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.
97 acting credits
Acting · 97
Bakaláři
1972
Amadeus
1984
Thirty Cases of Major Zema
1976
Pan Tau
1970
Nemocnice na kraji města
1978
Klapzubova jedenáctka
1968
The Flying Cestmir
1984
Dnes v jednom domě
1980
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
1962
Lemonade Joe
1964
Secret of the Chinese Carnation
1964
When the Cat Comes
1963
Ze staré drogerie
1983
Distant Journey
1949
The Proud Princess
1952
Circus in the Circus
1976
A Great Road Ahead
1963
The Stolen Airship
1967
Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval
1985
The Feather Fairy
1985
Who Wants to Kill Jessie?
1966
A Night at Karlstein
1974
The Terribly Sad Princess
1968
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
1978
Florián
1961
May Stars
1959
On the Comet
1970
Kidnapped
1953
The Princess with the Golden Star
1959
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling
1971
The Ninth Heart
1979
Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem
1980
The Pipes
1966
You Are a Widow, Sir
1971
The Jester's Tale
1964
Hudba z Marsu
1955
Long Live Ghosts!
1977
I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen
1970
Hasek’s Tales from the Old Monarchy
1952
...and again that Lucy!
1984
Straw Hat
1972
Růžový Hubert
1986
The Musician
1948
Of Things Supernatural
1959
Pochodně
1961
Almost King
1977
Zlatá svatba
1972
Florenc 13,30
1957
Black Saturday
1961
Svatební cesta aneb Ještě ne, Evžene!
1966
Good-for-Nothing
1978
The Borrowed Face
1965
Three Men Travelling
1973
Ztracená revue
1961
The Last of the Mohicans
1947
Marcelka
1971
Martin and Nine Fools
1966
Old Ironside
1948
Nobody Knows Anything
1947
Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky
1949
Tlouštík
1961
Sons of the Mountains
1956
S Pydlou v zádech
1985
The Lost Photography
1960
Věčná Slavia
2016
Náhodou je príma!
1988
Every Penny Counts
1961
Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph
1956
Sign of the Anchor
1947
The False Prince
1985
The Pilgrimage to the Holy Virgin
1961
Bulldogs and Cherries
1981
Zrcadlo na vesnici 3
1949
Parohy
1947
Ticho! Ticho! Ticho!
1963
Affairs of my Wife
1973
Figurky ze šmantů
1988
Pozor, ide Jozefína...
1977
Ves v pohraničí
1948
A co ten ruksak, králi?
1986
A Star Travels South
1964
Paní Liška
1988
Pražská romance
1969
The Circus Will Be
1954
Red Lizard
1949
Koncert pro mantinely
1977
Sám proti městu
1974
Pan Novák
1949
Portáši
1947
Muž v povětří
1956
Nad námi svítá
1953
The Stolen Border
1947
The Wishing Machine
1968
Zpívající přístavy
1971
Zrcadlo byrokratické 2
1949
Byt je vykraden, maminko...
1984
Setkání s Hansem Sachsem
1954