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.
89 movies · 8 shows
Věčná Slavia
2016·0.0
Náhodou je príma!
1988·0.0
Paní Liška
1988·0.0
Figurky ze šmantů
1988·6.0
Růžový Hubert
1986·5.0
A co ten ruksak, králi?
1986·5.0
The Feather Fairy
1985·7.1
The False Prince
1985·7.7
Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval
1985·8.0
S Pydlou v zádech
1985·7.5
...and again that Lucy!
1984·6.7
Amadeus
1984·8.0
Byt je vykraden, maminko...
1984·0.0
Bulldogs and Cherries
1981·4.3
Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem
1980·8.0
The Ninth Heart
1979·6.5
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
1978·7.5
Good-for-Nothing
1978·4.7
Long Live Ghosts!
1977·7.0
Almost King
1977·6.2
Pozor, ide Jozefína...
1977·0.0
Koncert pro mantinely
1977·0.0
Circus in the Circus
1976·5.1
Sám proti městu
1974·0.0
A Night at Karlstein
1974·7.7
Three Men Travelling
1973·7.0
Affairs of my Wife
1973·7.3
Zlatá svatba
1972·8.0
Straw Hat
1972·5.6
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling
1971·6.2
You Are a Widow, Sir
1971·6.8
Zpívající přístavy
1971·0.0
Marcelka
1971·0.0
On the Comet
1970·6.2
I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen
1970·5.8
Pražská romance
1969·0.0
The Wishing Machine
1968·7.0
The Terribly Sad Princess
1968·7.4
The Stolen Airship
1967·7.0
Svatební cesta aneb Ještě ne, Evžene!
1966·6.0
The Pipes
1966·6.0
Who Wants to Kill Jessie?
1966·7.0
Martin and Nine Fools
1966·6.5
The Borrowed Face
1965·7.0
The Jester's Tale
1964·7.5
Lemonade Joe
1964·7.1
Secret of the Chinese Carnation
1964·6.0
A Star Travels South
1964·6.0
When the Cat Comes
1963·6.9
Ticho! Ticho! Ticho!
1963·0.0
A Great Road Ahead
1963·6.7
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
1962·7.4
Tlouštík
1961·0.0
Florián
1961·7.0
Every Penny Counts
1961·7.0
The Pilgrimage to the Holy Virgin
1961·8.0
Pochodně
1961·7.0
Black Saturday
1961·5.0
Ztracená revue
1961·7.0
The Lost Photography
1960·8.5
The Princess with the Golden Star
1959·6.8
May Stars
1959·3.8
Of Things Supernatural
1959·5.5
Florenc 13,30
1957·5.9
Sons of the Mountains
1956·9.0
Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph
1956·5.9
Muž v povětří
1956·8.5
Hudba z Marsu
1955·6.1
The Circus Will Be
1954·7.5
Setkání s Hansem Sachsem
1954·0.0
Nad námi svítá
1953·6.0
Kidnapped
1953·6.7
Hasek’s Tales from the Old Monarchy
1952·6.7
The Proud Princess
1952·7.2
Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky
1949·5.6
Pan Novák
1949·0.0
Distant Journey
1949·6.8
Red Lizard
1949·10.0
Zrcadlo na vesnici 3
1949·0.0
Zrcadlo byrokratické 2
1949·0.0
Old Ironside
1948·0.0
The Musician
1948·7.5
Ves v pohraničí
1948·7.7
Nobody Knows Anything
1947·8.5
Sign of the Anchor
1947·7.5
Portáši
1947·6.0
Parohy
1947·4.0
The Last of the Mohicans
1947·7.0
The Stolen Border
1947·5.5