Acting
Jan Werich
- Titles
- 54movies6TV shows
- Career
Active from 1932 to 2026, with a break from 2012 to 2025, busiest in 1963 with 4 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 29top three billing
- Average score
74/100
- Highest rated
The 25th Hour81/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Fantasy5.3average 1.8
- Absurdist Humor4.5average 2.0
- Wonder5.8average 3.4
- Satire & Parody4.6average 2.3
- Wholesome5.3average 3.3
- Historical4.5average 2.6
- Situational Comedy4.3average 2.7
- Nostalgia5.3average 3.6
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.7, average 5.2
- Crime2.0, average 3.7
- Psychological3.9, average 5.6
- Tension4.8, average 6.1
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Whimsical 2
- Eccentric Characters 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- JJan KohoutEditorThe Emperor and the Golem, The World Belongs to Us, Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase, Tears the World Can't See, Medvěd, +3 more
Jiří TrnkaDirectorTwo Little Frosts, The Good Soldier Schweik, Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase, Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče, Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku, +1 more- JJaroslav JežekComposerThe World Belongs to Us, Your Money or Your Life, Here in Kocourkov, Heave-Ho!, Powder and Petrol, +1 more
George VoskovecActorThe World Belongs to Us, Your Money or Your Life, Heave-Ho!, Powder and Petrol, Těžká Barbora
Bohuš ZáhorskýActorThe Fabulous Baron Munchausen, The Emperor and the Golem, The World Belongs to Us, Powder and Petrol, Medvěd
Martin FričWriterThe Emperor and the Golem, The World Belongs to Us, Heave-Ho!, Tears the World Can't See, Medvěd- HHelena LebduškováEditorTwo Little Frosts, Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase, Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče, Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku, The Golden Fish
Vlasta PospíšilováDirectorMean Barbara, Fimfarum - To the good of all, Jan Werich's Fimfarum, When the Oak Leaves Fall, Fimfarum 2
Jiří SovákActorWhen the Cat Comes, Tears the World Can't See, Magnetické vlny léčí, Uspořená libra
Jiřina BohdalováActorHerecké Vánoce, When the Cat Comes, Balada z hadrů, Těžká Barbora- EEmanuel FranekCinematographerOsudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase, Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče, Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku, The Golden Fish
- VVáclav TrojanComposerOnce Upon a Time, There Was a King..., Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase, Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče, Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku
Movies and TV shows
282010s
1 title
Fimfarum - To the good of all (2011)
as (voice)
2000s
2 titles · average score 73
73
Fimfarum 2 (2006)
as Narrator
73
Jan Werich's Fimfarum (2002)
as Vypravěč
1990s
2 titles
RumplCimprCampr (1997)
Author
When the Oak Leaves Fall (1991)
as Narrator (voice) (archive footage)
1980s
5 titles · average score 77
Mean Barbara (1989)
as Narrator (voice) (archive footage)
Přišel na večeři (1981)
Adaptation
Královna Koloběžka první (1981)
as Narrator (archive footage) (voice)
1960s
7 titles · average score 85
King and Women (1967)
as Jindřich VIII.
85Golem (1967)
Theatre Play
Three veterans (1964)
Original Story
Uspořená libra (1963)
as Sam Adams
Kočár nejsvětější svátosti (1963)
Screenplay
Balada z hadrů (1960)
as strážný Holofern
Těžká Barbora (1960)
as druhý žoldnéř
1950s
5 titles · average score 76
73
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
as Narrator
80
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1955)
as král Já I.
The Secret of Blood (1953)
Screenstory
75
The Emperor and the Golem (1951)
as Emperor Rudolf II / Matheus Kotrba, The Baker
The Golden Fish (1951)
as Narrator (voice)
1930s
6 titles · average score 63
The World Belongs to Us (1937)
as kamelot
57
The Golem (1936)
Theatre Play
70
Heave-Ho! (1934)
Story, Screenplay
Here in Kocourkov (1934)
as Ferdinand Kaplan
Your Money or Your Life (1932)
as Tonda
Powder and Petrol (1932)
Screenplay, Story