Monarchy
1952 · Porotce
The Proud Princess
1952 · Strážce pokladu
Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky
1949 · sedlák
Pan Novák
1949 · Vašek Kunc
Distant Journey
1949 · Gas Chamber Builder (uncredited)
Red Lizard
1949
Zrcadlo na vesnici 3
1949
Zrcadlo byrokratické 2
1949
Old Ironside
1948
The Musician
1948
Ves v pohraničí
1948 · Jarda
Nobody Knows Anything
1947
Sign of the Anchor
1947
Portáši
1947
Parohy
1947
The Last of the Mohicans
1947
The Stolen Border
1947 · závodčí
