Václav Havel
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 |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.8588 |
| Birthday | 1936-10-05 |
| Place of Birth | Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic] |
| Also Known As |
2020
Zappa
7.257/68
With the help of more than 10,000 dedicated Zappa fans, this is the long-awaited definitive documentary project of Alex Winter documenting the life an...
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Zappa
2008
Citizen Havel
7.8/5
The documentary explores the presidency of Václav Havel, a poet who unexpectedly became president. The film, starting in 1992, captures Havel’s experi...
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Citizen Havel
2011
I am Fishead
6.5/4
A provocative snapshot of the world we live in. It is a well-known fact that our society is structured like a pyramid. The very few people at the top...
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I am Fishead
2018
Rolling Stones – Hearts for Prague
0/0
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Rolling Stones – Hearts for Prague
1998
Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart
7.7/3
An incredible retracing of the evolution of Reed's remarkable career over three decades. Filled with interviews with Reed, his friends and some of the...
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Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart
1991
Why Havel?
0/0
The first part of the block will be dedicated to the monograph Vojtěch Jasný: The Film Poet in Exile (2020) authored by the film historian Jiří Voráč....
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Why Havel?
2011
Czech Made Man
7.111/9
The movie is based on the narrative of a Czech multimillionaire who achieved success not by stripping companies, making crooked deals and crony-ism, b...
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Czech Made Man
2009
Václav Havel : L'éternel insurgé
0/0
Five years after stepping down as President of the Republic, Vaclav Havel returns to the theater with a play that raises questions. A play that examin...
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Václav Havel : L'éternel insurgé
2024
Havel Speaking, Can You Hear Me?
5/2
This time-lapse documentary follows the last years of former President Václav Havel's life, creating a multi-layered portrait of a world-famous politi...
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Havel Speaking, Can You Hear Me?
2010
Life Is Bearable at Times...
0/0
Documentary about Polish poet and Nobel Prize winner Wisława Szymborska.
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Life Is Bearable at Times...
2012
The Presence of Arnošt Lustig
0/0
"A man is immortal as long as he lives in the memory of others,” said well-known Czech writer Arnošt Lustig with a wry smile. In December 2006 when he...
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The Presence of Arnošt Lustig
1993
Curious: The Velvet Underground in Europe
0/0
Spotlights the Velvet Underground's 1993 reunion tour of Europe, interspersing footage of the band's Paris concert and interviews with the members of...
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Curious: The Velvet Underground in Europe
2023
Ján Langoš – strážca pamäti
0/0
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Ján Langoš – strážca pamäti
2022
Elizabeth II: Three days in the Czech Republic
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Elizabeth II: Three days in the Czech Republic
1996
A znovu Žebrácká opera
0/0
Two different productions of Václav Havel's Beggar's Opera reveal the political dynamics of Czechoslovakia before and after the velvet revolution.
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A znovu Žebrácká opera
1981
The Stock-Check
10/1
Czech semi-documentary.
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The Stock-Check
1966
Every Young Man
6.7/5
Jurácek's feature debut is shot in two parts. In the first, a corporal accompanies a new recruit with a sore Achilles tendon for his physical, and all...
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Every Young Man
2010
Eye Over Prague
0/0
A personal and political biography of the Octopus, or the Prague National Library project, but also a biography of the last years of the life of the a...
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Eye Over Prague
1993
Vaclav Havel, ein böhmisches Märchen
0/0
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Vaclav Havel, ein böhmisches Märchen
2007
Hammer & Tickle
7.4/5
Hammer & Tickle: The Communist Joke Book is a 2006 propaganda documentary film about "jokes" under the Soviet Union.
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Hammer & Tickle
1996
Stone Bridge
4.5/4
A bitter comedic-drama centering around Tomas, a former promising young director who must cope with a commerce driven world he no longer wants to part...
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Stone Bridge
2012
Věra 68
8/1
Vera Cáslavská, the most successful Czechoslovak sportswoman and the fourth most successful Olympic sportswoman globally, won seven gold and four silv...
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Věra 68
1966
An Occasion to Speak
0/0
Documentary about the film academy in Prague and the Czech Film in 1965.
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An Occasion to Speak
2008
Anatomie gagu
0/0
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Anatomie gagu
2016
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
7.4/27
Utilizing potent TV interviews and many forgotten performances from his 30-year career, we are immersed into Frank Zappa’s world while experiencing tw...
