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Josef Capek(1887-1945)

  • Writer
  • Art Department
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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 The Shadow of the Ferns (1985), TV teatar (1956) and Insect (2018). 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

The Shadow of the Ferns (1985)
The Shadow of the Ferns
6.9
  • Writer
  • 1985
TV teatar (1956)
TV teatar
7.0
TV Series
  • Writer
Insect (2018)
Insect
6.1
  • Writer
  • 2018
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
7.0
TV Series
  • Writer(as The Brothers Capek)

Credits

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Writer



  • O pejskovi a kocicce (2025)
    O pejskovi a kocicce
    TV Mini Series
    • novel "Povídání o pejskovi a kocicce"
    • 2025
  • Insect (2018)
    Insect
    6.1
    • play "The Insect Play"
    • 2018
  • Kanón (2016)
    Kanón
    6.5
    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 Hrušínský in Tlustý pradedecek (1984)
    Tlustý pradedecek
    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 Beneš and Hana Zagorová in O tlustém pradedeckovi (1970)
    O tlustém pradedeckovi
    4.8
    TV Movie
    • short story
    • 1970
  • Teatterituokio
    7.1
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1967
  • TV teatar (1956)
    TV teatar
    7.0
    TV Series
    • by
    • 1964
  • Bob Dylan, David Warner, Ursula Howells, Reg Lye, James Mellor, and Maureen Pryor in The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963)
    BBC Sunday-Night Play
    8.4
    TV Series
    • play "Ze zivota hmyzu"
    • 1960
  • Jak pejsek s kocickou myli podlahu (1956)
    Jak pejsek s kocickou myli podlahu
    7.3
    Short
    • fairy tale
    • 1956
  • O pysné nocní kosilce
    6.7
    Short
    • fairy tale
    • 1956

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 (1963)
    Doktorská pohádka
    6.8
    Short
    • original drawings
    • 1963
  • Jak pejsek s kocickou myli podlahu (1956)
    Jak pejsek s kocickou myli podlahu
    7.3
    Short
    • original drawings
    • 1956
  • O pysné nocní kosilce
    6.7
    Short
    • original drawings
    • 1956
  • Jak si pejsek roztrhl kalhotky
    7.4
    Short
    • original drawings
    • 1951
  • Jak si pejsek s kocickou delali dort
    7.7
    Short
    • original drawings
    • 1951

Additional Crew



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

Personal details

  • 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 Čapek(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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