Karel Effa
Acting
Born May 23, 1922 · Praha, Československo
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.
Films (89)
Věčná Slavia
2016
Náhodou je príma!
1988
Paní Liška
1988
Figurky ze šmantů
1988
Růžový Hubert
1986
A co ten ruksak, králi?
1986
The Feather Fairy
1985
The False Prince
1985
Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval
1985
S Pydlou v zádech
1985
...and again that Lucy!
1984
Amadeus
1984
Byt je vykraden, maminko...
1984
Bulldogs and Cherries
1981
Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem
1980
The Ninth Heart
1979
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
1978
Good-for-Nothing
1978
Long Live Ghosts!
1977
Almost King
1977
Pozor, ide Jozefína...
1977
Koncert pro mantinely
1977
Circus in the Circus
1976
Sám proti městu
1974
A Night at Karlstein
1974
Three Men Travelling
1973
Affairs of my Wife
1973
Zlatá svatba
1972
Straw Hat
1972
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling
1971
You Are a Widow, Sir
1971
Zpívající přístavy
1971
Marcelka
1971
On the Comet
1970
I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen
1970
Pražská romance
1969
The Wishing Machine
1968
The Terribly Sad Princess
1968
The Stolen Airship
1967
Svatební cesta aneb Ještě ne, Evžene!
1966
The Pipes
1966
Who Wants to Kill Jessie?
1966
Martin and Nine Fools
1966
The Borrowed Face
1965
The Jester's Tale
1964
Lemonade Joe
1964
Secret of the Chinese Carnation
1964
A Star Travels South
1964
When the Cat Comes
1964
Ticho! Ticho! Ticho!
1963
A Great Road Ahead
1963
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
1962
Tlouštík
1961
Florián
1961
Every Penny Counts
1961
The Pilgrimage to the Holy Virgin
1961
Pochodně
1961
Black Saturday
1961
Ztracená revue
1961
The Lost Photography
1960
The Princess with the Golden Star
1959
May Stars
1959
Of Things Supernatural
1959
Florenc 13,30
1957
Sons of the Mountains
1956
Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph
1956
Muž v povětří
1956
Hudba z Marsu
1955
The Circus Will Be
1954
Setkání s Hansem Sachsem
1954
Nad námi svítá
1953
Kidnapped
1953
Hasek’s Tales from the Old Monarchy
1952
The Proud Princess
1952
Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky
1949
Pan Novák
1949
Distant Journey
1949
Red Lizard
1949
Zrcadlo na vesnici 3
1949
Zrcadlo byrokratické 2
1949
Old Ironside
1948
The Musician
1948
Ves v pohraničí
1948
Nobody Knows Anything
1947
Sign of the Anchor
1947
Portáši
1947
Parohy
1947
The Last of the Mohicans
1947
The Stolen Border
1947