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Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
2003
The Power of Good: Nicholas Winton
9/4
A gripping documentary about the courage and determination of a young English stockbroker who saved the lives of 669 children. Between March 13 and Au...
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The Power of Good: Nicholas Winton
2000
Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)
8/1
A labyrinthine portrait of Czech culture on the brink of a new millennium. Egon Bondy prophesies a capitalist inferno, Jim Čert admits to collaboratin...
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Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)
2006
Citizen Vaclav Havel Goes on Vacation
7/1
This quirky documentary follows Vaclav Havel on an eye-opening journey across his native Czechoslovakia in the days before he became president of the...
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Citizen Vaclav Havel Goes on Vacation
2014
Olga
5/1
Olga Havlová was the closest and most trustworthy companion of Václav Havel. A friend who was always generous with her time. She was an entertaining h...
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Olga
1966
Mlha
7/1
The work of actors on a stage makes a dreamlike parallelism between artistic immagination and the concreteness of everyday life. Tribute to Prague's D...
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Mlha
2003
Late Night Talks with Mother
8/1
Taking a cue from Franz Kafka's "Letter to My Father," this highly personal film follows Czech director Jan Nemec as he attempts to engage in a dialog...
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Late Night Talks with Mother
2014
Václav Havel - Living in Freedom
0/0
Bohemian, playwright, and suddenly president at the end of 1989: Czech European Václav Havel played a decisive role in shaping the history of the cont...
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Václav Havel - Living in Freedom
2016
Jak odchází prezident...
0/0
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Jak odchází prezident...
2001
The Plastic People of the Universe
10/1
Meet The Plastic People of the Universe, the avant-garde, jazz-rock, Sun Ra meets Velvet Underground, Czech revolutionaries. A tribute to the band tha...
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The Plastic People of the Universe
2019
Forman vs. Forman
7.533/15
A moving account, in his own words, of the personal life and work of the brilliant Czech filmmaker Miloš Forman (1932-2018): his tragic childhood, his...
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Forman vs. Forman
1968
Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedy
0/0
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Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedy
1996
What Is to Be Done? A Journey from Prague to Ceský Krumlov, or How I Formed a New Government
10/1
Quite a few years have passed since November 1989. Czechoslovakia has been divided up and, in the Czech Republic, Václav Klaus’s right-wing government...
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What Is to Be Done? A Journey from Prague to Ceský Krumlov, or How I Formed a New Government
1991
November's Children: Revolution in Prague
5/2
A first-hand account of the tumultuous events of 1989 when a student-led revolution succeeded in overthrowing Czechoslovakia's repressive Communist re...
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November's Children: Revolution in Prague
1995
Drawn from Memory
10/1
Fierlinger concentrates his considerable talents as an animator to recount through fragmented memories, vivid recollections, and the occasional evocat...
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Drawn from Memory
2008
Wisdom
6/2
Inspired by the idea that the greatest gift one generation can give to another is the wisdom it has gained from experience, 'Wisdom' seeks to create a...
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Wisdom
2017
Mečiar: The Lust For Power
5.333/3
The film Mečiar is the confession of the young director Tereza Nvotová about Vladimír Mečiar and the influence that this politician had on Slovak soci...
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Mečiar: The Lust For Power
1992
New Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood
8/1
From the behavior, discourse, and appearance of individual actors, Vachek composes, in the form of a mosaic, a broad and many-layered film-argument ab...
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New Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood
1990
TGM the Liberator
10/2
The life of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, the first elected President of Czechoslovakia following the fall of the Austro-Hungarian empire in 1918.
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TGM the Liberator
2024
Zánik Československa v parlamentu
0/0
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Zánik Československa v parlamentu
1991
Bill Moyers: Beyond Hate
9/1
Hate has many faces: racism, anti-Semitism, homophobia, sectarianism, domestic violence. But do we really understand its roots, and are there practica...
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Bill Moyers: Beyond Hate
2011
Leaving
5.6/6
A bitter sweet comedy that follows a highly appointed Chancellor who set to step down from his position after years of service to his country. With ju...
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Leaving
2011
Divadlo Svoboda
0/0
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Divadlo Svoboda
2009
Citizen Havel Rolls Another Barrel
0/0
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