Petr Čepek

Petr Čepek was a Czech actor associated with The Drama Club in Prague His final film was Faust directed by Czech surrealist Jan Švankmajer Cepek attended the Academy of Performing Arts DAMU along with many notable Czech actors of the time before appearing in Ostravas first theater DPB until 1965  After joining with fellow colleagues in Pragues Činoherní Klub where he contributed to the formation of numerous famous theatre productions such as Dostoevskys Crime and Punishment and Gogos Revizor The Government Inspector   Čepek turned to politics in the late 1980s participating in political rallies and negotiations before returning to the Academy of Performing Arts DAMU to teach until his death in 1994  Čepek was honored posthumously for his double role in the Švankmajers film Faust