Person
Václav Havel
Acting · 1936–2011 · Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Biography
Václav Havel (5 October 1936 – 18 December 2011) was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and former dissident. Havel served as the last president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia on 31 December 1992 and then as the first president of the Czech Republic from 1993 to 2003. He was the first democratically elected president of either country after the fall of communism. As a writer of Czech literature, he is known for his plays, essays, and memoirs.
Known for
Play for Today
Writer
Theatre 625
Theatre Play
American Playhouse
Self (voice)
HARDtalk
1997
Goldene Henne
Self
Mlýny
Writer
Citizen Vaclav Havel Goes on Vacation
2006
Věra 68
Himself
Leaving
2011
Hammer & Tickle
Self (archive footage)
Filmography
- 2024Zánik Československa v parlamentuSelf
- 2024Havel Speaking, Can You Hear Me?Self (archive footage)
- 2023Ján Langoš – strážca pamätiSelf (archive footage)
- 2023Blue Moon OnceWriter
- 2022Elizabeth II: Three days in the Czech RepublicSelf (archive footage)
- 2020ZappaSelf - President of Czechoslovakia (archive footage)
- 2019Forman vs. FormanSelf - Friend (archive footage)
- 2018Rolling Stones – Hearts for PragueSelf
- 2017Mečiar: The Lust For Power
- 2016Jak odchází prezident...Self (archive footage)
- 2016Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own WordsSelf (archive footage)
- 2014Václav Havel - Living in FreedomHimself (archive footage)
- 2014OlgaSelf
- 2012Věra 68Himself
- 2012The Presence of Arnošt LustigSelf
- 2011I am Fisheadhimself
- 2011Czech Made Manjako host
- 2011Divadlo SvobodaSelf
- 2011Leaving
- 2010Heart Beat 3DWriter
- 2010Eye Over Prague
- 2010Life Is Bearable at Times...
- 2009Citizen Havel Rolls Another BarrelSelf
- 2009The Lost World of Communism
- 2009Václav Havel : L'éternel insurgélui-même
- 2008Anatomie gagu
- 2008Wisdom
- 2008Citizen HavelSelf
- 2007Hammer & TickleSelf (archive footage)
- 2006Citizen Vaclav Havel Goes on Vacation
- 2003The Power of Good: Nicholas WintonSelf
- 2003Late Night Talks with MotherVáclav Havel
- 2001The Plastic People of the UniverseSelf
- 2000Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)
- 1998Lou Reed: Rock and Roll HeartSelf
- 1997HARDtalk
- 1996Stone BridgePresident
- 1996What Is to Be Done? A Journey from Prague to Ceský Krumlov, or How I Formed a New GovernmentSelf
- 1996A znovu Žebrácká operaSelf
- 1995Drawn from MemorySelf (voice)
- 1995Goldene HenneSelf
- 1994MlýnyWriter
- 1993Curious: The Velvet Underground in EuropeSelf
- 1993Vaclav Havel, ein böhmisches MärchenSelf
- 1992Zítra to spustímeTheatre Play
- 1992New Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, BrotherhoodSelf
- 1991Motýl na anténěTheatre Play
- 1991Why Havel?Václav Havel
- 1991November's Children: Revolution in Prague
- 1991The Beggar's OperaScreenplay
- 1991Bill Moyers: Beyond Hate
- 1991RedevelopmentWriter
- 1990Largo DesolatoTheatre Play
- 1990VernisážTheatre Play
- 1990TGM the LiberatorSelf
- 1990AudienceTheatre Play
- 1989Why Are You So Sad?Writer
- 1987PétitionWriter
- 1982American PlayhouseSelf (voice)
- 1981ProtestWriter
- 1981AudiensTheatre Play
- 1981The Stock-Check
- 1978Sorry...Writer
- 1970Play for TodayWriter
- 1968Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a TragedySelf
- 1966An Occasion to SpeakSelf
- 1966Every Young Mantrpěliví
- 1966Mlha
- 1964Theatre 625Theatre Play
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