George Voskovec

George Voskovec

also known as Jiří Voskovec
Birthday: 19 Jun 1905
Day of death: 01 Jul 1981
Birth place: Sázava, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
Bio:

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.

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