George Voskovec

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Known Credits
38
Gender
Male
Birthday
June 19, 1905 ( 76 years old )
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

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.