Petr Čepek
Born Sep 16, 1940 · 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.
Known for
Faust
1994
Thanks for Every New Morning
1994
Mystery of the Puzzle
1993
The Elementary School
1991
Nudity
1990
Muka obraznosti
1990
Dobrodružství kriminalistiky
1989
Druhý dech
1989
The Damned House of Hajn
1989
Mark of Cain
1989
Dobří holubi se vracejí
1989
Cesta na jihozápad
1989
Veselé příhody z natáčení
1988
Magician
1988
Nine Circles of Hell
1988
Kdo se bojí, utíká
1987
Smích se lepí na paty
1987
Landscape with Furniture
1987
Etudes for Piano Students
1987
Synové a dcery Jakuba skláře
1986
My Sweet Little Village
1985
Dissolved and Effused
1985
Všichni musí být v pyžamu
1985
Extended Time
1985
The Three Veterans
1984
Bambinot
1984
The Snowdrop Festival
1984
The Brave Blacksmith
1984
Malý pitaval z velkého města
1983
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
1983
Putování Jana Amose
1983
Ferat Vampire
1982
The Fall of the House of Usher
1982
Cutting It Short
1981
Night Riders
1981
The Hit
1981
Sluníčko na houpačce
1981
Hordubal
1980
The Secret of Steel City
1979
Diagnóza smrti
1979
The Cat Prince
1979
Súkromná vojna
1978
Past na kachnu
1978
Concert for the Survivors
1977
Byl jednou jeden dům
1975
Škaredá dědina
1975
The Motive for Murder
1975
Bakaláři
1972
Morgiana
1972
The Death of Black King
1972
Návraty
1972
Prince Bajaja
1971
Granny
1971
Oil Lamps
1971
Mandragora
1971
Revizor
1971
Pan Tau
1970
I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen
1970
Naďa Urbánková's Nightmares
1970
Adelheid
1970
Aesop
1970
The Valley of the Bees
1968
The End of Agent W4C
1967
Hotel for Strangers
1967