Anecdotes

He often was engaged to play Nazi villains - roles he hardly could elude.

The Czech actor Karel Stepanek joined an acting education in Germany and from 1920 he worked on different stages, first in Brünn, later in Vienna and finally Berlin. There he was able to launch an impressive film career as Karl Stepanek.

He continued his film career successfully in the 50s and 60s and took part in many movies and TV productions.

He made his film debut with the silent movie "Ein Lied, ein Dieb, ein Warenhaus" (1928) before his started his impressive sound film career in Germany with "Berlin-Alexanderplatz" (1931).

While his last movies were still running in the cinemas he already emigrated to Italy in 1939 when World War II broke out, the year after he went to England. There he was able to continue his career both on stage and in movies.