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Petr Čepek

Petr Čepek was a Czech actor associated with The Drama Club in Prague. His final film was Faust, directed by Czech surrealist Jan Švankmajer. Cepek attended the Academy of Performing Arts (DAMU) along with many notable Czech actors of the time, before appearing in Ostrava’s first theater, DPB until 1965.  After joining with fellow colleagues in Prague’s Činoherní Klub, where he contributed to the formation of numerous famous theatre productions such as Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment and Gogo’s Revizor (The Government Inspector).   Čepek turned to politics in the late 1980s, participating in political rallies and negotiations before returning to the Academy of Performing Arts (DAMU) to teach until his death in 1994.  Čepek was honored posthumously for his double role in the Švankmajers film Faust.


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Born:
Sep 16, 1940 In Prague, Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia [now Czech Republic]
Movie/TV Credits:
35
First Appeared:
In the movie Hotel for Strangers 1967-03-24
Latest Project:
Movie Faust 1994-09-10
Known For
Poster of Smích se lepí na paty
Poster of Diagnóza smrti
Poster of Looking Back
Filmography
Movie Faust Faust 1994-09-10
Movie Mystery of the Puzzle vypravěč 1993-05-13
Movie The Elementary School Rádži Tamil 1991-08-02
Movie Nudity Drsnák 1990-12-01
Movie The Damned House of Hajn Cyril 1989-09-01
Movie Magician Ledvina 1988-03-01
Movie Dobří holubi se vracejí Strýc Karel 1988-12-22
Movie Landscape with Furniture Artist Douda 1987-03-01
Movie Smích se lepí na paty hajný Fanda 1987-06-01
Movie Dissolved and Effused Policejní ředitel 1985-01-01
Movie My Sweet Little Village Josef Turek 1985-08-01
Movie Extended Time Antoš 1985-10-01
Movie The Three Veterans Bimbác 1984-07-01
Movie O statečném kováři Black King 1984-09-01
Movie Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping arcivévoda / Nývlt 1983-10-01
Movie Ferat Vampire Kriz 1982-05-28
Movie The Fall of the House of Usher Narrator (voice) 1982-06-01
Movie Cutting It Short mistr kominický de Giorgi, člen správní rady 1981-02-06
Movie Night Riders Janousek 1981-06-26
Movie The Hit Šus, Producer 1981-03-13
Movie The Cat Prince Albert (voice) 1979-09-28
Movie Diagnóza smrti Bártl 1979-12-14
Movie The Motive for Murder Benda (segment "Kapsář") 1975-04-04
Movie Morgiana Glenar 1972-09-15
Movie The Death of Black King Vili Berger 1972-03-31
Movie Granny Black Gamekeeper 1971-10-08
Movie Oil Lamps Pavel 1971-11-05
Movie Prince Bajaja Black Prince (voice) 1971-12-17
Movie I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen Albert Einstein 1970-02-27
Movie Adelheid Viktor Chotovický 1970-02-06
Movie Aesop Amazis 1970-06-28
Movie Looking Back František Černý 1969-01-03
Movie The Valley of the Bees Ondřej z Vlkova 1968-05-17
Movie Hotel for Strangers Petr Hudec 1967-03-24
Movie The End of Agent W4C 1967-10-06
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