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.
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
(špeh)
Lemonade Joe
(Pancho Kid)
Koncert pro mantinely
Pozor, ide Jozefína...
The Proud Princess
(Strážce pokladu)
Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem
On the Comet
(kaprál Ben)
S Pydlou v zádech
(komorník)
Who Wants to Kill Jessie?
(Pistolník)
May Stars
The Princess with the Golden Star
(pobočník Kazisvěta)
Věčná Slavia
Black Saturday
(cestující ve vlaku)
The Jester's Tale
(Captain Varga)
Long Live Ghosts!
(Mládek)
The Pipes
The Wishing Machine
Hudba z Marsu
(Kulhánek, hráč na cello a kytaru)
Pražská romance
I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen
Sám proti městu
Straw Hat
Paní Liška
(otec)
Zpívající přístavy
Affairs of my Wife
A Night at Karlstein
Almost King
Tlouštík
The Stolen Border
(závodčí)
The Borrowed Face
(lupič Hmaták)
...and again that Lucy!
(Electrician)
Distant Journey
(Gas Chamber Builder (uncredited))
Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval
(Self - Actor)
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling
(majitel baru Kovarski)
Bulldogs and Cherries
Amadeus
(Leporello)
The Feather Fairy
(principál komediantů)
Byt je vykraden, maminko...
The False Prince
(Vizier)
Růžový Hubert
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
(důstojník pevnostní stráže)
The Lost Photography
When the Cat Comes
(Janek)
A Great Road Ahead
(archduke)
Marcelka
Florenc 13,30
(Karel Koníček)
Circus in the Circus
(Veterinary)
The Stolen Airship
Muž v povětří
(listonoš)
Of Things Supernatural
((segment "Tajemství písma"))
You Are a Widow, Sir
(zřízenec na patologii)
The Terribly Sad Princess
(nápadník)
Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky
(sedlák)
The Ninth Heart
(Lackey)
Florián
(kostelník Kalina)
Zlatá svatba
(drobný chovatel Choleva)
The Circus Will Be
Every Penny Counts
A Star Travels South
(Egon Zejda - guitarist)
Pan Novák
(Vašek Kunc)
Good-for-Nothing
Hasek’s Tales from the Old Monarchy
(Porotce)
Kidnapped
(american journalist)
Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph
Sons of the Mountains
A co ten ruksak, králi?
Ticho! Ticho! Ticho!
Martin and Nine Fools
Nobody Knows Anything
Parohy
Portáši
Poslední mohykán
The Pilgrimage to the Holy Virgin
Svatební cesta aneb Ještě ne, Evžene!
The Musician
Ves v pohraničí
(Jarda)
Sign of the Anchor
Red Lizard
Old Ironside
Ztracená revue
Zrcadlo na vesnici 3
Zrcadlo byrokratické 2
Nad námi svítá
Pochodně
(Warden in prison)
...and again that Lucy!
Three Men Travelling
Bakaláři
Dnes v jednom domě
(Mánek)
Pan Tau
Klapzubova jedenáctka
Thirty Cases of Major Zema
The Flying Cestmir
Nemocnice na kraji města
Ze staré drogerie
(Tauben Sr.)