Karel Effa

Acting · 0.7 popularity

Age

104

Movies

Born: May 23, 1922 – June 11, 1993
From: Praha, Československo

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.

Works

89 films

Amadeus

19848.0

The Pipes

19666.0

A Great Road Ahead

19636.7

The Fabulous Baron Munchausen

19627.4

Straw Hat

19725.6

The Princess with the Golden Star

19596.8

Distant Journey

19496.8

The Borrowed Face

19657.0

Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet

19787.5

Who Wants to Kill Jessie?

19667.0

The Stolen Airship

19677.0

The Feather Fairy

19857.1

The Terribly Sad Princess

19687.4

When the Cat Comes

19637.0

Věčná Slavia

2016

The Musician

19487.5

Lemonade Joe

19647.1

On the Comet

19706.2

The Proud Princess

19527.2

I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen

19705.8

Long Live Ghosts!

19777.0

The Jester's Tale

19647.5

Four Murders Are Enough, Darling

19716.2

Zpívající přístavy

1971

A co ten ruksak, králi?

19865.0

Of Things Supernatural

19595.5

Secret of the Chinese Carnation

19646.0

Almost King

19776.2

Hasek’s Tales from the Old Monarchy

19526.7

The Lost Photography

19608.5

Nobody Knows Anything

19478.5

The Pilgrimage to the Holy Virgin

19618.0

You Are a Widow, Sir

19716.8

...and again that Lucy!

19846.7

Circus in the Circus

19765.1

May Stars

19593.8

A Night at Karlstein

19747.7

Parohy

19474.0

Pozor, ide Jozefína...

1977

Bulldogs and Cherries

19814.3

Old Ironside

1948

Nad námi svítá

19536.0

The Ninth Heart

19796.5

Affairs of my Wife

19737.3

Ztracená revue

19617.0

The Wishing Machine

19687.0

Sám proti městu

1974

Zlatá svatba

19728.0

Zrcadlo byrokratické 2

1949

Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval

19858.0

Kidnapped

19536.7

Ticho! Ticho! Ticho!

1963

The Circus Will Be

19547.5

The Last of the Mohicans

19477.0

Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem

19808.0

Pan Novák

1949

Koncert pro mantinely

1977

Florenc 13,30

19575.9

Figurky ze šmantů

19886.0

A Star Travels South

19646.0

Marcelka

1971

Růžový Hubert

19865.0

Muž v povětří

19568.5

Pochodně

19617.0

The False Prince

19857.7

Sons of the Mountains

19569.0

Ves v pohraničí

19487.7

Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph

19565.9

Florián

19617.0

Good-for-Nothing

19784.7

Hudba z Marsu

19556.1

Martin and Nine Fools

19666.5

Black Saturday

19615.0

Portáši

19476.0

Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky

19495.6

Sign of the Anchor

19477.5

S Pydlou v zádech

19857.5

Three Men Travelling

19737.0

Svatební cesta aneb Ještě ne, Evžene!

19666.0

Red Lizard

194910.0

Pražská romance

1969

Paní Liška

1988

Every Penny Counts

19617.0

The Stolen Border

19475.5

Byt je vykraden, maminko...

1984

Náhodou je príma!

1988

Tlouštík

1961

Zrcadlo na vesnici 3

1949

Setkání s Hansem Sachsem

1954