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Petr Čepek Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1940-09-16

Birthplace:
Prague, Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia [now Czech Republic]

Credits:
115 Total Roles

Petr Čepek

Acting

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Biography

Petr Čepek was a Czech actor associated with The Drama Club in Prague. His final film was Faust, directed by Czech surrealist Jan Švankmajer. Cepek attended the Academy of Performing Arts (DAMU) along with many notable Czech actors of the time, before appearing in Ostrava’s first theater, DPB until 1965.  After joining with fellow colleagues in Prague’s Činoherní Klub, where he contributed to the formation of numerous famous theatre productions such as Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment and Gogo’s Revizor (The Government Inspector).   Čepek turned to politics in the late 1980s, participating in political rallies and negotiations before returning to the Academy of Performing Arts (DAMU) to teach until his death in 1994.  Čepek was honored posthumously for his double role in the Švankmajers film Faust.

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2000 Příběhy slavných TV Self (archive footage)
1994 Thanks for Every New Morning MOVIE Famous Writer
1994 Faust MOVIE Faust
1993 Mystery of the Puzzle MOVIE Narrator (voice)
1993 Život a dílo skladatele Foltýna MOVIE Self
1992 Šťastlivec Sulla MOVIE Furius
1991 Sokratův podzim MOVIE Kubeš
1991 The Elementary School MOVIE Rádži Tamil
1991 Honorární konzul TV Self
1991 Lhát se nemá, princezno! MOVIE Self

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