Václav Havel

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Václav Havel

Acting October 5, 1936

Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

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 1…

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Play for Today

Play for Today

6.6 1970 TV Show
American Playhouse

American Playhouse

6.6 1982 TV Show
Theatre 625

Theatre 625

7.2 1964 TV Show
HARDtalk

HARDtalk

8.7 1997 TV Show
Zappa

Zappa

7.3 2020 Movie
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

7.4 2016 Movie
Leaving

Leaving

5.6 2011 Movie
Forman vs. Forman

Forman vs. Forman

7.5 2019 Movie
Mlýny

Mlýny

8.5 1994 Movie
Wisdom

Wisdom

6.0 2008 Movie
Mečiar: The Lust For Power

Mečiar: The Lust For Power

5.3 2017 Movie
Czech Made Man

Czech Made Man

7.2 2011 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2024
    Zánik Československa v parlamentu

    Movie Self

  2. 2024
    Havel Speaking, Can You Hear Me?

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 2023
    Ján Langoš – strážca pamäti

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  4. 2023
    Blue Moon Once

    Movie Writer

  5. 2022
    Elizabeth II: Three days in the Czech Republic

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  6. 2020
    Zappa

    Movie Self - President of Czechoslovakia (archive footage)

  7. 2019
    Forman vs. Forman

    Movie Self - Friend (archive footage)

  8. 2018
    Rolling Stones – Hearts for Prague

    Movie Self

  9. 2017
    Mečiar: The Lust For Power

    Movie

  10. 2016
    Jak odchází prezident...

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  11. 2016
    Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  12. 2014
    Václav Havel - Living in Freedom

    Movie Himself (archive footage)

  13. 2014
    Olga

    Movie Self

  14. 2012
    Věra 68

    Movie Himself

  15. 2012
    The Presence of Arnošt Lustig

    Movie Self

  16. 2011
    I am Fishead

    Movie himself

More credits
  1. 2011
    Czech Made Man

    Movie jako host

  2. 2011
    Divadlo Svoboda

    Movie Self

  3. 2011
    Leaving

    Movie

  4. 2010
    Heart Beat 3D

    Movie Writer

  5. 2010
    Eye Over Prague

    Movie

  6. 2010
    Life Is Bearable at Times...

    Movie

  7. 2009
    Citizen Havel Rolls Another Barrel

    Movie Self

  8. 2009
    The Lost World of Communism

    TV show

  9. 2009
    Václav Havel : L'éternel insurgé

    Movie lui-même

  10. 2008
    Anatomie gagu

    Movie

  11. 2008
    Wisdom

    Movie

  12. 2008
    Citizen Havel

    Movie Self

  13. 2007
    Hammer & Tickle

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  14. 2006
    Citizen Vaclav Havel Goes on Vacation

    Movie

  15. 2003
    The Power of Good: Nicholas Winton

    Movie Self

  16. 2003
    Late Night Talks with Mother

    Movie Václav Havel

  17. 2001
    The Plastic People of the Universe

    Movie Self

  18. 2000
    Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)

    Movie

  19. 1998
    Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart

    Movie Self

  20. 1997
    HARDtalk

    TV show

  21. 1996
    Stone Bridge

    Movie President

  22. 1996
    What Is to Be Done? A Journey from Prague to Ceský Krumlov, or How I Formed a New Government

    Movie Self

  23. 1996
    A znovu Žebrácká opera

    Movie Self

  24. 1995
    Drawn from Memory

    Movie Self (voice)