Petr Čepek (16 September 1940 – 20 September 1994) was a
Czech
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Places
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actor.
Life
He studied acting at
Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
The Department of Dramatic Theatre (DAMU) is one of three departments at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (alongside the Film and TV school and the Department of Music). The academy was opened in 1945 immediately after the Second World ...
at the same class as
Ladislav Mrkvička
Ladislav Mrkvička (2 February 1939 in Prague – 27 December 2020) was a Czech actor. He starred in the film ''Atentát'' and in the television series '' Thirty Cases of Major Zeman'', both under director Jiří Sequens. For his performance in ...
,
Josef Abrhám,
Jiří Krampol or
Jana Drbohlavá. After finishing school he was a member of Bezruč theatre in Ostrava. Part of the cast, including Čepek, left and founded
The Drama Club in Prague.
Filmography
* ''Dva z onoho světa'' (1961)
* ''
Hotel for Strangers
''Hotel for Strangers'' ( cs, Hotel pro cizince) is a 1967 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Antonín Máša. It was entered into the 1967 Cannes Film Festival. The film reconstructs the last days of murdered young poet Petr Hudec ( Petr Če ...
'' (1966)
* ''Konec agenta W4C prostřednictvím psa pana Foustky'' (1967)
* ''
The Valley of the Bees'' (1967)
* ''Ohlédnutí'' (1968)
* ''
Adelheid
Adelheid is the modern Dutch and German form of the Old High German female given name Adalheidis, meaning "nobility" or "noble-ness". It may refer to the following people:
* Saint Adelheid or Adelaide of Italy, (931–999), Holy Roman Empress an ...
'' (1969)
* ''Ezop'' (1969)
* ''Zabil jsem Einsteina, pánové'' (1969)
* ''Nahota'' (1970)
* ''
Oil Lamps
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'' (1971)
* ''Smrt černého krále'' (1971)
* ''
Morgiana'' (1972)
* ''Návraty'' (1972)
* ''Motiv pro vraždu'' (1974)
* ''Škaredá dědina'' (1975)
* ''Koncert pre pozostalých'' (1976)
* ''
Súkromná vojna'' (1977)
* ''Past na kachnu'' (1978)
* ''Poplach v oblacích'' (1978)
* ''Tajemství Ocelového města'' (1978)
* ''Diagnóza smrti'' (1979)
* ''
Cutting It Short
''Cutting It Short'' (also released as ''Shortcuts'') ( cs, Postřižiny) is a 1980 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Jiří Menzel. It is based on the novel ''Postřižiny'' by Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal. The story is set in a brewery in a ...
'' (1980)
* ''Trhák'' (1980)
* ''
Noční jazdci'' (1981)
* ''
Upír z Feratu'' (1982)
* ''
Jára Cimrman ležící, spící'' (1983)
* ''O statečném kováři'' (1983)
* ''Putování Jana Amose'' (1983)
* ''
The Snowdrop Festival'' (1983)
* ''
Tři veteráni'' (1983)
* ''Prodloužený čas'' (1984)
* ''
Rozpuštěny a vypuštěný'' (1984)
* ''Všichni musí být v pyžamu'' (1984)
* ''
My Sweet Little Village
''My Sweet Little Village'' ( cs, Vesničko má středisková) is a 1985 Czechoslovak film directed by Jiří Menzel. In 1987 it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Plot
The film's main storyline follows the lif ...
'' (1985)
* ''Hry pro mírně pokročilé'' (1986)
* ''Kdo se bojí, utíká'' (1986)
* ''Krajina s nábytkem'' (1986)
* ''Smích se lepí na paty'' (1986)
* ''
Mág'' (1987)
* ''
Dobří holubi se vracejí'' (1988)
* ''Prokletí domu Hajnů'' (1988)
* ''
Devět kruhů pekla'' (1989)
* ''Cesta na jihozápad'' (1989)
* ''Kainovo znamení'' (1989)
* ''Muka obraznosti'' (1989)
* ''Skřivánčí ticho'' (1989)
* ''Byli jsme to my?'' (1990)
* ''Křížová vazba'' (1990)
* ''Svědek umírajícího času'' (1990)
* ''
The Elementary School
''The Elementary School'' ( cs, Obecná škola) is a 1991 Czechoslovak comedy-drama film directed by Jan Svěrák. The screenplay comes from the pen of his father Zdeněk Svěrák. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign L ...
'' (1991)
* ''
Thanks for Every New Morning'' (1994)
* ''
Faust
Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend based on the historical Johann Georg Faust ( 1480–1540).
The erudite Faust is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, which leads him to make a pact with the Devil at a crossroa ...
'' (1994)
External links
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1940 births
1994 deaths
Male actors from Prague
Czech male film actors
20th-century Czech male actors
Czech Lion Awards winners
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