
Petr Čepek
- Date of Birth: 1940-09-16
- Date of Death: 1994-09-20
- Place of Birth: Prague, Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia [now Czech Republic]
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) alo... 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.

Granny
Family • 1971 October

Faust
Animation, Fantasy • 1994 September

The Hit
Music, Comedy • 1981 March

My Sweet Little Village
Comedy • 1985 August

The Elementary School
Comedy, Drama • 1991 August

Cutting It Short
Comedy • 1981 February

Morgiana
Horror, Drama • 1972 September

The Valley of the Bees
Drama, History • 1968 May

Aesop
Drama • 1970 June

A Touch of a Butterfly
Drama, Romance, TV Movie • 1972 January