Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1940-09-16
Day of Death
1994-09-20
Place of Birth
Prague, Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia [now Czech Republic]
Petr Čepek
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.
Filmography (98)
Thanks for Every New Morning
1994
Faust
1994
Mystery of the Puzzle
1993Život a dílo skladatele Foltýna
1993Šťastlivec Sulla
1992Sokratův podzim
1991
The Elementary School
1991Lhát se nemá, princezno!
1991Byli jsme to my?
1991Svědek umírajícího času
1991
Nudity
1990Křížová vazba
1990Skřivánčí ticho
1990
Muka obraznosti
1990
