Petr Čepek

Petr Čepek

Date of Birth:

Sep 16, 1940

Place of Birth:

Prague, Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia [now Czech Republic]

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.

filmography:

Granny Granny

1971

Nudity Nudity

1990

Magician Magician

1988

Polka viva Polka viva

1984

Revizor Revizor

1971

Tři v tom Tři v tom

1981

Mandragora Mandragora

1971

Jasnovidec Jasnovidec

1981

Fanynka Fanynka

1987

Nightmares Nightmares

1970

Aesop Aesop

1970

Morgiana Morgiana

1972

The Hit The Hit

1981

Faust Faust

1994

Návraty Návraty

1972

Adelheid Adelheid

1970

Hordubal Hordubal

1980

Oil Lamps Oil Lamps

1971

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