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Václav Havel

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Václav Havel

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Oct 5, 1936 (90 years old)

Place of Birth

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

Acting
2024Havel Speaking, Can You Hear Me?Self (archive footage)
2024Zánik Československa v parlamentuSelf
2023Ján Langoš – strážca pamätiSelf (archive footage)
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
2016Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own WordsSelf (archive footage)
2016Jak odchází prezident...Self (archive footage)
2014OlgaSelf
2014Václav Havel - Living in FreedomHimself (archive footage)
2012The Presence of Arnošt LustigSelf
2012Věra 68Himself
2011I am Fisheadhimself
2011Czech Made Manjako host
2011Leaving
2011Divadlo SvobodaSelf
2010Life Is Bearable at Times...
2010Eye Over Prague
2009Václav Havel : L'éternel insurgélui-même
2009Citizen Havel Rolls Another BarrelSelf
2009The Lost World of Communism
2008Citizen HavelSelf
2008Anatomie gagu
2008Wisdom
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
1996A znovu Žebrácká operaSelf
1996Stone BridgePresident
1996What Is to Be Done? A Journey from Prague to Ceský Krumlov, or How I Formed a New GovernmentSelf
1995Drawn from MemorySelf (voice)
1995Goldene HenneSelf
1993Curious: The Velvet Underground in EuropeSelf
1993Vaclav Havel, ein böhmisches MärchenSelf
1992New Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, BrotherhoodSelf
1991Why Havel?Václav Havel
1991November's Children: Revolution in Prague
1991Bill Moyers: Beyond Hate
1990TGM the LiberatorSelf
1981The Stock-Check
1968Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a TragedySelf
1966Every Young Mantrpěliví
1966An Occasion to SpeakSelf
1966Mlha
Directing
2011LeavingDirector
Writing
2023Blue Moon OnceWriter
2011LeavingTheatre Play
2011LeavingScreenplay
2010Heart Beat 3DWriter
1994MlýnyWriter
1992Zítra to spustímeTheatre Play
1991RedevelopmentWriter
1991The Beggar's OperaScreenplay
1991The Beggar's OperaTheatre Play
1991Motýl na anténěTheatre Play
1990Largo DesolatoTheatre Play
1990AudienceTheatre Play
1990VernisážTheatre Play
1989Why Are You So Sad?Writer
1987PétitionWriter
1981AudiensTheatre Play
1981ProtestWriter
1978Sorry...Writer
1964Theatre 625Theatre Play
Crew
1966MlhaDramaturgy