George Voskovec

Biography

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.

Details

KnownAs: Jiří Voskovec - Jiří Wachsmann - Jiri Voskovec - Petr Dolan - F. Formen - Иржи Восковец - Петр Долан - Джордже Восковец -

Birthday: 19/06/1905

PlaceOfBirth: Sázava, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)

Deathday: 04/07/1981

Gender: 2

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