Biography
Founded Czech avantgarde theatre and film group 'Osvobozene divadlo' with actor Jan Werich in 1927. Affiliated with the Poetist movement (Karel Teige)...read more
Founded Czech avantgarde theatre and film group 'Osvobozene divadlo' with actor Jan Werich in 1927. Affiliated with the Poetist movement (Karel Teige). Made succesfull comedy shows with political themes. Voskovec left Czechoslovakia after the German invasion, 1938/39 and emigrated to the US.
Department
Acting
Birthday
1905-06-19
Place of Birth
Sázava, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
Also Known As
[ "Jiří Voskovec", "Jiří Wachsmann", "Jiri Voskovec", "Petr Dolan ", "F. Formen", "Иржи Восковец", "Петр Долан", "Джордже Восковец" ]
AWARDS
LEGAL
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