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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Praha, Československo, 1922-05-23

Died: 1993-06-11

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1947	The Stolen Border	závodčí	30
2	1947	Poslední mohykán		70
3	1947	Parohy		33
4	1947	Portáši		60
5	1947	Sign of the Anchor		60
6	1947	Nobody Knows Anything		70
7	1948	Ves v pohraničí	Jarda	50
8	1948	The Musician		50
9	1948	Old Ironside		0
10	1949	Zrcadlo na vesnici 3		0
11	1949	Zrcadlo byrokratické 2		0
12	1949	Red Lizard		0
13	1949	Distant Journey	Gas Chamber Builder (uncredited)	68
14	1949	Pan Novák	Vašek Kunc	0
15	1949	Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky	sedlák	50
16	1952	The Proud Princess	Strážce pokladu	73
17	1952	Hasek’s Tales from the Old Monarchy	Porotce	66
18	1953	Kidnapped	american journalist	65
19	1953	Nad námi svítá		50
20	1954	The Circus Will Be		73
21	1955	Hudba z Marsu	Kulhánek, hráč na cello a kytaru	59
22	1956	Muž v povětří	listonoš	70
23	1956	Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph		54
24	1956	Sons of the Mountains		0
25	1957	Florenc 13,30	Karel Koníček	55
26	1959	Of Things Supernatural	(segment "Tajemství písma")	62
27	1959	May Stars		28
28	1959	The Princess with the Golden Star	pobočník Kazisvěta	68
29	1960	The Lost Photography		70
30	1961	Ztracená revue		0
31	1961	Black Saturday	cestující ve vlaku	50
32	1961	Pochodně	Warden in prison	50
33	1961	The Pilgrimage to the Holy Virgin		70
34	1961	Every Penny Counts		40
35	1961	Florián	kostelník Kalina	50
36	1961	Tlouštík		0
37	1962	The Fabulous Baron Munchausen	důstojník pevnostní stráže	74
38	1963	A Great Road Ahead	archduke	65
39	1963	Ticho! Ticho! Ticho!		0
40	1963	When the Cat Comes	Janek	70
41	1964	A Star Travels South	Egon Zejda - guitarist	55
42	1964	Secret of the Chinese Carnation	Blinky	48
43	1964	Lemonade Joe	Pancho Kid	72
44	1964	The Jester's Tale	Captain Varga	75
45	1965	The Borrowed Face	lupič Hmaták	55
46	1966	Martin and Nine Fools		60
47	1966	Who Wants to Kill Jessie?	Pistolník	70
48	1966	The Pipes		50
49	1966	Svatební cesta aneb Ještě ne, Evžene!		50
50	1967	The Stolen Airship	Agent 13	69
51	1968	The Terribly Sad Princess	nápadník	76
52	1968	The Wishing Machine		65
53	1969	Pražská romance		0
54	1970	I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen		59
55	1970	On the Comet	kaprál Ben	60
56	1971	Zpívající přístavy		0
57	1971	Marcelka		0
58	1971	You Are a Widow, Sir	zřízenec na patologii	70
59	1971	Four Murders Are Enough, Darling	majitel baru Kovarski	63
60	1972	Straw Hat		61
61	1972	Zlatá svatba	drobný chovatel Choleva	0
62	1973	Affairs of my Wife		70
63	1973	Three Men Travelling		0
64	1974	A Night at Karlstein		78
65	1974	Sám proti městu		0
66	1976	Circus in the Circus	Veterinary	48
67	1977	Koncert pro mantinely		0
68	1977	Pozor, ide Jozefína...		0
69	1977	Almost King		63
70	1977	Long Live Ghosts!	Mládek	70
71	1978	Good-for-Nothing		20
72	1978	Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet	špeh	75
73	1979	The Ninth Heart	Lackey	64
74	1980	Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem		80
75	1981	Bulldogs and Cherries		44
76	1984	Byt je vykraden, maminko...		0
77	1984	Amadeus	Leporello	80
78	1984	...and again that Lucy!	Electrician	66
79	1984	...and again that Lucy!		66
80	1985	S Pydlou v zádech	komorník	70
81	1985	Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval	Self - Actor	0
82	1985	The False Prince	Vizier	80
83	1985	The Feather Fairy	Troupe Principal	71
84	1986	A co ten ruksak, králi?		50
85	1986	Růžový Hubert		40
86	1988	Figurky ze šmantů		0
87	1988	Paní Liška	otec	0
88	1988	Náhodou je príma!		0
89	2016	Věčná Slavia		0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1968	Klapzubova jedenáctka		70
2	1970	Pan Tau		66
3	1972	Bakaláři		70
4	1976	Thirty Cases of Major Zema		72
5	1978	Nemocnice na kraji města		69
6	1980	Dnes v jednom domě	Mánek	0
7	1983	Ze staré drogerie	Tauben Sr.	83
8	1984	The Flying Cestmir		62

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