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Josef Capek(1887-1945)

  • Writer
  • Art Department
  • Additional Crew
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Josef Capek
Josef Capek was born on 23 March 1887 in Hronov, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for TV teatar (1956), The Shadow of the Ferns (1985) and BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950). He died in April 1945 in Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, Lower Saxony, Germany.
BornMarch 23, 1887
DiedApril 1945
BornMarch 23, 1887
DiedApril 1945
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Known for

TV teatar (1956)
TV teatar
6.9
TV Series
  • Writer
The Shadow of the Ferns (1985)
The Shadow of the Ferns
6.9
Movie
  • Writer
  • 1985
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
7.1
TV Series
  • Writer(as The Brothers Capek)
Insect (2018)
Insect
6.2
Movie
  • Writer
  • 2018

Credits

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Writer

  • Insect (2018)
    Insect
    6.2
    • play "The Insect Play"
    • 2018
  • Kanón (2016)
    Kanón
    6.6
    Short
    • play
    • 2016
  • A szerelem végzetes játéka
    TV Movie
    • play by
    • 1993
  • The Shadow of the Ferns (1985)
    The Shadow of the Ferns
    6.9
    • fairy tale
    • 1985
  • Rudolf Hrusínský in Tlustý pradedecek (1984)
    Tlustý pradedecek
    5.4
    TV Movie
    • short story
    • 1984
  • How the Cat and the Dog Washed the Floor (1977)
    How the Cat and the Dog Washed the Floor
    7.2
    TV Short
    • fairy tale "O pejskovi a kocicce, jak si myli podlahu" (uncredited)
    • 1977
  • Lásky hra osudná
    TV Movie
    • play "Lásky hra osudná"
    • 1974
  • Ze zivota hmyzu
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1973
  • Svatopluk Benes and Hana Zagorová in O tlustém pradedeckovi (1970)
    O tlustém pradedeckovi
    4.6
    TV Movie
    • short story
    • 1970
  • Teatterituokio
    7.3
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1967
  • TV teatar (1956)
    TV teatar
    6.9
    TV Series
    • by
    • 1964
  • Bob Dylan, David Warner, Ursula Howells, Reg Lye, and Maureen Pryor in The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963)
    BBC Sunday-Night Play
    8.6
    TV Series
    • play "Ze zivota hmyzu"
    • 1960
  • O pysné nocní kosilce
    6.7
    Short
    • fairy tale
    • 1956
  • Jak pejsek s kocickou myli podlahu (1956)
    Jak pejsek s kocickou myli podlahu
    7.4
    Short
    • fairy tale
    • 1956
  • Jak pejsek s kocickou psali psaní
    8.0
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1951

Art Department

  • Vodnická pohádka
    7.0
    Short
    • original drawings
    • 1973
  • Tulácká pohádka
    Short
    • original drawings
    • 1972
  • Loupeznická pohádka
    7.0
    Short
    • original drawings
    • 1964
  • Doktorská pohádka
    6.8
    Short
    • original drawings
    • 1963
  • O pysné nocní kosilce
    6.7
    Short
    • original drawings
    • 1956
  • Jak pejsek s kocickou myli podlahu (1956)
    Jak pejsek s kocickou myli podlahu
    7.4
    Short
    • original drawings
    • 1956
  • Jak si pejsek s kocickou delali dort
    7.9
    Short
    • original drawings
    • 1951
  • Jak si pejsek roztrhl kalhotky
    7.5
    Short
    • original drawings
    • 1951

Additional Crew

  • Postácká pohádka
    6.8
    Short
    • original drawings
    • 1964
  • Psí pohádka
    6.7
    Short
    • original drawings
    • 1959

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • The Brothers Capek
  • Born
    • March 23, 1887
    • Hronov, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
  • Died
    • April 1945
    • Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, Lower Saxony, Germany
  • Relatives
    • Karel Capek(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Karel Capek and his play, "Adam The Creator," was performed in a Manhattan Theatre Repertory Company production at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine.
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Portrayal

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    Czech cubist painter, writer and poet.

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